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border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Balloon near border raises privacy concerns</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 15/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="335"><div> <A HREF="#14" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Guitar legend Les Paul dies at age 94</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 14/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#13" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Chalk River reactor to remain offline until 2010</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 13/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#12" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canada tracking Russian subs off East Coast</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 12/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#11" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Strong earthquakes shake Tokyo area, Indian Ocean</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 11/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#10" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  NHL's top 2008 rookie arrested over row with cabbie</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 10/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#09" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Ex-child star says he's the father of Jackson's daughter</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 09/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#08" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Earhart mystery could be solved with help of DNA lab</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 08/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#07" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canada lost 45,000 jobs in July: Statistics Canada</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 07/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#06" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Aerosmith singer brought to hospital after stage fall</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 06/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#05" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Tornado uproots trees and cuts electricity in Quebec</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 05/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#04" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Maple Leaf Foods recalls nine wiener products</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 04/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#03" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Plague kills 2nd man; China seals off entire town</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 03/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="335"><div> <A HREF="#02" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Schreiber sent back to Germany</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 02/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#01" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Latest Gatti autopsy hasn't ruled out homicide</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 01/08/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> =======================</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="705" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="707"><div>  <A NAME="31"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 395 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Discovery docks with space station over the Atlantic</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Aug. 30 2009  21:13  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 31st, 2009</div> <div> <B>The seven astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery have docked with the International Space Station.</B></div> <bR> <div> The shuttle finished its approach with a "textbook" alignment, NASA said Sunday evening.</div> <bR> <div> Tying up with the station was expected to be more difficult than normal because the shuttle has experienced thruster problems. The crew was told to shut down two minor thrusters after liftoff because one of them was found to be leaking.</div> <bR> <div> Rick Sturckow, Discovery's commander, used the primary thrusters to dock, which are more powerful. He has trained for this but the method has never been used to dock with the ISS.</div> <bR> <div> Otherwise, officials believe Discovery fared well as it left the Earth's atmosphere. There were no sightings of large foam insulation pieces coming loose from the fuel tank -- a major problem in previous missions.</div> <bR> <div> But more analysis about the ship's condition is needed, said LeRoy Cain, the head of NASA's mission management team. The shuttle will be photographed from the space station right before it docks, to get a better idea of whether it's been damaged.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e4e1a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> You could call it a 'bull's-eye.' Discovery lines up to dock with the ISS on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, in this image taken from video.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="e4e2a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Space shuttle Discovery en route to the ISS on at 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, in this image taken from video.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 592 WIDTH="707"><div> "We used the robotic arm to do our routine inspection of the Shuttle's thermal protection system," Jose Hernandez, a first-time astronaut on board discovery, wrote in a Twitter update from orbit this morning.</div> <bR> <div> Hernandez grew up in a migrant worker family and applied for 12 years in a row to become an astronaut. He was finally selected in 2004.</div> <bR> <div> "Micro G is great," he wrote earlier. "Finished setting up the computers and ready for bed! Don't need pillow!"</div> <bR> <div> The shuttle lifted off on Friday night and is carrying a variety of gear to the space station. There are more than 7,500 kilograms of equipment and science experiments on board. Among other things, Discovery is flying six mice to the station, which will remain in space for three months as part of a bone-loss study.</div> <bR> <div> Discovery is also delivering a new treadmill to the space station that will add to its exercise room. The treadmill has been named after Comedy Central TV show host Stephen Colbert. That was decided after Colbert won an online vote earlier this year.</div> <bR> <div> On Saturday, a headline on the website of Colbert's TV show quipped, "The universe just got a little bit slimmer."</div> <bR> <div> Discovery's astronauts will carry out three spacewalks while at the station to replace an ammonia tank and complete other maintenance tasks.</div> <bR> <div> The shuttle's docking will mark the second time 13 people are together in space. The last time that happened was last month, when space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the station.</div> <bR> <div> NASA's website said that Discovery's crewmembers woke up early on Sunday afternoon to the song "Made to Love" by Toby Mac. They began maneuvering to dock with the space station at 3:29 p.m.</div> <bR> <div> The station is expected to photograph the shuttle heat shield at approximately 8 p.m. from 600 feet away.</div> <bR> <div> Space shuttle Columbia exploded in midair six years ago due to a hole in the wing. NASA has been watchful about signs of launch damage since then.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="30"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 233 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Remnants of tropical storm Danny to hit N.L.</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Aug. 30 2009  13:25  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 30th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Environment Canada has issued wind and rain warnings for parts of southern Newfoundland, as remnants of tropical storm Danny are expected to move across the province.</B></div> <bR> <div> Ramea-Connaigre and Burin Peninsula on Newfoundland's southern coast may receive up to 80 millimetres of rain on Sunday, the warnings said.</div> <bR> <div> St. George's, in south-east Newfoundland, may experience winds gusting as fast as 140 kilometres per hour in addition to heavy rainfall. The high winds could last until late Sunday afternoon.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e4e0a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 1:45 p.m. ET shows clouds off the East Coast associated with weak Tropical Depression Danny. (AP / Weather Underground)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 215 WIDTH="707"><div> Local residents are being advised to monitor weather conditions and check for updates as the storm closes in on the area.</div> <bR> <div> Environment Canada has forecast that a low pressure system north of Prince Edward Island will track across Newfoundland on Sunday night.</div> <bR> <div> That system originated off the Bahamas and grew into tropical storm Danny, before being downgraded to a tropical depression.</div> <bR> <div> On Saturday, Danny dumped heavy rain and caused dangerous rip currents along parts of the U.S. east coast as it moved north towards Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 378 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Balloon controversy has yet to deflate at border</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Aug. 29 2009  20:22  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 29th, 2009</div> <div> <B>The controversy over a large, balloon-like aircraft remains afloat over the Ontario-Michigan border, where a group of Canadians remain perturbed about privacy concerns and some of their U.S. neighbours see an enticing economic opportunity.</B></div> <bR> <div> The device is called an Aerostat, a Helium-inflated aircraft that looks like a flying wing and has been tested above the St. Clair River at various points this summer.</div> <bR> <div> Equipped with a powerful camera that is reportedly worth $1 million, the aircraft has raised the ire of Sarnia residents who feel they are being watched from above without their consent.</div> <bR> <div> But Aerostat-owner Sierra Nevada Corporation says it simply wants to test out the device's capabilities and has no intention of spying on anybody.</div> <bR> <div> Bradley M. Lott, a retired U.S. Marine Corps major general who has been running the Aerostat testing in Port Huron, says the aircraft hasn't even been up in the air since it was damaged in early August.</div> <bR> <div> "We had an accident with it," Lott said, noting that it has been under repair ever since.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e4dea0770.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="e4dfa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Some of the approximately 150 people drop their pants in a protest against a balloon with a surveillance camera that has been tested on the Canada-U.S. border in Sarnia, Ontario, Saturday, August 15, 2009. (Dave Chidley / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 571 WIDTH="707"><div> The Aerostat will soon be presented in a demonstration in Yuma, Arizona -- more than 3,500 kilometres from the Sarnia border crossing -- after it gets fixed, Lott said.</div> <bR> <div> But opponents of the Aerostat living in Sarnia, however, don't care much for what the company has to say - nor if it ever returns to the sky near the border.</div> <bR> <div> They have complained about the Aerostat to local politicians, have written letters to their local newspapers and two weekends ago, they even mooned its owner from the Sarnia side of the St. Clair River.</div> <bR> <div> That event was called "Moon the Balloon" and saw at least 100 people gather at the Sarnia waterfront to show their upset with their backsides.</div> <bR> <div> Fifteen-hundred people had originally been expected to show up for the mass mooning, though protest organizer Adam Bush says the show of support was good enough.</div> <bR> <div> "It went really well in my opinion," Bush told CTV.ca in a recent e-mail. "Not nearly the turnout we expected...but still a good enough one to get the point across."</div> <bR> <div> This weekend, anti-Aerostat locals will hold another protest, but it won't involve pointing their bums at Michigan. Instead, protest organizers will gather Saturday to collect signatures on a petition that they hope will help keep the Aerostat grounded for good.</div> <bR> <div> The issue has also been taken up by Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley, who has raised the issue with local Conservative MP Pat Davidson and with Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> At the end of July, Bradley sent a letter to the Prime Minister's Office to complain about the lack of consultation with Sarnia before the Aerostat took flight, as well as his concerns about privacy.</div> <bR> <div> This past week, Bradley received a response from the PMO indicating his comments had been "carefully reviewed" and passed onto Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan.</div> <bR> <div> Davidson could not be reached for comment on the issue this past week.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 393 WIDTH="707"><div> On the other side of the border, in Port Huron, Mich., the balloon has not raised many eyebrows in a city where there are full-time security cameras watching the St. Clair River from the Blue Water Bridge all the way south to Lake St. Clair.</div> <bR> <div> "I personally haven't had a single call against it," said Port Huron Mayor Brian Moeller in a recent phone interview with CTV.ca.</div> <bR> <div> But he admits that when the Aerostat was floating over the Port Huron skyline, it was "constantly" reminding the people of Sarnia of its presence.</div> <bR> <div> And while the mayor has seen some anti-Aerostat letters published in the local press, he believes many Port Huron residents hold out hopes that the aircraft could inflate the local economy.</div> <bR> <div> At present, the local Nevada Sierra Corporation office in Port Huron employs 12 people, but Moeller says that could grow if the Aerostat becomes a successful security product.</div> <bR> <div> Lott agreed that there is the potential for future jobs in Port Huron, but it wouldn't be from the manufacturing side, as the Aerostat is built in the state of Delaware.</div> <bR> <div> But, if Port Huron "proves to be a good place to do testing and training," there could be future jobs on the research and testing side of the business, Lott said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press & Geoff Nixon</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="28"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 180 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Alberta delays sex-ed opt out rule till fall 2010</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Aug. 28 2009  08:03  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 28th, 2009</div> <div> <B>EDMONTON -- Alberta will wait a year to implement Canada's first legislation giving parents the power under its human rights code to pull their children from lessons on religion, sex or sexual orientation.</B></div> <bR> <div> The legislation has been widely condemned by school boards, teachers and human rights groups who say the new law is extreme because parents already have similar rights under the School Act.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e4dda0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach speaks to the Alberta legislature on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (CTV)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 720 WIDTH="707"><div> Culture Minister Lindsay Blackett had been insisting that the legislation should take effect this fall, while Education Minister Dave Hancock was pushing for a one-year delay.</div> <bR> <div> Their apparent rift over this issue had been widely reported in the media this week.</div> <bR> <div> But Hancock said after speaking with Blackett, they agreed that the section of the legislation dealing with parental rights will be delayed, so it won't be proclaimed into law until Sept. 1, 2010.</div> <bR> <div> "We spoke (Thursday) and I don't think there's going to be any issue with it," Hancock said Friday in an interview. "But obviously the final decision is up to cabinet, but this is the normal course."</div> <bR> <div> Blackett said he now agrees school boards need an extra year to put a formal process in place for notifying parents of lessons that they may not find suitable for their children.</div> <bR> <div> "We still have some bylaws to write and it makes sense for all of us to take the proper time to get that right," Blackett said. "Our intention is certainly not to get school boards before the Human Rights Commission."</div> <bR> <div> "So instead of having it effective December 1st or January 1st, we can wait until September of 2010."</div> <bR> <div> Carol Henderson, president of the Alberta Teachers Association, said the union supports the delay.</div> <bR> <div> "There's no need to rush it," said Henderson. "We want to avoid having our members in front of human rights tribunals and the school boards don't have a policy in place yet and we haven't worked out implementation."</div> <bR> <div> The goal of teachers will be to avoid conflict by talking directly with parents if they raise concerns about the content of lessons, said Henderson.</div> <bR> <div> "I'm a teacher and I want a relationship with the parents and with the student and I want parents to come in and talk to me if they have a concern about what I'm teaching in the classroom and then we can sort it out in a mutually respectful way," she said.</div> <bR> <div> "That's what all teachers want, to be able to sort those kind of things out with parents, not in front of a human rights tribunal."</div> <bR> <div> One of the issues that needs to be clarified is what constitutes notice to parents, who must be told when lessons on sex, religion or sexual orientation are scheduled, said Henderson.</div> <bR> <div> "Does that mean sending a note home from the teacher or can it simply be having the curriculum posted on the website?" she said. "So all those things have to be worked out before we proclaim the bill so that we can prepare teachers."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 605 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police find key piece of evidence in model slaying</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Aug. 26 2009  23:02  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 27th, 2009</div> <div> <B>WEST HOLLYWOOD, California -- A white Mercedes-Benz found in a parking lot in West Hollywood belonged to an ex-model whose brutal slaying prompted an international manhunt for a former reality TV contestant wanted in the murder, police said Wednesday.</B></div> <bR> <div> Police received an anonymous telephone tip and found the car belonging to 28-year-old Jasmine Fiore in a parking lot next to a grocery store, Buena Park police Detective Eric Burciaga said.</div> <bR> <div> Police have not found a murder scene and say Fiore could have been killed in the car before her nude body was found stuffed in suitcase in a Southern California trash bin on Aug. 15.</div> <bR> <div> Investigators did not attempt to open the car and were not able to see inside because of its tinted windows. A tow truck transported it from the scene.</div> <bR> <div> The examination of the car "could take quite awhile because they're going to be very methodical going through it," said Tom Hession, chief inspector for the regional fugitive task force of the U.S. Marshals Service.</div> <bR> <div> A witness told police the car had been parked in the lot since the day of the killing. A note slipped under the windshield wiper read, "This is a private parking lot. Unattended vehicles may be towed at owner's expense."</div> <bR> <div> Fiore's fingers and teeth had been removed when her body was found, presumably to hamper efforts to identify her. Police learned her identity by tracing the serial number on her breast implants.</div> <bR> <div> Suspect Ryan Jenkins, 32, her ex-husband and a former contestant on the VH1 show "Megan Wants a Millionaire," was found hanging from a clothes rack in a hotel room in Hope, British Columbia on Sunday after a frantic dash to the border. An autopsy concluded he committed suicide.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e4d6a07a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="122" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Police say they have found the Mercedes that belonged to Jasmine Fiore. (Photo: TMZ)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4bda0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This undated photo shows Ryan Alexander Jenkins, of Calgary, Alta. Jenkins is a person of interest in the murder of Jasmine Fiore. (Buena Park Police Department)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4d8a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This image provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows Jasmine Fiore, who has been identified as the woman whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase and placed in a dumpster and discovered Aug. 15, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 608 WIDTH="707"><div> In Canada, authorities said a silver PT Cruiser matching the description of the vehicle seen dropping Jenkins at a motel was parked at his half-sister's condominium in Vancouver.</div> <bR> <div> Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Norm Massie declined to say whether Alena Jenkins is the woman who checked Jenkins into the Thunderbird Motel three days before he was found dead.</div> <bR> <div> A message left with a woman answering Alena Jenkins' phone was not immediately returned. The woman said Jenkins' half-sister was away arranging funeral details.</div> <bR> <div> Police have identified the woman who helped Jenkins check into the motel but have not released her name. She was not in custody and police were considering whether she would face charges.</div> <bR> <div> Massie said police would need proof the woman knew Ryan was wanted before they could file charges.</div> <bR> <div> "We're not going to confirm or deny anyone involved in the investigation," Massie said. "Our investigation is on two fronts, first we want to find the circumstances around the incident at the motel in Hope and, as importantly, we have yet to determine how Ryan entered Canada from the U.S. and if any one assisted him doing so."</div> <bR> <div> Jenkins left a real estate job in his native Calgary, Alberta, earlier this year to pursue a Hollywood career and found some success. He was among a group of wealthy young men on the reality show who tried to win over a materialistic blonde. An episode featuring Jenkins aired around the same time police sought him for Fiore's murder.</div> <bR> <div> He was also a participant in a competitive reality series, "I Love Money 3," that was cancelled by VH1 after news of the murder.</div> <bR> <div> Jenkins and Fiore met in Las Vegas in March, shortly after Jenkins finished taping for "Megan Wants a Millionaire," and they married on March 18, according to court documents. The couple separated shortly afterward, but had reportedly reconciled.</div> <bR> <div> Lisa Lepore told The Associated Press her daughter had the marriage annulled in May.</div> <bR> <div> On Aug. 13, Jenkins and Fiore checked into a luxury boutique hotel in San Diego. Authorities have said it was the last time Fiore was seen alive. The next day, Jenkins left alone.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="26"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 659 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Ted Kennedy dies after battle with brain cancer</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Aug. 26 2009  07:43  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 26th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Sen. Edward 'Ted' Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Democratic Party and the patriarch of the United States' most famous political family, has passed away after a long battle with brain cancer.</B></div> <bR> <div> Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> He was 77 and spent more than half his life serving the state of Massachusetts as one of its senators.</div> <bR> <div> "We've lost the irreplaceable centre of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," said the statement.</div> <bR> <div> "We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice, fairness and opportunity for all."</div> <bR> <div> U.S. President Barack Obama also released a statement Wednesday morning, saying he was "heartbroken" to learn of Kennedy's death.</div> <bR> <div> "An important chapter in our history has come to an end," Obama said. "Our country has lost a great leader who picked up the torch of his fallen brothers and became the greatest United States senator of our time."</div> <bR> <div> Kennedy's life and career were marred by tragedy and personal folly, burdened by the expectations associated with his prominent name, yet he managed to earn a place in history that was uniquely his own.</div> <bR> <div> While more than 300 bills were written into U.S. law by Kennedy, no issue was closer to the wealthy New Englander's heart than universal health-care. His death comes at a moment in history when health-care reform is looming large over Washington.</div> <bR> <div> Despite being considered one of the most liberal politicians on the Hill, Kennedy's willingness to work across party lines and his gregarious personality earned him respect and friendship on both sides of the aisle.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e4cca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., gestures as he accepts his party's nomination during the state's Democratic Convention in Worcester, Mass. on June 2, 2006. (AP / Charles Krupa)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4cda0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> U.S. Sen. Barack Obama smiles with U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy during a rally at American University in Washington on Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. (AP / Charles Rex Arbogast)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4cea0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., waves as he returns to his Hyannis Port, Mass. home, Monday, June 9, 2008. (AP / Joel Page)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 749 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Political history</B></div> <bR> <div> Kennedy was first elected to the Senate in 1962 in a special election for the seat vacated by his brother, John F. Kennedy, when he became president. He won the next eight subsequent elections, becoming the third-longest serving senator in U.S. history.</div> <bR> <div> His longevity makes it easy to forget that when he first became a senator, Kennedy was thought of as an undeserving, intellectual lightweight, riding on his brother's coat-tails.</div> <bR> <div> Though he showed tremendous enthusiasm, his earlier work on John Kennedy's campaign did not seem to indicate that he had inherited his brothers' political skills. He was even expelled from Harvard for a short time for cheating -- something his opponents used as ammunition.</div> <bR> <div> But following a near-fatal plane crash in 1964 that left him confined to bed for months with a life-altering back injury, Kennedy began to develop the shrewd skills of a legislator which would come to define his career.</div> <bR> <div> He honed in on issues such as immigration reform, education, healthcare and civil rights -- and stayed focused on those topics for more than 40 years.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Personal struggles</B></div> <bR> <div> But despite his many accomplishments, much of Kennedy's career and personal life were overshadowed by personal scandal.</div> <bR> <div> CTV's Washington Bureau Chief Paul Workman said he "will be remembered as a great senator and as a flawed character -- as a Kennedy."</div> <bR> <div> His reputation suffered as he was pegged as another Kennedy who strayed outside of marriage (his first marriage ended in divorce).</div> <bR> <div> The 1969 "Chappaquiddick incident" would forever taint Kennedy, and all but ended any presidential hopes he may have had. In the incident, the car Kennedy was driving following a party ran off a bridge and plunged into the water, resulting in the drowning death of passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy swam to safety.</div> <bR> <div> Kennedy's failure to report the accident to police for nearly nine hours was widely condemned. The senator pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and was given a suspended sentence.</div> <bR> <div> The tragedy would hang over his career and life for many years to come.</div> <bR> <div> A decade later in 1979, Kennedy bowed to intense public and political pressure and entered the presidential race, challenging sitting Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter. After a rocky campaign he lost to Carter in the primaries but still managed to grab the limelight at the party's convention with a stirring speech.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 381 WIDTH="707"><div> Through the Reagan presidency, Kennedy's personal behavior was the subject of tabloid reports about his drinking and womanizing. But his 1992 marriage to Victoria Reggie seemed to stabilize his life, and his reputation.</div> <bR> <div> He continued to work hard on the issues that were close to his heart; health care, immigration, the plight of the poor.</div> <bR> <div> In 2006 Kennedy became the second longest serving senator, after Robert Bryd of West Virginia.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Brain surgery</B></div> <bR> <div> On May 20, 2008, doctors announced Kennedy had a malignant brain tumor, diagnosed after he experienced a seizure at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. The next month he underwent brain surgery.</div> <bR> <div> His appearances on the Senate floor became few and far between. But despite his failing health, Kennedy managed to attend the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.</div> <bR> <div> The "Lion of the Senate" will roar no more.</div> <bR> <div> Kennedy was the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. He is survived by his wife Victoria and his three children from his first marriage.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="25"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 603 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Coroner rules Jackson's death a homicide</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Aug. 24 2009  22:20  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 25th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Michael Jackson's death has been ruled a homicide by the Los Angeles County coroner, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.</B></div> <bR> <div> The ruling increases the likelihood that criminal charges are going to be filed against the doctor who was with the King of Pop when he died on June 25.</div> <bR> <div> The official says the coroner has found that a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson before he died in his rented L.A. mansion.</div> <bR> <div> Court documents unsealed in Houston Monday said the pop star was given a "lethal level" of propofol, a powerful anesthetic.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal doctor, is at the centre of a manslaughter probe by the Los Angeles police.</div> <bR> <div> Michael Rechtshaffen of the Hollywood Reporter told CTV News Channel that the official report is "imminent this week."</div> <bR> <div> 'I think everyone has the feeling now that the coroner is going to release the result of the toxicology report and that criminal charges well be filed on the same day," he said Monday evening from Los Angeles.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The court documents</B></div> <bR> <div> The court documents, from a search warrant affidavit, answer many questions surrounding Jackson's death, but add many new questions as well.</div> <bR> <div> According to the documents, Murray told police he had been treating the singer for insomnia for six weeks and he was giving his patient 50 milligrams of propofol, using an intravenous line, every night.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e4c4a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In this Feb. 24, 1988 photo Michael Jackson leans, points, sings, dances and struts during the opening performance of his 13-city U.S. tour in Kansas City. (AP / Cliff Schiappa)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4c5a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Michael Jackson arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif., March 17, 2005. (AP / Michael A. Mariant)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4c6a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Officials remove documents from the offices of Michael Jackson's personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, in Las Vegas on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. (AP / Isaac Brekken)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 600 WIDTH="707"><div> But the doctor told police he feared Jackson was becoming addicted to the drug and he began to wean his patient off by limiting the dosage and using other drugs just a few days before he died.</div> <bR> <div> Murray said the night before Jackson died, he gave the singer no propofol, but administered three other drugs to help him sleep.</div> <bR> <div> At 10:40 a.m. in the morning, Murray administered 25 milligrams of propofol after Jackson repeatedly demanded the drug, according to court records.</div> <bR> <div> The documents say Jackson feel asleep soon after, and Murray left about 10 minutes later to go to the washroom. When he returned two minutes later at about 11 a.m., he says he found Jackson not breathing.</div> <bR> <div> Murray immediately began CPR and administered a drug to reverse the effects of a sedative like propofol.</div> <bR> <div> Murray then called Jackson's personal assistant for help and asked for security to be sent upstairs to Jackson.</div> <bR> <div> Several minutes later with no response from security, Murray ran downstairs and asked for Prince Jackson, the singer's eldest son, to be sent up.</div> <bR> <div> Murray returned to continue CPR and 911 was called.</div> <bR> <div> Police indicated that they do not believe this account as cell phone records show Murray made three separate phone calls lasting about 47 minutes starting at 11:18 a.m.</div> <bR> <div> Police say Murray did not make this detail known to them during interviews.</div> <bR> <div> However, in a statement late Monday night through his lawyer, Murray said police have twisted his account in the affidavit.</div> <bR> <div> He denied telling detectives he left Jackson and found him not breathing at about 11 a.m.</div> <bR> <div> Attorney Edward Chernoff said much of what the Los Angeles Police filed in court papers was "theory."</div> <bR> <div> According to authorities, they have found no evidence that Murray legally purchased or obtained propofol.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 199 WIDTH="707"><div> The court documents say police found eight bottles of propofol in Jackson's home.</div> <bR> <div> According to the documents, Murray says he wasn't the first doctor to introduce Jackson to the drug.</div> <bR> <div> Murray is hardly the only doctor mentioned in the court documents, as at least six other doctors are mentioned to have relevance in the case.</div> <bR> <div> Murray hit back at the affidavit in a statement issued late Monday night, saying police twisted his account of Jackson's last hours.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 572 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police seek woman who checked fugitive into motel</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Aug. 24 2009  08:07  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 24th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Police are looking for the woman who checked a wanted Canadian fugitive into a motel, days before he was found hanging by a belt inside his rented room.</B></div> <bR> <div> The body of 32-year-old Ryan Jenkins -- a reality TV show contestant and one-time Calgary real estate developer -- was found Sunday inside of a motel room in Hope, B.C., about 100 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.</div> <bR> <div> Jenkins was wanted for the brutal murder of his 28-year-old ex-wife, Jasmine Fiore, a former swimsuit model whose mutilated remains were found in a Los Angeles-area dumpster two weekends ago.</div> <bR> <div> Fiore's body had been stuffed into a suitcase and was missing its fingers and teeth.</div> <bR> <div> She was later identified using the serial numbers on her breast implants.</div> <bR> <div> A cross-border manhunt ended when Jenkins' death was confirmed Sunday.</div> <bR> <div> Kevin Walker, the manager of the B.C. motel where Jenkins was found dead, said a woman had checked the fugitive into his room on Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> Jenkins and the woman had arrived at the motel in a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser with Alberta plates, Walker said.</div> <bR> <div> The woman checked into the hotel by herself and paid enough cash for three nights' stay.</div> <bR> <div> "He stayed in the car, far, far away from the front of the office," Walker told The Canadian Press. "I didn't think nothing of it because it's just a couple checking in."</div> <bR> <div> Walker said he did not see the woman again.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e4bca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The Thunderbird Motel where fugitive Ryan Jenkins was found dead is pictured in Hope, B.C., Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4bda0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This undated photo shows Ryan Alexander Jenkins, of Calgary, Alberta. Jenkins is a person of interest in the murder of Jasmine Fiore. (AP / Buena Park Police Department)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4bea0770.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Ryan Jenkins is suspected in the murder of Jasmine Fiore.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 605 WIDTH="707"><div> The motel manager went to check on Jenkins' room the day he was supposed to check out -- Sunday -- and found the fugitive hanging "from a coat rack."</div> <bR> <div> The RCMP said it looked like Jenkins had hanged himself.</div> <bR> <div> "At this time the investigation into the circumstances of his death is continuing but preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life," said spokesman Sgt. Duncan Pound.</div> <bR> <div> The wanted man's appearance had changed since Jenkins was last seen, which CTV British Columbia's Norma Reid said made it hard for motel staff to recognize him.</div> <bR> <div> "He was much thinner than the photos then they've been seeing on the news lately, he was disheveled, he had a bit of a goatee and some facial hair growing," Reid said during an interview with CTV's Canada AM from Hope, B.C., on Monday morning. "He did not look like the man that they had been seeing on the news. That's why they never suspected that this was him."</div> <bR> <div> Reid said the woman who checked Jenkins into the motel is described as being a "very beautiful" blonde-haired woman, who is between 20 and 25 years of age.</div> <bR> <div> Authorities had been looking for Jenkins ever since his ex-wife's body was found earlier this month.</div> <bR> <div> Jenkins and Fiore had been seen checking into a high-end hotel in San Diego on Aug. 13.</div> <bR> <div> The couple had reportedly reconciled after a rocky period in their relationship. That was the last time that anyone saw Fiore alive.</div> <bR> <div> The next day, Jenkins checked out from the hotel by himself and reported that Fiore was missing.</div> <bR> <div> Around the same time, police in the L.A. suburb of Buena Park found Fiore's remains and soon began looking for Jenkins.</div> <bR> <div> Jenkins' SUV was found last Wednesday at a launch ramp in Washington state near the Canadian border and his boat was found in Point Roberts, Wash.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 136 ><NOBR><div> On Friday, Jenkins was formally charged with Fiore's killing and a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest.</div> <bR> <div> Jenkins and Fiore had originally married in Las Vegas after a two-day romance.</div> <bR> <div> They met around the time that Jenkins was a contestant on a VH1 reality show called "Megan Wants a Millionaire."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from CTV's Canada AM and The Canadian Press</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 393 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Abdullah accuses Karzai of 'rigging the election'</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Aug. 23 2009  11:54  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 23rd, 2009</div> <div> <B>Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah is levelling fraud allegations against President Hamid Karzai in last week's election and says Canadians should care about the vote's legitimacy given the sacrifices Canadian forces have made to achieve stability in the country.</B></div> <bR> <div> In an exclusive interview with CTV News South Asia Bureau Chief Janis Mackey Frayer in Kabul, Abdullah blatantly accused Karzai and his team of "playing with mathematics, with rigging the election."</div> <bR> <div> "The problem is that (Karzai) doesn't allow for a single second in his mind to think that one day he could not be the president," Abdullah said. "It's possible that he's not the president. He doesn't allow that chance. That's why he's using everything in his hand." </div> <bR> <div> The independent Electoral Complaints Commission has received more than 200 complaints since voting began on Thursday, with as many as 35 being "material to the election results," said the commission's head, Grant Kippen.</div> <bR> <div> According to Abdullah, ballots cast for his rival are arriving from southern districts where polling stations did not open, and that in other regions, voter turnout has been exaggerated.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e4baa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the leading challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the presidential election, speaks to CTV News in a candid interview.</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e4bba0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> An election worker counts votes at the Independent Election Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (AP / Rafiq Maqbool)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 554 WIDTH="707"><div> "We've received reports that out of those areas, turnout has shown in a very exaggerated manner and the turnout is in favour of the incumbent," Abdullah told reporters during a Sunday news conference. "Had it been real turnout and had it been really in favour of the incumbent or anybody, then we wouldn't have any problem."</div> <bR> <div> While millions of Afghans voted in the election despite threats of violence from Taliban militants, the final tally is expected to show that only between 40 and 50 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots.</div> <bR> <div> Preliminary results may be released early this week. However, a certified final result will not be ready until mid-September. If neither candidate gets 50 per cent of the vote, a runoff will be held.</div> <bR> <div> Mackey Frayer reported early Sunday that all allegations of voter fraud will have to be investigated and cleared before the election's final result can be certified.</div> <bR> <div> During the interview, Abdullah said Canadians should care about the election's result "because you are making big sacrifices for stability in this part of the world."</div> <bR> <div> "Your soldiers have died in this country, you are paying your taxpayers' money. And with a flawed system continuing, more troops, more money, more advisers, more diplomatic support will not do the job. You cannot substitute the failure of a failed regime by more troops. When you allow the people of Afghanistan to rule, then your support will bring results sooner rather than later."</div> <bR> <div> Since the mission began in 2002, 127 Canadian soldiers have died in Afghanistan.</div> <bR> <div> Abdullah said stability in Afghanistan depends on establishing a moderate Islamic state that observes the basic democratic rights of its citizens.</div> <bR> <div> But he said that can only happen with free and fair elections, which give Afghans faith in their government.</div> <bR> <div> Abdullah blamed low voter turnout on a lack of faith in the election process, rather than threats from the Taliban.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Allegations in Kandahar province</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 397 WIDTH="707"><div> Among other allegations, Abdullah accuses a border security commander in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province of using his home as a polling station.</div> <bR> <div> Abdullah said Gen. Abdul Raziq stuffed the ballot box in favour of Karzai. He also said that other polling centres were in police posts under Raziq's control.</div> <bR> <div> Raziq said that all polling stations were in their proper locations, from mosques to schools.</div> <bR> <div> "They are just spreading propaganda, the people who are saying there was fraud," Raziq said. "If there is any proof of it, please show me."</div> <bR> <div> Abdullah said appeals would be filed with the complaints commission.</div> <bR> <div> Other complaints include ballot-box tampering, voters using multiple voting cards and underage voters.</div> <bR> <div> Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan, said the allegations are expected, but critics should wait to judge the legitimacy of the vote until after the allegations have been investigated.</div> <bR> <div> "We have disputed elections in the United States. There may be some questions here. That wouldn't surprise me at all. I expect it," Holbrooke told AP Television News in the western city of Herat. "But let's not get out ahead of the situation."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Tropical storm warnings issued for Atlantic Canada</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Aug. 22 2009  14:52  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 22nd, 2009</div> <div> <B>The Canadian Hurricane Centre has issued tropical storm warnings and hurricane watches for much of Atlantic Canada as Hurricane Bill churns toward the east coast of the United States, packing winds of nearly 160 kilometres per hour.</B></div> <bR> <div> Tropical storm warnings have been issued for the entire Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, including Queens County, Lunenberg County and Halifax Metro and Halifax County West, which call for sustained winds of at least 65 kilometres per hour and heavy rainfall.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e4b9a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Hurricane Bill heads towards the U.S. coast, as seen in this NOAA satellite image taken at at 12:15 p.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 720 WIDTH="707"><div> Wind gusts could top 100 kilometres per hour, according to wind warnings issued by Environment Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Parts of eastern mainland Nova Scotia are under a hurricane watch, including Guysborough County, Richmond County, and the eastern Cape Breton area, calling for winds of 120 kilometres per hour.</div> <bR> <div> There are also tropical storm watches for the rest of Nova Scotia, most of PEI and almost all of Newfoundland.</div> <bR> <div> Experts are warning of flooding in some areas due to heavy rainfall. All of Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland can expect anywhere between 75 and 100 mm of rain. In Nova Scotia, rainfall levels could reach 150 mm.</div> <bR> <div> New Brunswick is not expected to be hit too hard, though winds may gust up to 70 kilometres per hour in some places, with much as 40 mm of rainfall.</div> <bR> <div> Hurricane Bill will make its way up the eastern seaboard of the United States Saturday and early Sunday and should hit Nova Scotia by Sunday evening. It is expected to make landfall in Newfoundland around midnight Sunday.</div> <bR> <div> Bill hammered Bermuda early Saturday morning with winds topping 165 kilometres per hour, knocking down palm trees, scattering debris and cutting power to about 3,700 people.</div> <bR> <div> A tropical storm warning has been issued for the Massachusetts coast, which includes Martha's Vineyard, where U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to vacation this week.</div> <bR> <div> Peter Bowyer of the Canadian Hurricane Centre said Bill isn't expected to be as severe as Hurricane Juan, which killed at least two people and caused about $100 million worth of damage when it made landfall in September 2003.</div> <bR> <div> But the high winds and rain will likely wreak havoc across the region.</div> <bR> <div> "This is a good day to get ready because all of that weather is coming tomorrow," Bowyer told CTV News Channel Saturday in a telephone interview from Dartmouth, N.S. "It's just going to get messier and uglier as the day goes on. The winds are going to increase, the rain is going to increase."</div> <bR> <div> The weather warnings have led Marine Atlantic to suspend ferry service between Port aux Basques, N.L. and North Sydney, N.S., starting on Sunday morning.</div> <bR> <div> The last ferries will depart at 8 p.m. Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> According to John Majchrowicz, vice president of operations, the service suspension is expected to last for at least 24 hours.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press and The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 603 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Clean-up continues from devastating storm system</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Aug. 21 2009  08:01  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 21st, 2009</div> <div> <B>The cleanup continues in southern Ontario, the morning after a string of severe thunderstorms -- and several suspected tornadoes -- destroyed buildings and homes, flipped cars and killed an 11-year-old boy.</B></div> <bR> <div> The storm moved west to east across southern Ontario on Thursday, moving with such a destructive pace that Environment Canada at one point advised people to take shelter in basements or other secure areas.</div> <bR> <div> Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson said that the storm system started in the Sarnia and Windsor, Ont., areas and simply got worse as it moved eastward across southern Ontario.</div> <bR> <div> The presence of a very warm and humid air mass sitting over the southwestern and south-central parts of the province was the recipe for funnel clouds, Coulson said during an Friday morning interview with CTV's Canada AM in Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> So far, the only confirmed fatality from the storm was the death of an 11-year-old boy who was camping with his family in Durham, Ont., south of Owen Sound.</div> <bR> <div> CTV's Meghan Furman said the boy's death was officially confirmed on Friday morning.</div> <bR> <div> "I spoke with the deputy chief of police just moments ago," she said just after 7 a.m. ET on Friday. "He did confirm one person has been killed and they have released the age of this boy, he was 11 years old."</div> <bR> <div> The boy was in a "tented picnic area" at the Durham Conservation Area campground at the time of his death, Furman said. His mother was by his side.</div> <bR> <div> Also in Durham, the storm destroyed a printing press facility and tore the roof off of a fitness centre, while a police officer was working out inside.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e4b0a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Dozens of houses are missing their roofs after funnel clouds reportedly touched down in Woodbridge, Ont. on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="e4b1a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> CTV viewers sent in spectacular footage of funnel clouds in the Vaughan, Ont. area on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="e4b2a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Residents look over a destroyed printing facility by damage caused when an apparent tornado touched down on the edge of Durham, Ontario, Thursday, August 20, 2009. (Dave Chidley / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 503 WIDTH="707"><div> The suspected tornado that hit Durham moved east to the top of Blue Mountain before hitting the town of Craigleith, located between Thornbury and Collingwood, Ont.</div> <bR> <div> "It was a large funnel cloud, coming over the top of the mountain and then touching down... shearing off the tops of homes, said OPP Sgt. Chris Maecker.</div> <bR> <div> The twister then moved across Georgian Bay and across to Gravenhurst, causing more damage along the way, Maecker said.</div> <bR> <div> In Vaughan, Ont., just north of Toronto, the storm tore the roofs off houses, uprooted trees and overturned cars. At least one tornado is believed to have touched down.</div> <bR> <div> Some 175 houses in Vaughan have sustained severe structural damage as a result of the storms, CTV Toronto's John Vennavally-Rao reported Friday morning. Hundreds of others sustained lesser damage.</div> <bR> <div> "Just an incredible scene yesterday, the storms that swept through, we're not entirely sure how many tornadoes may have been associated with this storm," Vennavally-Rao said while reporting from the scene in Vaughan.</div> <bR> <div> "Environment Canada will be out today surveying the damage and trying to establish just how many twisters touched down." </div> <div> Based on the TV storm footage available on Thursday night, Coulson said the funnel cloud seen in the Woodbridge and Vaughan area was "obviously" a tornado.</div> <bR> <div> Others still need to be confirmed, he said.</div> <bR> <div> The storm also moved through Toronto, where reports suggested that a funnel cloud was seen near the central intersection of Yonge and Bloor Streets.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from CTV's Canada AM and The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 254 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>CIA hired contractors to try to kill Jihadists</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Aug. 20 2009  07:45  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 20th, 2009</div> <div> <B>WASHINGTON -- The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al Qaeda, a person familiar with the program said Wednesday.</B></div> <bR> <div> The contracts, which were unsuccessful, were canceled several years ago, the person told The Associated Press. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the program remains classified.</div> <bR> <div> <I>The New York Times</I> first reported the program late Wednesday on its website.</div> <bR> <div> The Times, citing unidentified current and former government officials, said Blackwater</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="c236a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Plainclothes contractors working for Blackwater USA take part in a firefight as Iraqi demonstrators loyal to Muqtada Al Sadr attempt to advance on a facility being defended by U.S. and Spanish soldiers, Sunday, April 4, 2004 in the Iraqi city of Najaf. (AP / Gervasio Sanchez)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 632 WIDTH="707"><div> executives helped with planning, training and surveillance for the program. The program never resulted in the capture or killing of any terrorists suspects, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials. It was never fully operational, and was cancelled by then-CIA Director George Tenet. It was restarted by his successor, Porter Goss, and canceled again this June by CIA Director Leon Panetta.</div> <bR> <div> Panetta then informed the congressional intelligence committees about the program for the first time the next day.</div> <bR> <div> The officials told the <I>Times</I> that the CIA's use of an outside company for a potentially lethal program was a major reason Panetta called the emergency congressional briefing. The House Intelligence Committee last month launched an investigation to determine whether the CIA broke the law by not informing Congress about the secret program as soon as it was begun.</div> <bR> <div> Blackwater, a North Carolina company now known as Xe Services, has come under heavy criticism for its alleged role in a September 2007 shooting in Baghdad's Nisoor Square that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.</div> <bR> <div> It was unclear whether the CIA had planned to use the contractors to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives or just to help with training and surveillance. Government officials said bringing outsiders into a program with lethal authority raised deep concerns about accountability in covert operations, the Times reported.</div> <bR> <div> The CIA has regularly used contractors for intelligence analysis and operations, former CIA Director Michael Hayden told Congress last year. Contractors participated in the secret harsh interrogations of terrorist suspects, he said. Contractors are no longer allowed to conduct interrogations, Panetta told Congress in April.</div> <bR> <div> The <I>Times</I> reported that the CIA did not have a formal contract with Blackwater for this program but instead had individual agreements with top company officials, including founder Erik D. Prince.</div> <bR> <div> "Director Panetta thought this effort should be briefed to Congress, and he did so. He also knew it hadn't been successful, so he ended it. Neither decision was difficult. This was clear and straightforward," CIA spokesman George Little told the AP. "Director Panetta did not tell the (congressional) committees that the agency had misled the Congress or had broken the law. He decided that the time had come to brief Congress on a counterterrorism effort that was, in fact, much more than a PowerPoint presentation."</div> <bR> <div> A message left on Xe spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell's cell phone and an e-mail message were not immediately returned late Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian inflation falls to lowest level in 56 years</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Aug. 19 2009  07:43  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 19th, 2009</div> <div> <B>OTTAWA -- Canada's annual inflation rate slid to the lowest level in 56 years last month, as overall prices fell 0.9 per cent from where they stood last July.</B></div> <bR> <div> It was the second straight month that Canada's inflation rate has dipped into negative territory, but unlike in June when it decreased 0.3 per cent, the unusual phenomenon was more widespread this time.</div> <bR> <div> In July, prices fell on an annual basis and on a month-to-month basis, dipping 0.3 per cent from June, with eight provinces recording a negative inflation rate.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e4a1a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A Canadian Loonie and a Canadian dime are shown in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. (Tom Hanson / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 625 WIDTH="707"><div> Still, economists say there is little concern that deflation - a broadbased and persistent decline in prices that could exact further damage to the economy - is setting in Canada, as it did in Japan during the 1990s.</div> <bR> <div> That's because only three of the major components tracked by Statistics Canada are experiencing de-inflation and most of that is based on falling gasoline prices.</div> <bR> <div> In July, consumers paid 4.1 per cent less at the pump than they did the previous month, and 28.3 per cent less than they did last July.</div> <bR> <div> "Regular unleaded gasoline prices at self-serviced stations averaged 97.4 cents per litre in July 2009 compared with a record high of 136.6 cents in July 2008," the agency noted.</div> <bR> <div> But since the run-up in oil prices stalled last July at US$147 a barrel before beginning a downward spiral, the influence of gas prices on inflation is due to reverse next month, which could see inflation again rising.</div> <bR> <div> Statistics Canada also pointed out that excluding the energy component, inflation remains a healthy 1.8 per cent in Canada. Core inflation is also close to where the Bank of Canada would like it, at 1.8 per cent, only slightly below the desired two-per-cent target.</div> <bR> <div> Still, Canadians were seeing many bargains when they went shopping last month.</div> <bR> <div> Besides lower pump prices, the cost of purchasing a car was 4.3 per cent lower than last year, shelter prices fell two per cent, mortgage interest costs were 0.1 per cent lower, and clothing and footwear cost 2.1 per cent less than last July.</div> <bR> <div> The key contributor to inflationary pressure continued to be food prices, which were five per cent higher in July on an annual basis. But that was better than the 5.5 per cent increase recorded in June, and 6.4 per cent hike of May.</div> <bR> <div> As well, car insurance rose 5.1 per cent last month, tempering the overall descent in the gas-price dominated transportation component.</div> <bR> <div> Regionally, eight of Canada's provinces experienced negative inflation last month, with British Columbia heading the pack with a minus 1.6-per cent-reading. Saskatchewan was the only province with positive inflation at 0.9 per cent, while prices were flat in Manitoba.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 406 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>RIM world's fastest-growing company, says Fortune</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Aug. 18 2009  08:18  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 18th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Fortune magazine has named Canadian technology icon Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, the world's fastest-growing company.</B></div> <bR> <div> The Waterloo, Ont.-based company was able to make the list this year after Fortune opened its 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list to non-American businesses for the first time.</div> <bR> <div> Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, the world's biggest fertilizer company, came in at 10th.</div> <bR> <div> Jessi Hempel, who writes about technology, advertising and media for Fortune, says RIM moved into the top spot easily.</div> <bR> <div> "We looked back over the last three years at revenue, profits and total earnings. And RIM simply blew the competitors away," she told Canada AM Tuesday from New York.</div> <bR> <div> "This is a company that has grown an average of 80 per cent for each of the last 10 years. They have tapped into one of the fastest growing markets and are developing a great product."</div> <bR> <div> RIM, founded in 1984, has more than quadrupled its workforce in the last four years and expects to have about 12,000 employees by the end of the year.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e499a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive officer for Research In Motion speaks at the annual general meeting in Waterloo, Ont., Tuesday, July 14, 2009. (Dave Chidley / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e49aa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This photo provided by Research in Motion Ltd., shows the company's new touch-screen phone, the Storm. (AP / Research in Motion Ltd.)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 678 WIDTH="707"><div> In its latest quarterly report, the company said its revenues rose 53 per cent to US$3.42 billion. It's expected to see three-year average earnings-per-share growth of 84 per cent and revenue growth of 77 per cent.</div> <bR> <div> Its stock is now worth about $44 billion.</div> <bR> <div> RIM's line of Blackberry phones has long dominated the American smartphone market, and it now holds an impressive 56 per cent share of the US$12-billion market.</div> <bR> <div> After conquering the corporate world and getting CEOs and junior managers alike hooked on its products, RIM has now moved to the highly competitive consumer market, convincing everyone from teens to housewives that they need to stay connected through their "BB."</div> <bR> <div> The company added 3.8 million new subscribers in the last quarter, bringing its overall subscriber count to 28.5 million.</div> <bR> <div> But it is precisely the company's astounding success that makes its future difficult to predict.</div> <bR> <div> "It's hard to grow when you're already the king," said Hempel, noting that the North American market is essentially saturated.</div> <bR> <div> Hempel also pointed out that RIM is now battling many competitors and a new slate of entrants are poised to try to enter the market in the fall. Apple's trend-setting smartphone iPhone has met with massive consumer demand and competition from the likes of Apple, Acer, Dell and Motorola is "getting increasingly stiff," Fortune magazine has said.</div> <bR> <div> "This is going to be one of the hottest industries in the world," said Hempel, noting that the international market for smartphones remains essentially untapped.</div> <bR> <div> "What RIM has going for it is that it was here first. It has a product we are all very used to working with," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Hempel gives much of the credit of RIM's success to co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who reportedly work together brilliantly yet do not socialize. She said that kind of relationship is rare and "has everything to do with their success."</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, Potash Corp. has successfully cashed in on demand for fertilizer from growing markets like China, India and Brazil and has expanded rapidly through acquisitions and organic growth.</div> <bR> <div> Although the fertilizer giant recently downgraded its outlook after second-quarter profits plunged nearly 80 per cent on tumbling potash and phosphate prices, CEO Bill Doyle has long said farmers can only delay fertilizer purchases for so long before it starts to affect their crop yields.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 70 WIDTH="707"><div> The company is predicting a rebound in demand beginning in the second half of 2009, forecasting third-quarter earnings of between 80 cents per share and $1.20 per share and between $4 to $5 per share for the full year.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 114 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Facebook hits deadline to comply with privacy law</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Aug. 17 2009  07:40  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 17th, 2009</div> <div> <B>OTTAWA -- Social networking site Facebook was given one month to implement a number of recommendations aimed at better protecting the privacy of nearly 12 million Canadian users -- and the month's up.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="e492a06e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 252 WIDTH="707"><div> Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart warned last month that Facebook breaches federal privacy law by keeping users' personal information indefinitely -- even after members close their accounts.</div> <bR> <div> She also raised concerns about the sharing of users' files with the almost one million third-party developers scattered across the globe who create Facebook applications such as games and quizzes.</div> <bR> <div> On July 16, Stoddart gave Facebook 30 days to make the recommended changes or face the threat of court action.</div> <bR> <div> Facebook has said it will soon be introducing a number of new additional privacy features that will address the concerns.</div> <bR> <div> Stoddart, who launched the probe in response to a complaint last year from the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, is expected to review Facebook's actions this week.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadians need better flu education, says CMA head</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Aug. 16 2009  10:21  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 16th, 2009</div> <div> <B>SASKATOON -- The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says Canadians need to be better educated about flu symptoms ahead of a possible resurgence of the H1N1 virus this fall.</B></div> <bR> <div> Dr. Ann Doig says the pandemic is "front of mind" for physicians, who are in Saskatoon for their annual meeting. She says there is a lot of information available to doctors through local health regions, but the public needs to be given more as flu season approaches.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e490a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A few bottles of swine flu vaccine are seen at the Flinders Medical Center in Adelaide, Australia, Friday, July 24, 2009. (AP / Aman Sharma)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 695 WIDTH="707"><div> "Inevitably with something like this, there is a panic," says Doig, who has been practising family medicine in Saskatoon for 30 years.</div> <bR> <div> "It's no different than in the summertime when we always see people who think they might have Lyme disease or think they might have West Nile. And really, when you listen to their description of their symptoms, very, very frequently the symptoms that they're worried about have absolutely nothing to do with the disease that they've identified as being their concern," she says.</div> <bR> <div> "The same is true for the flu. We don't want people to be given misinformation about influenza."</div> <bR> <div> As of last Wednesday, the number of deaths officially associated with the swine flu virus in Canada stood at more than 60, although health officials say most people with H1N1 suffer only mild illness.</div> <bR> <div> Late last month, the Public Health Agency of Canada released new guidelines for front-line health workers to help contain and prevent the spread of H1N1.</div> <bR> <div> The recommendations include such measures as removing toys and magazines from waiting rooms, screening for swine flu during 911 calls and keeping emergency room patients in separate rooms if they exhibit respiratory symptoms.</div> <bR> <div> Doig, who officially becomes the medical association president this Wednesday, says there needs to be a "clearly articulated" public education program so patients can make informed decisions around such things as going to work or going to school.</div> <bR> <div> The information also needs to make it clear about when people should seek medical attention and where they should go, she says.</div> <bR> <div> There are concerns that doctors' offices could be overwhelmed.</div> <bR> <div> "The crunch is going to come when we start seeing the influx of patients who either do have or think they have symptoms of the H1N1 flu," says Doig.</div> <bR> <div> "I think my biggest wish list as a primary practitioner would be to say I really want to see good information going out ... to patients to say, 'This is the definition of influenza. Here are the symptoms that might lead you to think that you have influenza. Here are the things you should consider when making a decision about contacting a health professional for either treatment or advice."'</div> <bR> <div> "What I don't want to see is my office inundated with people who actually don't have symptoms of flu but think they have."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 240 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="e48ca0ea0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="e48dbdea0.jpg" border=0 width="445" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 379 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Balloon near border raises privacy concerns</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Aug. 15 2009  11:52  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 15th, 2009</div> <div> <B>It's not often that a balloon makes people feel uncomfortable.</B></div> <bR> <div> But the inflatable aircraft that has been floating above the St. Clair River in recent weeks, across the border from Sarnia, Ont., is no ordinary balloon.</div> <bR> <div> Officially, the "balloon" is called an Aerostat. It's a Helium-inflated aircraft that looks like a flying wing, and had been floating between 150 and 300 metres above the ground in Port Huron, Mich., since the end of last month, until a storm damaged its fabric and it was taken down for repairs.</div> <bR> <div> The company that owns it, Sierra Nevada Corporation, reportedly wants to test out the new technology to see if it can sell it to U.S. Homeland Security for use as a patrolling device.</div> <bR> <div> But Bradley M. Lott, a retired U.S. Marine Corps major general who is running the Aerostat testing in Port Huron, said the company's plan is to see what the aircraft can do and how it can be used in a variety of situations -- including for use in rescue operations after natural disasters or airline accidents.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e48ea0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Major General Bradley M. Lott USMC (ret). CEO and Owner of True North Logistics. (Courtesy True North Logistics)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e48fa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Sarnia resident Adam Bush, 24, helped organize the 'Moon the Balloon' protest taking place in Sarnia's Centennial Park on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 641 WIDTH="707"><div> Lott said the Aerostat was designed by the Colorado-based Global Near Space Systems, and built by Delaware's ILC Dover -- the company that built and designed the space suits that NASA astronauts used when walking on the Moon in 1969.</div> <bR> <div> The Aerostat has to follow Federal Aviation Administration flight rules and must be pulled down out of the sky each night at 11:30 p.m. It is permitted to go back up at 6:30 a.m.</div> <bR> <div> The device carries a "technologically-advanced payload," Lott said, which could be configured to carry a camera, communications equipment or other materials.</div> <bR> <div> But that payload -- and the powerful camera that has been training its eye on the St. Clair River while the Aerostat has being tested -- is exactly the problem issue for Sarnia residents who already put up with surveillance from helicopters, boats, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other patrols along the Ontario-Michigan border. Not to mention the flying drones that will start patrolling the border next year.</div> <bR> <div> "It's unbelievable that they think they need this on a friendly nation's border," said Adam Bush, a 24-year-old Sarnia resident who opposes the Aerostat's presence on the other side of the river.</div> <bR> <div> But it goes beyond the issue of U.S. defence concerns for many Sarnia residents, who say they simply do not want to be spied upon -- or potentially be spied upon -- by cameras from across the border.</div> <bR> <div> Having a camera peering into Sarnia is "a clear violation of our privacy and our sovereignty," said Mayor Mike Bradley, when explaining the issue over the phone to CTV.ca.</div> <bR> <div> "It's extremely creepy," said Bush, who has helped organize a cheeky protest against the Aerostat, aptly named "Moon the Balloon."</div> <bR> <div> Lott said the Aerostat is, in fact, not spying on anybody and is simply tracking the river, while it is being tested.</div> <bR> <div> Bradley, however, is additionally upset that no one in Sarnia was consulted as to whether the city wanted the Aerostat flying over its horizon.</div> <bR> <div> He's even written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, though Bradley said he has not yet received a response about the Aerostat issue.</div> <bR> <div> Lott said he has tried to reach out to Bradley about his concerns -- a gesture which the Sarnia mayor acknowledges, though he does not believe that the Aerostat is keeping its camera trained solely on the St. Clair River.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 397 WIDTH="707"><div> "No one here is buying the argument that they are not looking at buildings," Bradley said.</div> <bR> <div> Lott insists that the Aerostat is being governed by the "ethical behaviour of an ethical company" and he said Sierra Nevada Corp. is trying to "be as open as we can be" about their operations, inviting TV crews to check out the aircraft and its payload up-close.</div> <bR> <div> But the controversy has shown no signs of deflating in Sarnia.</div> <bR> <div> On Saturday evening, Bush will head down to the Sarnia waterfront to help lead Moon the Balloon, knowing full well that the Aerostat will not be in the sky.</div> <bR> <div> More than 1,400 people have signed up for the protest on a Facebook page, though Bush acknowledges he is not sure how many of them will actually show up.</div> <bR> <div> Around 5 p.m., they will form a line, turn their backs to the U.S. border, drop their drawers, and point their rear ends at Michigan.</div> <bR> <div> Bradley said he will not be attending, though he knows how upset Sarnia residents are about the issue.</div> <bR> <div> "I would say it has engaged the public here," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from Geoff Nixon</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 393 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Guitar legend Les Paul dies at age 94</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Aug. 13 2009  20:52  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 14th, 2009</div> <div> <B>HITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Les Paul, who invented the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.</B></div> <bR> <div> According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side.</div> <bR> <div> As an inventor, Paul also helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll with multitrack recording, which enables artists to record different instruments at different times, sing harmony with themselves, and then carefully balance the tracks in the finished recording.</div> <bR> <div> The use of electric guitar gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1940s, and then exploded with the advent of rock in the mid-'50s.</div> <bR> <div> "Suddenly, it was recognized that power was a very important part of music," Paul once said. "To have the dynamics, to have the way of expressing yourself beyond the normal limits of an unamplified instrument, was incredible. Today a guy wouldn't think of singing a song on a stage without a microphone and a sound system."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e484a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In this Feb. 26, 2007 file photo, Guitar legend Les Paul performs at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. (AP / Colin Archer)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e485a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In this May 3, 1988 photo, Paul McCartney, tries out a custom-made left handed 'Les Paul Lite' guitar presented to him by designer, Les Paul, left, in New York. (AP Photo)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 732 WIDTH="707"><div> "Without Les Paul, we would not have rock and roll as we know it," said Terry Stewart, president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. "His inventions created the infrastructure for the music and his playing style will ripple through generations. He was truly an architect of rock and roll."</div> <bR> <div> A tinkerer and musician since childhood, he experimented with guitar amplification for years before coming up in 1941 with what he called "The Log," a four-by-four piece of wood strung with steel strings.</div> <bR> <div> "I went into a nightclub and played it. Of course, everybody had me labelled as a nut." He later put the wooden wings onto the body to give it a tradition guitar shape.</div> <bR> <div> In 1952, Gibson Guitars began production on the Les Paul guitar.</div> <bR> <div> Pete Townshend of the Who, Steve Howe of Yes, jazz great Al DiMeola and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page all made the Gibson Les Paul their trademark six-string.</div> <bR> <div> Over the years, the Les Paul series has become one of the most widely used guitars in the music industry. In 2005, Christie's auction house sold a 1955 Gibson Les Paul for $45,600.</div> <bR> <div> Guitarist Joe Satriani called Paul "the original guitar hero," saying: "Les Paul set a standard for musicianship and innovation that remains unsurpassed."</div> <bR> <div> In the late 1960s, Paul retired from music to concentrate on his inventions. His interest in country music was rekindled in the mid-'70s and he teamed up with Chet Atkins for two albums. The duo were awarded a Grammy for best country instrumental performance of 1976 for their "Chester and Lester" album.</div> <bR> <div> With Mary Ford, his wife from 1949 to 1962, he earned 36 gold records for hits including "Vaya Con Dios" and "How High the Moon," which both hit No. 1. Many of their songs used overdubbing techniques that Paul had helped develop.</div> <bR> <div> "I could take my Mary and make her three, six, nine, 12, as many voices as I wished," he recalled. "This is quite an asset." The overdubbing technique was highly influential on later recording artists such as the Carpenters.</div> <bR> <div> Released in 2005, "Les Paul&Friends: American Made, World Played" was his first album of new material since those 1970s recordings. Among those playing with him: Peter Frampton, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Richie Sambora.</div> <bR> <div> "They're not only my friends, but they're great players," Paul told The Associated Press. "I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message."</div> <bR> <div> Two cuts from the album won Grammys, "Caravan" for best pop instrumental performance and "69 Freedom Special" for best rock instrumental performance. (He had also been awarded a technical Grammy in 2001.)</div> <bR> <div> Paul was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 690 WIDTH="707"><div> Paul was born Lester William Polfus, in Waukseha, Wis., on June 9, 1915. He began his career as a musician, billing himself as Red Hot Red or Rhubarb Red. He toured with the popular Chicago band Rube Tronson and His Texas Cowboys and led the house band on WJJD radio in Chicago.</div> <bR> <div> In the mid-1930s he joined Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians and soon moved to New York to form the Les Paul Trio, with Jim Atkins and bassist Ernie Newton.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, he had made his first attempt at audio amplification at age 13. Unhappy with the amount of volume produced by his acoustic guitar, Paul tried placing a telephone receiver under the strings. Although this worked to some extent, only two strings were amplified and the volume level was still too low.</div> <bR> <div> By placing a phonograph needle in the guitar, all six strings were amplified, which proved to be much louder. Paul was playing a working prototype of the electric guitar in 1929.</div> <bR> <div> His work on taping techniques began in the years after World War II, when Bing Crosby gave him a tape recorder. Drawing on his earlier experimentation with his homemade record-cutting machines, Paul added an additional playback head to the recorder. The result was a delayed effect that became known as tape echo.</div> <bR> <div> Tape echo gave the recording a more "live" feel and enabled the user to simulate different playing environments.</div> <bR> <div> Paul's next "crazy idea" was to stack together eight mono tape machines and send their outputs to one piece of tape, stacking the recording heads on top of each other. The resulting machine served as the forerunner to today's multitrack recorders.</div> <bR> <div> In 1954, Paul commissioned Ampex to build the first eight-track tape recorder, later known as "Sel-Sync," in which a recording head could simultaneously record a new track and play back previous ones.</div> <bR> <div> He had met Ford, then known as Colleen Summers, in the 1940s while working as a studio musician in Los Angeles. For seven years in the 1950s, Paul and Ford broadcast a TV show from their home in Mahwah, N.J. Ford died in 1977, 15 years after they divorced.</div> <bR> <div> In recent years, even after his illness in early 2006, Paul played Monday nights at New York night spots. Such stars as Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Van Halen came to pay tribute and sit in with him.</div> <bR> <div> "It's where we were the happiest, in a 'joint,"' he said in a 2000 interview with the AP. "It was not being on top. The fun was getting there, not staying there -- that's hard work."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 271 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Chalk River reactor to remain offline until 2010</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Aug. 13 2009  07:54  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 13th, 2009</div> <div> <B>The expected return-to-service date for the aging nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., which produces most of Canada's medical isotopes, has been pushed back to next spring.</B></div> <bR> <div> Late Wednesday, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited announced that the NRU reactor will not be up and running until the first quarter of 2010.</div> <bR> <div> The company released a statement saying that nine sites in the reactor need repairs.</div> <bR> <div> "In addition, high resolution scanning data available recently has identified both wall thinning and localized pitting that suggested different that suggests different corrosion effects," AECL said in the statement.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e2a5a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A digital meter is illuminated outside of the nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Canada Limited plant in Chalk River, Ontario, Wednesday, December 19 2007. (Fred Chartrand / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 501 WIDTH="707"><div> AECL insists, however, that the repairs do not pose any environmental threat.</div> <bR> <div> The 52-year-old reactor was first powered down in May after a radioactive water leak was discovered. Since then, the expected return-to-service date has been pushed back several times, leaving Canada to cope with a shortage of isotopes while it is offline.</div> <bR> <div> The types of medical isotopes made at Chalk River are used to detect cancer and heart ailments.</div> <bR> <div> Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt released a joint statement Wednesday, saying they were disappointed about the latest setback for the still-offline reactor.</div> <bR> <div> "We have asked AECL to provide a firm return-to-service plan as soon as possible, and we have underscored to them that their first priority is to return the NRU reactor to service, consistent with maintaining the highest standards of safety and security," the ministers said in the statement.</div> <bR> <div> Aglukkaq and Raitt also said they are working with medical experts, officials from other parts of Canada and other countries, to make up the shortfall in isotope production.</div> <bR> <div> Under normal conditions, the NRU reactor produces one-third of the world's medical isotopes, which have a short shelf life and cannot be stockpiled. Since the reactor went offline, other countries have been trying to pick up the slack.</div> <bR> <div> Doctors say the situation has left them with inconsistent supplies of isotopes, and has them paying high costs for the ones that are available. In some cases, isotope shipments are costing up to $30,000 more than they previously were.</div> <bR> <div> Health Canada, however, has said that it does not plan to cover to extra costs, as the provinces and territories are responsible for regulating the price of medical isotopes.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 498 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canada tracking Russian subs off East Coast</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Aug. 11 2009  18:37  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 12th, 2009</div> <div> <B>OTTAWA -- The air force has sent a surveillance plane to keep tabs on two Russian attack submarines cruising off the East Coast in a patrol that harkens back to the Cold War.</B></div> <bR> <div> The nuclear-powered subs were first spotted in international waters off Georgia on Aug. 5, raising eyebrows, but no sharp response from either the U.S. or Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Defence sources say it's believed the Akula II Class warships have since moved north, and remain outside of Canadian and American territorial limits, which extends 12 nautical miles into the ocean.</div> <bR> <div> It's unclear whether Canada took the initiative to have a CP-140 Aurora patrol plane watch the vessels, or whether there was a request from the U.S. Northern Command which tracks submarines.</div> <bR> <div> A spokesman for Canada Command, the Ottawa-based military headquarters in charge of continental defence, downplayed the surveillance mission and refused to discuss details, describing it as "routine" for the patrol aircraft which have spent most of their nearly 30 year career as submarine hunters.</div> <bR> <div> "We don't talk about ongoing activity, especially if it's a surveillance flight," said Lt. Noel Paine. "We don't discuss any activity of vessel of interest -- or any area that (the aircraft) is flying."</div> <bR> <div> The Russian patrol comes as the navy prepares to conduct an anti-submarine exercise in the Arctic this month.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e475a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft from a maritime surveillance squadron flies over the Pacific Ocean. (Master Cpl Danielle Bernier / Department of National Defence)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e476a0c80.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> One of Russia's Akula nuclear submarines is moored at a harbour on the Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka, Saturday, July 29, 2007. (AP Photo)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 716 WIDTH="707"><div> It also comes just a few days after Defence Minister Peter MacKay criticized Moscow over a planned exercise to drop paratroopers on the North Pole this summer.</div> <bR> <div> On Tuesday, MacKay was quick to point out that the submarines had not done anything threatening, but said it's all part of a pattern of "Russia flexing its muscle" on the world stage.</div> <bR> <div> "For a variety of reasons, to demonstrate our commitment to sovereignty, we're watching to ensure we know what is happening along our coastlines," he said in a telephone interview from his Nova Scotia riding.</div> <bR> <div> "Anything that comes near sovereign Canadian territory, we are going to react."</div> <bR> <div> MacKay's hawkish comments have in the past been dismissed by critics as the stale rhetoric from the Cold War, but defence insiders say they point to a mounting frustration within the Conservative government over Russia's wilful attitude when it comes to testing the boundaries of other countries.</div> <bR> <div> The Kremlin often doesn't give any warning.</div> <bR> <div> American officials say Moscow did not notify them about the submarine excursion -- the first of its kind since the end of the Cold War.</div> <bR> <div> It is another sign of stepped up Russian military activity, which has included several flights by strategic bombers that have brushed up against Canada's Arctic border -- but not crossed over.</div> <bR> <div> Last February, Canadian fighter jets scrambled to intercept an approaching Russian bomber less than 24 hours before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> As with other cases, the long-range Bear bomber did not enter Canada's airspace but the two CF-18 fighters had to order the plane to "back off."</div> <bR> <div> The Arctic, with its prospective mineral wealth and ill-defined borders, has become an area of intense competition among Canada, Russia, the United States, Denmark and other countries.</div> <bR> <div> The Kremlin caused a stir this year by declaring it was creating a special military force to protect its oil and natural gas interests in the Arctic -- a plan that Russian Ambassador Georgyi Mamedov claimed was twisted out of context by Western governments.</div> <bR> <div> Last year, the Russian navy conducted an exercise with Venezuela in the Caribbean, in what was the first deployment of Russian ships to the Western Hemisphere since the Cold War.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 531 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Strong earthquakes shake Tokyo area, Indian Ocean</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Aug. 11 2009  06:12  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 11th, 2009</div> <div> <B>TOKYO -- Two powerful earthquakes struck Asia early Tuesday, killing one and injuring dozens in coastal Japan and sending panicked residents into the streets as tsunami warnings were issued for countries skirting the Indian Ocean that were devastated by a deadly 2004 quake and tsunami.</B></div> <bR> <div> The U.S. Geological Survey said the first quake, registering magnitude 7.6, hit the Indian Ocean about 257 kilometers north of Port Blair in India's Andaman Islands. A tsunami watch was called for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, but was later lifted.</div> <bR> <div> T. Ramakrishnan, a police official in Port Blair, said there were no injuries or damage caused by the quake.</div> <bR> <div> "But people ran out of their homes in fear as they remembered the 2004 tsunami," he said, referring to waves triggered by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean.</div> <bR> <div> The quake was centered at a depth of 33 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said. An aftershock measuring 4.8 shook the same area 15 minutes later at a depth of 35 kilometers, it said.</div> <bR> <div> In Japan, one person was killed and several dozen injured when a 6.5-magnitude quake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks.</div> <bR> <div> Police said one 43-year-old woman was killed by falling debris and at least 63 people were injured. Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, reported that more than 80 people suffered minor injuries.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e46ba0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A father and son walk by cracks following a 6.5-magnitude earthquake at Yaizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture (State), Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. (AP / Itsuo Inouye)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e46ca0d20.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The side of Tomei Expressway collapses after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. (AP / Kyodo News)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 559 WIDTH="707"><div> Japan's Meteorological Agency -- which downgraded the quake from magnitude 6.6 -- also issued a tsunami warning, but that was later lifted. The quake was centered off Suruga Bay, southwest of Tokyo, at a depth of 20 kilometers.</div> <bR> <div> The two quakes -- though likely not related -- hit about 10 minutes apart.</div> <bR> <div> "The shaking was quite strong, even here. It wasn't the usual little ones," said Mitsuharu Wakamori, a police official in Aichi, about 140 kilometers west of the Japanese quake's center.</div> <bR> <div> Two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant were temporarily halted for safety checks. Reactors are automatically shut down whenever a quake of a certain strength is registered.</div> <bR> <div> Koki Saguchi of Chubu Electric Power Co. said no problems or damage were initially detected at the reactors. Plant workers were to inspect the reactors fully before resuming operation, which was expected to take at least half a day.</div> <bR> <div> The temblor prompted Central Japan Railway Co. to briefly stop operations of Shinkansen bullet trains, and some local trains were still out of service hours later, the company said.</div> <bR> <div> A magnitude-6.9 quake also rattled the region Sunday, but caused no damage or casualties. The USGS measured it at magnitude 7.1.</div> <bR> <div> Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and experts believe Tokyo has a 90 percent chance of being hit by a major quake over the next 50 years.</div> <bR> <div> In 1995, a magnitude-7.2 quake in the western port city of Kobe killed 6,400 people.</div> <bR> <div> Katsuyuki Abe, a Tokyo University seismology professor, said experts were studying whether Tuesday's quake could foreshadow a major temblor. Tokyo was devastated by an earthquake in 1923.</div> <bR> <div> "We are closely monitoring the developments and examining any changes in the region," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 233 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>NHL's top 2008 rookie arrested over row with cabbie</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Aug. 09 2009  17:24  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 10th, 2009</div> <div> <B>BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane was charged with attacking a cab driver in his home town Sunday, a beating police said was triggered when the driver did not have 20 cents in change to give the player and his cousin.</B></div> <bR> <div> Buffalo police said the 20-year-old Kane and his 21-year-old cousin, James Kane, had apparently caught a cab from the city's downtown nightclub district at about 4 a.m. ET. The cab driver suffered cuts to his face and his glasses were damaged, police spokesman Michael DeGeorge said.</div> <bR> <div> Both men were charged with felony robbery and misdemeanour counts of theft of services and</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e464a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In this June 25, 2007 file photo, Patrick Kane wears his Chicago Blackhawks No. 88 jersey as he is introduced by head coach Denis Savard at a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 484 WIDTH="707"><div> criminal mischief. Patrick Kane, who earned US$875,000 last season, pleaded not guilty in local court Sunday, WIVB-TV reported. It was not immediately clear when James Kane will appear in court.</div> <bR> <div> The driver said he was punched and hit by both men because he did not have 20 cents in change to give them, according to the police report.</div> <bR> <div> A message left at the home of Patrick Kane's parents was not immediately returned Sunday afternoon. Relatives who answered his grandfather's phone and his mother's cell phone declined to comment and could not say whether either Kane had a lawyer.</div> <bR> <div> A Blackhawks spokesman said the team is aware of the allegations against Kane.</div> <bR> <div> "He is a big part of our organization and a team leader and we stand behind him," spokesman Brandon Faber said. "As we are still collecting all the facts, it would be premature to comment further at this time."</div> <bR> <div> On Thursday, Patrick Kane was at a Buffalo ice rink where he played hockey as a child to help Mayor Byron Brown announce funding for improvements.</div> <bR> <div> He said at the time he was happy to have time "to hang out back home in Buffalo."</div> <bR> <div> "The best thing about it is my friends treat me like I'm a regular kid," said Kane, the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL draft. "They don't treat me like a celebrity or whatever they might treat me like in Chicago."</div> <bR> <div> Kane played his first two NHL seasons with the Blackhawks and had 46 goals and 96 assists. He won the Calder Trophy, given to the league's best rookie, in 2008.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="09"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 469 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Ex-child star says he's the father of Jackson's daughter</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Aug. 09 2009  14:49  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 9th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Former child star Mark Lester claims he's the biological father of Michael Jackson's daughter Paris, who shows a striking resemblance to one of his children.</B></div> <bR> <div> Lester is a longtime friend of Jackson, and says the King of Pop once asked him to donate sperm. He told the British tabloid "News of the World" that he agreed and gave a sample to a London clinic.</div> <bR> <div> In a video interview posted on the tabloid's website, Lester said he came forward with his claim because he has "concerns about the welfare and upbringing of the children."</div> <bR> <div> "It's a contact issue," he said. "I dearly want to remain in contact with those kids and I feel now this is the only way I can ensure that."</div> <bR> <div> He said Paris has the same high cheekbones, fair skin and blue eyes as his 15-year-old daughter Harriet.</div> <bR> <div> The 51-year-old former actor is famous for playing the lead role of "Oliver!" in the 1968 movie version.</div> <bR> <div> He first met Jackson 27 years ago when the singer's manager set up a meeting. Lester lives in Cheltenham, about 160 kilometers west of London.</div> <bR> <div> Lester said he donated his sperm when Jackson was married to Debbie Rowe.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e462a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Former child star Mark Lester, who is godfather to pop star Michael Jackson's three children, poses with a photo of the star at his home in Cheltenham, England, on Monday June 29, 2009. (AP / Simon Dawson)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="e463a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Paris Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson II appear on stage during the memorial service for their father Michael Jackson, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on July 7, 2009. (AP / Mark J. Terrill, Pool)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 70 WIDTH="707"><div> "She's the birth mother of the children so I naturally assumed the sperm donation would obviously have gone into Debbie and Debbie would have borne the children," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 547 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Earhart mystery could be solved with help of DNA lab</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Aug. 08 2009  07:39  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 8th, 2009</div> <div> <B>One of the most fascinating mysteries in aviation history could be solved with the help of two Ontario DNA labs.</B></div> <bR> <div> Genesis Genomics and Warnex Pro-DNA Services are working with a team of volunteer experts to help solve the 72-year-old disappearance of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.</div> <bR> <div> Earhart and her flight navigator Fred Noonan disappeared in July, 1937, during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. It is thought that Earhart went down somewhere in the Phoenix Islands, a group of uninhabited Pacific islands north of Samoa, between Hawaii and Australia.</div> <bR> <div> A non-profit group, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), has probed the Earhart disappearance for the last 21 years. Through its research of archaeological and anecdotal evidence, the group has come to believe that Earhart's twin-engine monoplane did not crash but instead was forced to land on one of the Phoenix Islands.</div> <bR> <div> The theory is that Earhart and Noonan became disoriented while trying to find their destination of Howland Island. With fuel running low, they landed on the reef-flat on tiny Gardner Island, near the wreck of a ship that had run aground there eight years before.</div> <bR> <div> Earhart and Noonan waited on the uninhabited island for rescue that never came, trying to send out distress calls that were too weak to be interpreted, the TIGHAR theory goes. The castaways survived for a time of provision left behind from the shipwreck rescue, and then in the island jungle before succumbing to either thirst, hunger or the elements.</div> <bR> <div> As for what became of the Earhart plane, TIGHAR theorizes that much of it was broken and up lost between 1938 and 1965. That's when British officers tried to establish a colony on the six-kilometre-long island. But with trouble maintaining supplies of fresh water, they eventually abandoned the post.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e45fa0b80.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="e460a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="e461a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Curtis Hildebrandt, an analyst Warnex Pro-DNA Services, speaks to Canada AM on Friday, Aug. 7, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 697 WIDTH="707"><div> TIGHAR's theory is that during the period of habitation, the colonists found the Earhart wreckage and used scraps for fishing tackle and other uses, while other bits were washed out to sea or were buried by winds.</div> <bR> <div> TIGHAR's director, American Richard Gillespie, led a 15-member expedition team to Gardner Island, now called Nikumaroro, in the summer of 2007 to try to solve the mystery. They recovered artifacts that may have belonged to Earhart, including pieces of broken glass that match a 1930s compact mirror.</div> <bR> <div> They brought the artifacts home to be analyzed in a lab. But to Gillespie's frustration, DNA from the materials was contaminated during the collection process with his own DNA.</div> <bR> <div> So next May, the recovery group plans to launch a $500,000 expedition to the island to seek out more items. The team of engineers, archaeologists, and others hope to find scraps of material in the island's abandoned and overgrown village that might indicate Earhart was on the island. They also expect that portions of Earhart's skeleton still remain there but have yet to be found.</div> <bR> <div> Whatever they find, they'll bring home. And that's where the Canadian DNA labs come in.</div> <bR> <div> TIGHAR has commissioned the services of Genesis Genomics and Warnex Pro-DNA Services to try to extract DNA from any artifacts they recover. They will then see if it matches that of a DNA sample provided by a relative of Earhart.</div> <bR> <div> Curtis Hildebrandt, an analyst Warnex Pro-DNA Services, says the work won't be easy. Teasing out DNA from tiny artifacts that have been exposed to the elements for as long as 70 years is painstaking work that could take many months.</div> <bR> <div> "One of the biggest issues is trying to get a useful DNA sample," he told Canada AM Friday from Thunder Bay.</div> <bR> <div> "We never know what the quality of the DNA will be. The outside appearance of the sample is irrelevant; it's about how robust the DNA is within that sample."</div> <bR> <div> Hildebrandt says Gillespie will need to find artifacts that Earhart may have actually touched.</div> <bR> <div> "When he heads back, he's going to be looking for any type of item that she may have come in contact with while on the island, something she might have used while trying to survive there and possibly some physical remains from her person." </div> <div> Gillespie says that Warnex typically works on forensic cases and cases such as paternity or immigration testing. "So working on a high-profile case like this is interesting and a change of pace," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "The team at Warnex, we're excited to... try to bring closure to something that has been ongoing for some 70+ years now. To help finalize that process would be very, very cool."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="07"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 240 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canada lost 45,000 jobs in July: Statistics Canada</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Aug. 07 2009  08:07  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 7th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Canada's job market was hit hard in July, with 45,000 jobs lost -- more than double what most economists had predicted.</B></div> <bR> <div> Statistics Canada released the latest employment numbers on Friday morning.</div> <bR> <div> The report said the losses were in both full and part-time work, and construction and the hotel industry were particularly hard-hit.</div> <bR> <div> July's job losses were much higher than in June, when just 7,400 jobs were removed from the books.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e458a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Job searcher Lisa DiPasquala gets resume tips from career counselor Donna Sweiden during a Careerbuilder and University of Phoenix job fair in New York, Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP / Bebeto Matthews)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 392 WIDTH="707"><div> "Since October, total employment has fallen by 2.4 per cent, all in full-time work, with the vast majority of employment losses in manufacturing, construction, and transportation and warehousing," the report stated.</div> <bR> <div> "During the same period, the unemployment rate increased 2.3 percentage points to 8.6 per cent, the highest rate in 11 years."</div> <bR> <div> From June to July, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.6 per cent, as fewer people participated in the work force, StatsCan reports.</div> <bR> <div> Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, speaking to CTV's Canada AM on Friday morning, said he wasn't surprised by the numbers and cautioned Canadians to brace for a few more months of bad news.</div> <bR> <div> "We expect that there will be continued job losses and this will go on for some months. We look forward to a recovery in 2010 when things will get better," Flaherty said.</div> <bR> <div> BNN's Michael Kane said most economic observers weren't expecting such steep losses.</div> <bR> <div> "The expectation after losses of 7,400 jobs in June was that it would be double to about 15,000. So to have it come in at more than double the expectation at 44,500, that is a major event," Kane told CTV's Canada AM.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="06"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Aerosmith singer brought to hospital after stage fall</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Aug. 06 2009  06:49  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 6th, 2009</div> <div> <B>STURGIS, South Dakota -- Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler was reportedly taken to a hospital after falling from stage during a concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota.</B></div> <bR> <div> Tyler, 61, fell while entertaing the crowd by dancing around after the sound system failed during the song "Love In an Elevator," concert-goer Lance Yellow Robe told the Rapid City Journal.</div> <bR> <div> Tyler was on the stage's catwalk when he tottered backward and fell, Yellow Robe said. Security rushed to help him and the crowd cheered when Tyler got back up.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e452a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Vocalist Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith performs at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, June 10, 2009. (AP / Jeff Roberson)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 124 WIDTH="707"><div> Tyler was taken backstage and around 12:15 a.m., Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry came out to tell the audience Tyler was being taken to the hospital and that the show would not go on.</div> <bR> <div> Rapid City Regional Hospitial co-ordinator Rod Brandhagen initially told The Associated Press that Tyler was on his way there early Thursday. He later declined to give any additional details.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="05"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 164 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Tornado uproots trees and cuts electricity in Quebec</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Aug. 05 2009  06:47  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 5th, 2009</div> <div> <B>A tornado touched down in the Laurentian community of Mont-Laurier Tuesday afternoon, sending citizens running for the basement as it ripped up trees, damaged buildings and knocked down power lines.</B></div> <bR> <div> Environment Canada confirmed the tornado after looking at pictures local residents sent to the media.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e44ca0730.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A tornado damaged homes in Mont Laurier, Que., on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. (Ian Potvin / CTV News)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 236 WIDTH="707"><div> The tornado's swath of destruction was widespread, as about 40 homes and businesses in the Maniwaki section were damaged.</div> <bR> <div> Provincial police spokesperson Steve Lalande told CTV News Channel at least one house was "completely blown away."</div> <bR> <div> An emergency meeting is underway at the Mont Laurier town hall to assess the damage.</div> <bR> <div> Hydro Quebec says about 4,000 people are without power because of the heavy damage. The utility cut power to the whole town as a preventative measure.</div> <bR> <div> An Environment Canada investigator is headed to the scene.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="04"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 147 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Maple Leaf Foods recalls nine wiener products</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Aug. 04 2009  07:33  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 4th, 2009</div> <div> <B>TORONTO -- Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is recalling nine wiener products because they may contain traces of the Listeria bacteria.</B></div> <bR> <div> The wieners are produced at a Maple Leaf facility in Hamilton, Ont., under the Hygrade, Shopsy's and Maple Leaf brand names.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="e43fa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 325 WIDTH="707"><div> The company says in a statement there have been no reported illnesses and this is a precautionary measure only.</div> <bR> <div> The best-before dates on the recalled products range from Sept. 8 to Sept. 17. The dates, the number for the Hamilton plant "EST. 611" and Line 1 "L1" are on an inkjet stamp located on the edge of the packaging.</div> <bR> <div> A listeriosis outbreak last summer that was traced to a Maple Leaf plant in Toronto claimed 22 lives across Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Randall Huffman, the chief food safety officer at Maple Leaf, says in a statement the company is now "ultra-cautious about Listeria."</div> <bR> <div> Huffman said the Hamilton plant has a very strong food safety testing and sanitation program and the Listeria bacteria found in random product samples is at very low levels.</div> <bR> <div> Maple Leaf says the affected wieners are being removed from inventory and store shelves and being returned to the company. </div> <div> The company also says no other products are affected by the recall.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="03"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 183 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Plague kills 2nd man; China seals off entire town</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Aug. 03 2009  14:08  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 3rd, 2009</div> <div> <B>BEIJING -- China locked down a remote farming town after two people died and 10 more were sickened with pneumonic plague, a lung infection that can kill a human in 24 hours if left untreated.</B></div> <bR> <div> Police set up checkpoints around Ziketan in northwestern Qinghai province, where townspeople reached by The Associated Press by phone Monday said the streets were largely deserted and most shops shut.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e43ba0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, June 11, 2009. (AP / Anja Niedringhaus)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 759 WIDTH="707"><div> Authorities urged anyone who had visited the town of 10,000 people since mid-July and has developed a cough or fever to seek hospital treatment.</div> <bR> <div> On Sunday, a 37-year-old man identified only as Danzin became the second reported fatality from the outbreak. He lived next door to the first, a 32-year-old herder. The 10 sickened, mostly relatives of the herder, were undergoing isolated treatment in hospital, the local health bureau said.</div> <bR> <div> The World Health Organization office in China said it was in close contact with Chinese health authorities and that measures taken so far to treat and quarantine sickened people were appropriate. It did not comment on the move to seal off the town.</div> <div> "This form of pneumonic plague is probably the least common but the most severe," said WHO's spokeswoman in China, Vivian Tan. "It has a very high fatality rate and generally spreads quite easily. So we're certainly concerned about the situation."</div> <bR> <div> In Ziketan, authorities have said homes and shops should be disinfected, and residents should wear masks when they go out, said a food seller surnamed Han who runs a stall at the Crystal Alley Market. Around 80 per cent of the town's shops were closed on Monday, Han said, and prices of disinfectants and some vegetables have already tripled.</div> <bR> <div> "People are so scared. There are few people on the streets," Han said by telephone. "There are police guarding the quarantine centre at the township hospital but not on the streets."</div> <bR> <div> According to WHO, pneumonic plague is one of the deadliest infectious diseases, capable of killing humans within 24 hours of infection. It is spread through the air and can be passed from person to person through coughing.</div> <bR> <div> The Web site of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says people infected must be given antibiotics within 24 hours of first showing symptoms, while people who have had direct contact with those infected can protect themselves by taking antibiotics for seven days.</div> <bR> <div> A woman who lives in Ziketan, who refused to give her name when reached by telephone, said county officials distributed flyers and made television and radio announcements on how to prevent infection. The woman said police checkpoints were set up in a 17-mile (28-kilometre) radius around Ziketan and residents were not allowed to leave.</div> <bR> <div> The situation in Ziketan was stable, said an official surnamed Wang at the local disease control centre, who added the measures taken were "scientific, orderly, effective and in accordance with the law."</div> <bR> <div> Officials refused to give further details about the situation or say how the herder was first infected.</div> <bR> <div> Pneumonic plague is caused by the same bacteria that occurs in bubonic plague -- the Black Death that killed an estimated 25 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages. Bubonic plague is usually transmitted by flea bite and can be treated with antibiotics if diagnosed early.</div> <bR> <div> Since 2001, the WHO has reported six plague outbreaks, though some may go unreported because they often happen in remote areas. Between 1998 and 2008, nearly 24,000 cases have been reported, including about 2,000 deaths. Most of the world's cases are in Africa.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 335 WIDTH="707"><div> A 2006 WHO report from an international meeting on plague cited a Chinese government disease expert as saying that most cases of the plague in China's northwest occur when hunters are contaminated while skinning infected animals. The expert said at the time that due to the region's remoteness, the disease killed more than half the infected people.</div> <bR> <div> The report also said that since the 1990s, there was a rise in plague cases in humans -- from fewer than 10 in the 1980s to nearly 100 cases in 1996 and 254 in 2000. Official statistics posted on the Health Ministry's Web site showed no cases of plague last year and the previous year.</div> <bR> <div> In 2004, eight villagers in Qinghai died of plague, most of them infected after killing or eating wild marmots, which are relatives of gophers and prairie dogs. Marmots live in the grasslands of China's northwest and Mongolia, where villagers often hunt them for meat.</div> <bR> <div> WHO spokeswoman Tan said China was no stranger to dealing with the plague.</div> <bR> <div> "In cases like this, we encourage the authorities to identify cases, to investigate any suspicious symptoms among close contacts and to treat confirmed cases as soon as possible. So far, they have done exactly that," Tan said. "There have been sporadic cases reported around the country in the last few years so the authorities do have the experience to deal with this."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="02"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Schreiber sent back to Germany</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Aug. 02 2009  20:45  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 2nd, 2009</div> <div> <B>German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber was being flown to Germany on Sunday evening after losing a last-ditch battle to avoid extradition earlier in the day.</B></div> <bR> <div> Schreiber's lawyer, Eddie Greenspan, was granted permission for a special weekend court appearance to seek an injunction against the federal government's extradition order. He argued that his client should be allowed to stay in his adopted country — where he has been a citizen since 1982 — until at least Tuesday morning so he can file an appeal challenging Canada's extradition treaty with Germany.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="e43aa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 690 WIDTH="707"><div> But the lawyer for the government told the Superior Court of Justice that this was a frivolous challenge because the treaty was ratified 30 years ago.</div> <bR> <div> In her decision turning down the injunction bid, Superior Court Justice Barbara Conway said: "Mr. Schreiber has travelled a long road in fighting his extradition to Germany. He is now at the end of that road."</div> <bR> <div> Schreiber reported to the Toronto West Detention Centre shortly before 5 p.m. ET, and left Toronto for Germany early Sunday evening, his wife confirmed to CBC News.</div> <bR> <div> Justice Department spokeswoman Geneviève Breton said his flight left Toronto between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET. But she did not provide further details.</div> <bR> <div> In a letter released to CBC, Schreiber said he decided to ask for the emergency hearing after two officials from the federal Justice Department visited him on Friday afternoon. He said they served him at 5:10 p.m. ET with a response to a letter from his lawyer, triggering a process that requires him to surrender himself into custody by Sunday afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> In the letter, addressed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Schreiber said he was concerned the visit was timed in a way to preempt any legal moves on his part duringt the holiday weekend.</div> <bR> <div> "It seems obvious that the timing of the service seemed to be designed to prevent me from having access to the courts on a long weekend during which I apparently have 48 hours to surrender myself to the Toronto West Detention Centre after receipt of the minister's letter, as specified in my bail conditions," he said in the letter.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Extradition politically motivated: Schreiber</B></div> <bR> <div> He also alleged in the letter that Germany's centre-left Social Democrats are using his case as an election issue in a bid to defeat their conservative opponents in next month's election.</div> <bR> <div> Schreiber, a key figure in a political scandal surrounding former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, was arrested in Canada in 1999 under a German warrant seeking his extradition.</div> <bR> <div> Schreiber, 75, who has both Canadian and German citizenship, is being sought by German prosecutors on bribery and fraud charges as well as charges he evaded income tax on millions of dollars in commissions from arms deals. He was released on bail from a Canadian jail in late 2007.</div> <bR> <div> "Now we have the election coming up in Germany in September, and the Social Democrats won three elections with my case in the past," Schreiber told reporters Sunday just before entering the detention centre. "If I would [return] now that would be the greatest thing. They would start another huge circus and huge investigation and all the previous chancellor Kohl and all the ministers and everybody would be there. And with that, they would think they could win the next election."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 468 WIDTH="707"><div> Public hearings on his financial dealings with former prime minister Brian Mulroney drew to a close last Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> The federal government allowed Schreiber to stay in Canada long enough to give evidence at the Oliphant Commission.</div> <bR> <div> "The whole approach is again to get my mouth shut and get me out of the country," Schreiber told reporters.</div> <bR> <div> He also said Justice Minister Rob Nicholson had received a fax from the German authorities urging the extradition to proceed now that the inquiry was complete.</div> <bR> <div> By complying with the request, the federal Conservative government is essentially undermining the re-election efforts of their own conservative counterparts in Germany, who are heading into a campaign next month, Schreiber said.</div> <bR> <div> At the inquiry, Schreiber testified he gave Mulroney $300,000 to lobby the Canadian government to build a light-armoured vehicle plant on behalf of Thyssen Industries. Schreiber said he struck the deal with Mulroney before the prime minister left office, although the money didn't change hands until later.</div> <bR> <div> Mulroney told the commission he accepted $225,000 in cash from Schreiber to promote the sale of those vehicles internationally, but only after leaving politics. He admitted to taking the sum but not reporting the cash payments for income-tax purposes until six years after he started getting them.</div> <bR> <div> Mulroney has described the agreement as one of the biggest mistakes of his life and said Schreiber's allegations are an attempt to stave off his extradition.</div> <bR> <div> The deadline for Oliphant's report to the federal government is Dec. 31.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC.ca News Staff <I>w</I><I>ith files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="01"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 58 ><NOBR><div> <B>Latest Gatti autopsy hasn't ruled out homicide</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Aug. 01 2009  18:23  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: August 1st, 2009</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="58" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="165" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1057 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>A second autopsy performed at the request of former boxer Arturo Gatti's family has not ruled out homicide in his death.</B></div> <bR> <div> Michael Baden, the former chief pathologist for the New York State Police and host of the HBO cable TV show <I>Autopsy</I>, said Saturday that an autopsy performed by Quebec coroners found that an investigation by Brazilian authorities was incomplete.</div> <div> The second autopsy came two days after Brazilian police classified Gatti's death a suicide.</div> <bR> <div> "There were definite injuries that had not been seen by the Brazilian authorities, but one needs a lot of additional information, including a toxicology which isn't available yet, to come to a conclusion as to whether it's homicide or suicide," Baden said.</div> <div> Until Thursday, police in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife considered Gatti's death a homicide and held his wife Amanda Rodrigues as the prime suspect. Now police say Gatti hung himself with a handbag strap from a staircase column more than two metres off the ground.</div> <bR> <div> Gatti's family has rejected the conclusion that he committed suicide at an upscale resort in Brazil on July 11.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Injuries missed by Brazilians: Baden</B></div> <bR> <div> Following the autopsy, Baden said it was apparent that the Brazilian investigation was incomplete. Toxicology tests will take place in Montreal in the coming weeks.</div> <bR> <div> "The family, and pathologist's office, are waiting for results from the Brazilian police as to the scene of death and circumstances in Brazil before a final conclusion can be made," Baden said. "But the pathologists here [in Quebec] did a super job at finding things, including injuries, that were missed in Brazil."</div> <bR> <div> Gatti, a Canadian who captured two world titles in his 16-year pro career, retired in 2007 with a record of 40-9.</div> <bR> <div> Many of his friends and family have expressed disbelief at the suicide ruling and Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said in a statement Friday that government officials will seek more information from Brazilian authorities.</div> <bR> <div> Ellen Haley, a spokeswoman for Gatti's longtime promoter Main Events, said in a statement that "we do not believe that he took his own life." She said members of the Gatti family, along with his former manager Pat Lynch, will carry out their own investigation.</div> <bR> <div> "We believe that once the results of that investigation are revealed, the truth will come to light and justice will be done," the statement said.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Gatti's friends hand over computer to police</B></div> <bR> <div> Earlier this week, friends close to the Gatti family brought a computer to the Montreal police, claiming it had evidence of interest to his death. Montreal police have not searched the contents of the computer, and are making arrangements to have it sent to Brazilian authorities, Montreal police Constable Ian Lacoursiere said.</div> <bR> <div> Gatti's 23-year-old wife was released earlier this week after being held since July 12 in Recife. She and Gatti arrived with their 10-month-old son a few days before in the resort town of Porto de Galinhas, where they rented a two-level apartment.</div> <bR> <div> "I am absolutely sure that the second autopsy will reconfirm that he committed suicide," Rodrigues's attorney, Celio Avelino, said by telephone.</div> <bR> <div> Repeated calls to Rodrigues went unanswered.</div> <bR> <div> Milena Saraiva, a Recife police spokeswoman, provided more information Friday about Gatti's death.</div> <bR> <div> Police concluded that he hanged himself in the apartment early on July 11 from a wooden staircase column that was a little more than two metres off the ground. He stood on a stool and kicked it out from under him, police said. The autopsy report said Gatti was suspended for about three hours before his body fell to the floor.</div> <div> © The Canadian Press, 2009</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Aug 09"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>