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 More charges possible for T.O. 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cribs</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 24/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#23" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Tories to introduce new child pornography laws</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 23/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#22" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Hadron Collider back in action after year of repairs</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 22/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#21" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  W5 investigates intriguing new theory about MS</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 21/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#20" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  One conjoined twin talking after separation surgery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 20/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#19" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canada's richest got much richer last year</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 19/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#18" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  U.S. surgeon accused of trying to have Canadians killed</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 18/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#17" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Twins joined at head successfully separated</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 17/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#16" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  NASA fuels space shuttle Atlantis for afternoon liftoff</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 16/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#15" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  World a 'long way' from climate treaty, Harper says</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 15/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#14" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Autopsy today on remains believed to be missing teen</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 14/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#13" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Supreme Court to hear appeal on Omar Khadr case</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 13/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#12" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Cost of swine flu vaccine program hits $1.5B: report</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 12/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#11" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadians honour veterans on Remembrance Day</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 11/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#10" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Execution hour approaches for Washington-area sniper</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 10/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#09" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Germany celebrates fall of Berlin Wall</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 09/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#08" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  U.S. health-care bill faces tough odds in Senate</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 08/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#07" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Police: L.A. celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 07/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#06" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Unemployment rate rises to 8.6 per cent in October</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 06/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#05" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  House votes in principle to kill gun registry</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 05/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#04" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canada's H1N1 vaccine surplus being sent abroad</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 04/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#03" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Disaster plan comes up short: auditor general</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 03/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#02" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Flu clinics to restrict access to priority patients</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 02/11/09</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#01" TITLE="Nov 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Butler-Jones says vaccine shortage a 'disappointment'</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 01/11/09</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="30"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 212 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Somali pirates hijack oil tanker going to U.S.</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Nov. 30  2009  06:18  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 30th, 2009</div> <div> <B>NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security threat to the region.</B></div> <bR> <div> The Greece-flagged Maran Centaurus was hijacked Sunday about 1,300 kilometres off the coast of Somalia, said Cmdr. John Harbour, a spokesman for the EU Naval Force. Harbour said it originated from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was destined for the United States. The ship has 28 crew members on board, he said.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7f9a0840.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Pirates hold their hands up to soldiers, left, of the French vessel La Somme off the Somalia coast, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009. (AP / Olivier Amalvict)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 632 WIDTH="707"><div> The shipping intelligence company Lloyd's List said the Maran Centaurus is a "very large crude carrier, with a capacity of over 300,000 tons." Officials could not immediately say how many barrels of oil were on board, but its value would be in the millions of dollars.</div> <bR> <div> Pirates have increased attacks on vessels off East Africa for the millions in ransom that can be had. Though pirates have successfully hijacked dozens of vessels the last several years, Sunday's attack appears to be only the second ever on an oil tanker.</div> <bR> <div> The hijacking of a tanker increases worries that the vessel could crash, be run aground or be involved in a firefight, said Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at London-based think tank Chatham House.</div> <bR> <div> Pirates typically use guns and rocket-propelled grenades in their attacks, and some vessels now carry private security guards, but Middleton said oil tankers do not.</div> <bR> <div> "You're sitting on a huge ship filled with flammable liquid. You don't want somebody with a gun on top of that," Middleton said. "Financially it's a very costly exercise because the value of oil is so volatile. If it is held for a long time and the price of oil drops, they could lost millions of dollars."</div> <bR> <div> In November 2008, pirates hijacked the Saudi supertanker Sirius Star, which held 2 million barrels of oil valued at about $100 million. The tanker was released last January for a reported $3 million ransom after a two-month drama that helped galvanize international efforts to fight piracy off Africa's coast.</div> <bR> <div> Somali pirates are a separate group of criminals from the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militants who control large areas of southern Somalia, but anytime pirates hold such valuable and explosive cargo it raises international concerns.</div> <bR> <div> In late 2007, pirates hijacked a chemical tanker carrying up to 10,000 tons of highly explosive benzene. Initially, American intelligence agents worried terrorists from Somalia's Islamic extremist insurgency could be involved, and might try to crash the boat into an offshore oil platform or use it as a gigantic bomb.</div> <bR> <div> When the Japanese vessel was towed back into Somali waters and ransom demanded, the coalition was relieved to realize it was just another pirate attack.</div> <bR> <div> Somalia's lawless 1,880-mile (3,000-kilometer) coastline provides a perfect haven for pirates to prey on ships heading for the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest shipping routes. The impoverished Horn of Africa nation has not had a functioning government for a generation and the weak U.N.-backed administration is too busy fighting the Islamist insurgency to arrest pirates.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 215 WIDTH="707"><div> Pirates now hold about a dozen vessels hostage and more than 200 crew members. The Maran Centaurus had 28 crew aboard -- 16 Filipinos, nine Greeks, two Ukrainians and one Romanian, Harbour said.</div> <bR> <div> Middleton said pirate demands and negotiations are becoming more complex.</div> <bR> <div> "They still want the money but they have also asked for the release of imprisoned comrades," he said. "That demand is an extra bargaining tool they can use to add extra layers to their negotiating position."</div> <bR> <div> Piracy has increased despite an increased presence by international navies patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. The U.S. this fall began flying sophisticated drones over East African waters as part of the fight against piracy.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staf<I>f 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="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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>Four police officers dead after ambush in Washington</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Nov. 29  2009  18:28  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 29th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Four police officers have been shot dead in what an official is describing as a targeted ambush at a Washington-state coffee shop.</B></div> <bR> <div> The four Lakewood Police Department officers, three men and one woman, were seated in the cafe and working on laptops when a gunman entered the Forza Coffee Co. and shot them Sunday morning, a spokesperson for the Pierce County Sheriff said.</div> <bR> <div> The suspect then fled on foot. No one else in the cafe was injured.</div> <bR> <div> Pierce County Sheriff's spokesperson Ed Toyer said it was not a robbery, and the officers appeared to have been targeted in the attack.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e7f7a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Law enforcement officers enter a self-storage area to search near the scene where four Lakewood, Wash., police officers were fatally shot while sitting in a coffee shop in Parkland, Wash., Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP / Ted S. Warren)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 364 WIDTH="707"><div> "This was more of an execution. Walk in with the specific mindset to shoot police officers," Troyer said. "There were marked patrol cars outside and they were all in uniform."</div> <bR> <div> Police described one suspect as a black male, about 5'9 and in his 20s or 30s. He was unshaven, wore a black coat and blue jeans. They believe he used a handgun</div> <bR> <div> "Anybody that would go in and (shoot the officers) is definitely somebody who's dangerous, and knows we're going to be looking for him," Troyer told CTV News Channel early Sunday evening.</div> <bR> <div> Authorities may also be looking for a second suspect in the case, although no description has been released.</div> <bR> <div> The coffee shop is located near an Air Force base in a commercial area, about 55 kilometres south of Seattle.</div> <bR> <div> Roads have been closed around the site of the attack as police investigate.</div> <bR> <div> Toyer said a US$10,000 reward has been offered for information about the shooting.</div> <bR> <div> The names of the officers were not released.</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="28"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 184 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Two teens found dead in Calgary home</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Nov. 28  2009  15:42  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 28th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Calgary Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of two children found dead in a home in the northwest part of the city.</B></div> <bR> <div> When they went inside, they found a teenage boy and girl dead. They then searched the home and found a man upstairs and arrested him.</div> <bR> <div> They also found a woman they say is a witness.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e7f5a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Police vehicles and tape surround a home in northwest Calgary where two children were found dead inside.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 257 WIDTH="707"><div> She was taken to hospital with minor injuries, said Calgary Police duty Insp. Vic Trickett.</div> <bR> <div> He said it is not yet clear if this was a family dispute.</div> <bR> <div> "The relationship between all four of the individuals has yet to be determined," Trickett told CTV.ca.</div> <bR> <div> He also said he could not comment on whether any weapons were used.</div> <bR> <div> He said police were called to the home around 9 p.m. local time Friday night, by a frantic 911 call made from a cell phone inside the house.</div> <bR> <div> Neighbours told CTV Calgary that up to three children, including two teenagers, live at the address.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </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="Nov 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= 250 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>More charges possible for T.O. Humaine Society officials</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Nov. 27  2009  09:16  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 27th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Top officials at the Toronto Humane Society could be facing more charges of animal cruelty as a result of a search warrant that was executed at the animal shelter yesterday, according to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.</B></div> <bR> <div> The president of the THS as well as the society's head veterinarian and three other staffers were each already charged with two counts of animal cruelty yesterday as a result of a six-month long investigation into the organization.</div> <bR> <div> Kevin Strooband, a lead investigator with the OSPCA, told CTV's Canada AM on Friday that four animals were found to be in distress during yesterday's raid. A puppy, two cats and a raccoon all had to be euthanized.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7f4a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Kevin Strooband, lead investigator at the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, appears on CTV's Canada AM, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 610 WIDTH="707"><div> "There's a potential for charges there that we're looking into now," he said. "Our first and foremost focus is on those animals that are at the Toronto Humane Society so that they are well cared for.</div> <bR> <div> The five suspects arrested Thursday afternoon were released from police custody around midnight after making bail.</div> <bR> <div> As a condition of their release, they are to have no communication with other THS employees and cannot care for animals other than their personal pets, said Chris Avery, the lawyer representing the OSPCA.</div> <bR> <div> Avery said the OSPCA will invite the media for a walk-through of the River Street shelter at 2 p.m. and will take the opportunity to answer questions from reporters.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Euthanasia</B></div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, THS President Tim Trow is fighting back against the allegations, telling reporters outside the police station that he has never treated an animal badly.</div> <bR> <div> THS officials argued that inspectors were bound to find sick animals at the shelter, just as they would at any hospital. </div> <div> Strooband said he doesn't agree with the comparison.</div> <bR> <div> "When you're at a hospital you're actually cared for by doctors and nurses all the time. But the allegations are that you're sitting in a cage and there's no food or water for you, there's nobody to care for you, there's nobody giving you your medications or your treatments," he said. "That's certainly not humane and that leaves an animal in distress because they're not being looked after like they should be."</div> <bR> <div> Strooband called the OSPCA investigation -- sparked by an investigative report by a Globe and Mail reporter -- "meticulous."</div> <bR> <div> He said he's not surprised that members of the public, who are invited to walk through the shelter looking for an animal to adopt, did not notice any signs of neglect.</div> <bR> <div> "(You can) walk through and see these animals but when there are thousands of animals in the shelter, you may just walk by and not necessarily notice an animal that's been put in distress," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier this year, the Globe ran a series of investigative articles alleging that animals in the shelter were suffering and dying in cages rather than being euthanized.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 462 WIDTH="707"><div> Avery said there were three prongs of liability:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">failing to provide basic wants and needs to the animals</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">no disease or pathogen control</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">medically untrained management has the final say in medical care.</div> <bR> <div> "That has left literally hundreds of animals to suffer to death in their cages," he said.</div> <bR> <div> The OSPCA investigated the THS as a result in June but received a tip afterwards that about two dozen animals were hidden during the June inspection because of their condition, he said.</div> <bR> <div> The following suspects have been charged in connection with the investigation:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tim Trow - cruelty to animals (2), obstruction of a peace officer (3)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Dr. Steve Sheridan - cruelty to animals</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Gary McCracken, general manager - cruelty animals (2), obstruction of a peace officer (3)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Andy Bechtel - cruelty animals (2), obstruction of a peace officer (3)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Romeo Bernadino - cruelty animals (2), obstruction of a peace officer (3)</div> <bR> <div> In addition, the above plus the THS's board of directors will face five charges of animal cruelty under the Ontario SPCA Act.</div> <div> No allegations against Trow or the others have been proven in a court of law.</div> <bR> <div> The THS will be closed to the public over the next few days.</div> <bR> <div> "We're doing our best to help the Toronto Humane Society get back on its feet," Avery said.</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="26"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 109 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canada's North unprepared for climate change: report</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Nov. 26  2009  07:15  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 26th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Canada's northern communities are unprepared to cope with the threat that climate change poses to their roads, buildings and other infrastructure, a new report from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy says.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7dba05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 542 WIDTH="707"><div> "Climate change is moving fastest in Arctic areas, requiring Canada to be a world leader in adaptation practices, more than we had even contemplated," the group's chairperson said in a news release.</div> <bR> <div> The independent federal government agency made 16 recommendations, saying a comprehensive effort will be needed to help deal with climate change effects such as degrading permafrost, melting ice roads, storms surges and coastal erosion.</div> <bR> <div> The report comes as world leaders and environmental ministers prepare to meet in Copenhagen for a major climate conference in December.</div> <bR> <div> Some of the group's suggestions include:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- updating construction and engineering codes</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- providing better weather information</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- insurance system changes</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- new infrastructure built to withstand climate change</div> <bR> <div> "From buildings to roads, from airports to pipelines, infrastructure is essential to modern, secure communities," NRTEE President and CEO David McLaughlin said.</div> <bR> <div> The report says some of climate-change effects on the North include winter roads melting early, forcing communities to airlift supplies; melting permafrost destabilizing buildings and airport runways; increased snowfall adding additional stress to buildings; and, storm surges putting communities at risk.</div> <bR> <div> The report says that national codes are inadequate for the challenges faced by the North, and there is an absence of co-ordinated strategies.</div> <bR> <div> According to the report, NRTEE consulted with more than 100 experts and residents during its research.</div> <bR> <div> The group has a mandate to advise the federal government on sustainable development issues.</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="Nov 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>Hamilton police step up search for escaped prisoner</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Nov. 25  2009  07:43  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 25th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Authorities in Hamilton, Ont. say they will spend Wednesday following leads and trying to locate witnesses after a prisoner pulled off a daring escape from a local hospital the day before with the help of two armed men.</B></div> <bR> <div> Staff Sgt. Steve Kovach told CTV's Canada AM on Wednesday that the three suspects still have not been arrested but that police are working diligently to locate them.</div> <bR> <div> "At this time we've got several officers working on leads that are coming in steadily and we are looking to find any witnesses in the area also that may have seen the trio take off," he said.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7d5a0ac0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Fawad Ahmed Nouri, 25, escaped police custody on Nov. 24, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 666 WIDTH="707"><div> Fawad Ahmed Nouri, 25, was in police custody at the hospital to be treated for a bullet wound that he suffered during an armed robbery at a Tim Horton's earlier this year.</div> <bR> <div> The man was on his way back to the Hamilton/Wentworth Detention Centre Tuesday morning where he has been awaiting trial on numerous charges, including armed robbery and forcible confinement.</div> <bR> <div> He left the hospital at 11:23 a.m. accompanied by two prison guards but just as they were approaching their vehicle in the parking lot, two armed men wearing hospital surgical masks rushed them.</div> <bR> <div> The guards were forced to the ground by the gun-toting suspects who then escaped the scene with the prisoner using the Ministry of Corrections van.</div> <bR> <div> The van was found about six blocks east of the hospital a short time later, Kovach confirmed. He said witnesses saw the suspects and the prisoner - who was wearing an orange jail-issued jumpsuit and was shackled at the time - then jump into a silver Hyundai Tiburon and drive eastbound on Birge Street.</div> <bR> <div> Police say they don't know how the suspects could have known the prisoner was going to be in hospital. Authorities say Nouri was at the hospital for a follow-up appointment and would not have known ahead of time when he was scheduled for treatment.</div> <bR> <div> Kovach said police are looking into the prisoner's ties to Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> "At this time, just his associates are being checked," he said.</div> <bR> <div> He would not say if Nouri has any family in Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> Toronto police told CTV News they continue to assist in the search but so far, haven't received any tips on the suspects' whereabouts.</div> <bR> <div> Nouri, a Middle-Eastern man, is described as being 6'1", about 163 lbs. with an olive complexion.</div> <bR> <div> Investigators have a vague description of the alleged accomplices but believe they are also of Middle-Eastern background. Both men wore surgical masks and were carrying black handguns.</div> <bR> <div> Police are warning the public to call 911 but not to approach the men as they are considered armed and dangerous.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from ctvtoronto.ca</I></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="Nov 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>B.C. company voluntarily recalls 2.1 million cribs</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Nov. 23  2009  23:03  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 24th, 2009</div> <div> <B>A B.C.-based company has issued the largest voluntary recall of cribs in North American history, after more than 100 cases of injuries, including four deaths, were reported.</B></div> <bR> <div> Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. announced the recall of 1.2 million drop-side cribs in the U.S. and 968,000 in Canada, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Monday. About 150,000 of the cribs have the Fisher-Price Logo on them.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7cda05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The cribs were recalled after more than 100 cases of injuries and four deaths were reported.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 641 WIDTH="707"><div> The U.S. CPSC says the main problem with the cribs is that their drop-sides can become detached, leaving a space where a baby can become trapped and suffocate. Health Canada is expected to comment on the matter Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. and Canadian officials know of 110 incidents of drop-side detachment of the cribs: 67 in the U.S. and 43 in Canada. Three entrapments have been reported in Canada and 12 in the U.S., resulting in the suffocation deaths of four young children.</div> <bR> <div> Nicky and Chad Johns lived through the horror of losing their son to a drop-side crib death. Nine-month-old Liam got stuck between the rails of his crib and suffocated.</div> <bR> <div> "Children are supposed to be safe in their beds and ours wasn't," Nikki Johns said.</div> <bR> <div> Liam's death led to the recall of certain models of drop-side cribs. Now some are arguing that the drop-side design should be banned altogether.</div> <bR> <div> Stork Craft is calling on parents and caregivers to immediately stop using the cribs and to contact the company to receive a free repair kit.</div> <bR> <div> Customers who want a repair kit can call the company's recall hotline at:<B> (877) 274-0277</B>.</div> <bR> <div> The voluntary recalls include Stork Craft models with manufacturing and distribution dates between January 1993 and October 2009. Those with the Fisher-Price logo were sold in the U.S. starting in July 1998 and Canada in September 1998.</div> <bR> <div> The recall only involves drop-side cribs with a plastic trigger and one-hand-system drop-side hardware. It does not involve cribs with metal rod drop-side hardware.</div> <bR> <div> Drop-side cribs allow the side rail to be lowered so that a baby can be lifted out easily. However, some are built with plastic brackets that can break or are frequently installed upside-down, resulting in a potential gap a child can get trapped in.</div> <bR> <div> The CPSC said the cribs involved in the incidents had drop-side hardware that had broken, missing, or deformed claws, connectors, tracks, or flexible tab stops; loose or missing metal spring clips; stripped screws; and/or drop-sides installed upside-down.</div> <bR> <div> The recalled cribs were sold at major retailers including: BJ's Wholesale Club, J.C. Penney, Kmart, Meijer, Sears, USA Baby, and Wal-Mart stores and online at Amazon.com, Babiesrus.com, Costco.com, Target.com, and Walmart.com from January 1993 through October 2009 for between $100 and $400. The cribs were made in Canada, China and Indonesia.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 269 WIDTH="707"><div> Stork Craft would not appear on camera to talk to CTV News. The company is expected to hold a media conference tomorrow.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier this year, the Richmond B.C.-based company issued a recall for 500,000 cribs because of another issue: weak metal mattress brackets.</div> <bR> <div> ASTM International, an organization that sets voluntary industry safety standards, recently approved a new standard that requires four fixed sides for full-size cribs -- essentially eliminating the manufacture of drop-side cribs.</div> <bR> <div> The CPSC is also considering new rules for making cribs safer and could adopt the ASTM voluntary standard as a mandatory one, which would meant an outright ban on drop-side cribs.</div> <bR> <div> Toys "R" Us started phasing out drop-side cribs earlier this year and will no longer carry them next month.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from The Canadian Press</I></div> </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="Nov 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= 200 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Tories to introduce new child pornography laws</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Nov. 22  2009  22:02  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 23rd, 2009</div> <div> <B>The Conservatives plan to introduce a new bill that would compel Internet service providers (ISPs) to report child pornography to the police, CTV News has learned.</B></div> <bR> <div> The proposed legislation would require ISPs to report to a designated agency on tips they receive about websites where child pornography is available. They would also have to notify the police if the ISP believes a child porn offence has been committed using their Internet service.</div> <bR> <div> Similar legislation is already in place in the United States.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e7c6a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Canada is the world's second largest home to online child pornography.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 414 WIDTH="707"><div> Child rights advocates have long lobbied for the measure. Canada is the world's second largest home to online child pornography and the second-largest online seller of child pornography material, such as images, videos or memberships.</div> <bR> <div> According to the Canadian Centre for Child protection, about half of all child pornography images feature children under the age of eight and nearly a third of those images feature serious sexual assaults.</div> <bR> <div> "We know what's going on out there on the Internet. we know that everyone who has a sexual interest in children is out there as well. There just need to be rules how we can protect our children," child advocate Rosalind Prober told CTV News.</div> <bR> <div> However, some advocates say the legislation doesn't go far enough to stop the rapid spread of child pornography online.</div> <bR> <div> "This legislation -- in fairness to the ISPs -- only obliges them to report if they are aware. So there is a huge volume of traffic that they can not be aware of that is child abuse image-related," David Butt of the Kids' Internet Safety Alliance said.</div> <bR> <div> While the larger ISP providers control about 80 per cent of the Canadian market, the remaining 20 per cent is spread out over about 400 ISPs.</div> <bR> <div> The Kids' Internet Safety Alliance says the larger ISPs often cooperate with the police and it is the smaller ISPs the legislation is aimed at.</div> <bR> <div> The bill is expected to pass with near unanimous support from the House of Commons.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife and Omar Sachedina</I></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="Nov 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>Hadron Collider back in action after year of repairs</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Nov. 21  2009  12:37  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 22nd, 2009</div> <div> <B>GENEVA — Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider.</B></div> <bR> <div> The European Organization for Nuclear Research has taken the restart of the collider step by step to avoid further setbacks as it moves toward new scientific experiments -- probably starting in January -- regarding the makeup of matter and the universe.</div> <bR> <div> It has undergone a year of repairs after it was heavily damaged by a simple electrical fault.</div> <bR> <div> Progress on restarting the machine, on the border between Switzerland and France, went </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7c4a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientists control computer screens showing traces on Atlas experiment of the first protons injected in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during its switch on operation in CERN's control room, near Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, Pool)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 639 WIDTH="707"><div> faster than expected Friday evening and the first beam circulated in a clockwise direction around the machine at about 10 p.m. local time, said James Gillies, spokesman for the European Organization for Nuclear Research.</div> <bR> <div> "Some of the scientists had gone home and had to be called back in," Gillies told The Associated Press.</div> <bR> <div> The exact time of the start of the Large Hadron Collider was difficult to predict because it was based on how long it took to perform steps along the way, and in the end it happened about nine hours earlier than expected, Gillies said.</div> <bR> <div> This is an important milestone on the road toward scientific discoveries at the LHC, which are expected in 2010, he said. </div> <div> About two hours later the scientists circulated another beam in the opposite direction, which was the initial goal in getting the machine going again and moving it toward collisions of protons, CERN said. The LHC also will be used later for colliding lead ions -- basically the nucleus of the element that is about 160 times as heavy as a single proton. That should reveal still more scientific secrets.</div> <bR> <div> "It's great to see beam circulating in the LHC again," said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer. "We've still got some way to go before physics can begin, but with this milestone we're well on the way."</div> <bR> <div> With great fanfare, CERN circulated its first beams Sept. 10, 2008. But the machine was sidetracked nine days later when a badly soldered electrical splice overheated and set off a chain of damage to massive superconducting magnets and other parts of the collider, in a 27-kilometer (17-mile) circular tunnel under the Swiss-French border.</div> <bR> <div> CERN has $40 million on repairs and improvements on the machine to avoid a repetition.</div> <bR> <div> "The LHC is a far better understood machine than it was a year ago," said Steve Myers, CERN's director for accelerators. "We've learned from our experience and engineered the technology that allows us to move on. That's how progress is made."</div> <bR> <div> The LHC is expected soon to be running with more energy the world's current most powerful accelerator, the Tevatron at Fermilab near Chicago. It is supposed to keep ramping up to seven times the energy of Fermilab in coming years.</div> <bR> <div> This will allow the collisions between protons on the machine to give insights into dark matter and what gives mass to other particles, and to show what matter was in the microseconds of rapid cooling after the Big Bang that many scientists theorize marked the creation of the universe billions of years ago.</div> <bR> <div> The two parallel tubes the size of fire hoses send billions of protons whizzing around the collider in opposite directions at nearly the speed of light. In rooms the size of cathedrals 300 feet (100 meters) below the ground the magnets force them into huge detectors to record what happens.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 681 WIDTH="707"><div> The beams traveled Friday night at a relatively low energy level, but Gillies said the LHC was expected soon to start accelerating them soon so that the collisions they make will be more powerful -- and revealing -- creating as yet unseen insights into nature.</div> <bR> <div> The LHC operates at nearly absolute zero temperature, colder than outer space, which allows the superconducting magnets to guide the protons most efficiently.</div> <bR> <div> Physicists have used smaller, room-temperature colliders for decades to study the atom. They once thought protons and neutrons were the smallest components of the atom's nucleus, but the colliders showed that they are made of quarks and gluons and that there are other forces and particles. And scientists still have other questions about antimatter, dark matter and supersymmetry they want to answer with CERN's new collider.</div> <bR> <div> The Superconducting Super Collider being built in Texas would have been bigger than the LHC, but in 1993 the U.S.</div> <div> Congress canceled it after costs soared and questions were raised about its scientific value.</div> <bR> <div> "The next important milestone will be low-energy collisions, expected in about a week from now," said Gillies.</div> <bR> <div> These will give the experiments their first collision data, enabling them to calibrate their equipment for the scientific work ahead, eagerly awaited by particle physicists from countries around the world, he said.</div> <bR> <div> Until now all the data they have recorded has comes from cosmic rays from outer space.</div> <bR> <div> Gillies said the LHC should be ramped up to 3.5 trillion electron volts some time next year, which will be 3 1/2 times as powerful as Fermilab. The two laboratories are friendly rivals, working on equipment and sharing scientists.</div> <bR> <div> But each would be delighted to make the discovery of the elusive Higgs boson, the particle or field that theoretical gives mass to other particles. That is widely expected to deserve the Nobel Prize for physics.</div> <bR> <div> More than 8,000 physicists from other labs around the world also have work planned for the LHC. The organization is run by its 20 European member nations, with support from other countries, including observers Japan, India, Russia and the U.S. that have made big contributions to the LHC.</div> <bR> <div> CERN has received support from around the world in getting the LHC up and running again, the organization said.</div> <bR> <div> "It's been a Herculean effort to get to where we are today," said Myers. "I'd like to thank all those who have taken part, from CERN and from our partner institutions around the world."</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="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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>W5 investigates intriguing new theory about MS</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Nov. 20  2009  17:59  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 21st, 2009</div> <div> <B>A group of doctors in Italy is investigating a fascinating new treatment for multiple sclerosis, based on a theory that, if proven true, could radically alter the lives of patients.</B></div> <bR> <div> An investigation by CTV's W5 reveals that this treatment appears to stop the disease from progressing. Patients seen in the documentary relate how, after the simple procedure, their MS symptoms suddenly stopped and, in some cases, they were able to resume normal lives.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7c1a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Dr. Paolo Zamboni at his research lab at the University of Ferrara.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 662 WIDTH="707"><div> The Italian research is asking fundamental questions about the origins of the debilitating condition, whose causes have long remained a mystery.</div> <bR> <div> It's generally assumed that MS is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the central nervous system, leading to weakness, extreme fatigue, chronic pain and visual problems.</div> <bR> <div> But what if MS were really a vascular problem? What if it were caused by a structural defect in the veins, one that could be diagnosed and treated before patients become disabled?</div> <bR> <div> That is the radical theory being presented by Dr. Paolo Zamboni, a former vascular surgeon and professor at the University of Ferrara. Zamboni has been conducting research on MS patients and has noticed that almost all of them have malformed or blocked veins in their neck and chest that take blood away from their brains.</div> <bR> <div> He believes that may be contributing to, or even causing, their Multiple Sclerosis.</div> <bR> <div> "This is a breakthrough because it opens a new opportunity for research," Zamboni told CTV's W5 from his research lab in Ferrara, Italy.</div> <bR> <div> Using ultrasound, Zamboni discovered that almost all MS patients have blocked or twisted veins in their necks and upper chest, while healthy people do not.</div> <bR> <div> Zamboni has dubbed the vein condition CCSVI, or Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency and believes that in those with the condition, blood fails to properly drain from the brain and can even flow back upwards into the brain.</div> <bR> <div> There, the blood could be depositing iron, a substance that is toxic to the brain's grey matter. This excess iron could be what sets off a host of immune reactions -- and possibly, the symptoms of MS.</div> <bR> <div> Zamboni has begun publishing research on CCSVI, hoping to compel others doctors to take a look at his theory.</div> <bR> <div> His work has intrigued Dr. Robert Zivadinov at the University of Buffalo, who is also now conducting research to see how prevalent CCSVI is. He is leading a team that recruiting 1,600 adults and 100 children from the U.S. and Canada, both those with MS and those without. They plan to test the volunteers and analyze blood flow in and out of their brains.</div> <bR> <div> "The first step is to prove that this is true and is more prevalent in MS patients, which I believe, medically speaking, it is true," he told CTV News. "Then, is it the cause or the consequence of MS? We don't know."</div> <bR> <div> Even more exciting than a new theory on the cause of MS is new hope for a treatment.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 667 WIDTH="707"><div> Dr. Zamboni has tested a procedure he calls the "Liberation Treatment" that he says can open those blocked veins using a balloon inserted in the vein, in much the way surgeons repair coronary arteries in angioplasty.</div> <bR> <div> The hope is that the treatment allows blood to drain properly and arrests the progression of MS.</div> <bR> <div> Buffalo resident Kevin Lipp, 49, has already undergone the treatment as part of Zamboni and Zivadinov's research. He was diagnosed with MS a decade ago and suffered increasingly severe attacks that left him unable to work.</div> <bR> <div> Lipp says his whole life changed after the procedure. He felt better almost immediately and hasn't had an MS attack in the 10 months since the procedure.</div> <bR> <div> "I think it's amazing. I think it's totally amazing," he told W5.</div> <bR> <div> While he's hopeful the results will last, he's reticent to say he's cured.</div> <bR> <div> "It's only been 10 months. If nothing happens to me in the next two, three years, you know it's working," he says.</div> <bR> <div> Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, an associate professor of neurology at Buffalo University in Buffalo, finds the new theory - and the Liberation Treatment - very exciting.</div> <bR> <div> "If this is proven correct, it will be a very, very big discovery because we'll completely change the way we think about MS, and how we'll treat it," she says.</div> <bR> <div> For now, MS Societies in Canada and the U.S. have reacted cautiously to the research,, saying there is "insufficient evidence to suggest this phenomenon is the cause of MS" and discouraging patients from getting tested or seeking treatment.</div> <bR> <div> But the researchers testing Zamboni's theory believe they're on to something that could change the future for MS patients around the world.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ___________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="695" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 68 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="e7c23e340.gif" border=0 width="62" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="628"><div> <I>W5 will present a full investigation of "The Liberation Treatment" -- including the first TV footage of the procedure and treated patients -- on Saturday at 7 p.m. on CTV. (The broadcast will be repeated Sunday afternoon.) Check local listings. </I></div> <div> <I>Check the W5 website after the show as well, for information and links to more information.</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </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="Nov 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>One conjoined twin talking after separation surgery</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Nov. 19 2009  08:43  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 20th, 2009</div> <div> <B>MELBOURNE, Australia — A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.</B></div> <bR> <div> Trishna is already doing well enough that she could leave intensive care, said Wirginia Maixner, director of neurosurgery at Royal Children's Hospital.</div> <bR> <div> "She looks brilliant, she is talking, she is being Trishna, she is behaving the way she always has," Maixner told reporters. "She's phenomenally good."</div> <bR> <div> Her sister, Krishna, will be slowly brought out of the coma later Thursday, Maixner said. Krishna will have a longer period of adjustment as the separation brought more changes to her body and brain's blood circulation.</div> <bR> <div> Maixner said they hoped to have an indication Thursday night or early Friday about how Krishna's brain was responding. MRI scans Wednesday showed no signs of brain injury.</div> <bR> <div> Maixner said there may be minor changes to the girls from where their brains were separated but that overall the brains looked good.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e7b7a09d0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> In this August 2009, image provided by the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, 2-year-old Bangladeshi orphan, Trishna, is seen at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne in Australia. A team of Australian surgeons were working Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, on a delicate and complicated surgery to separate Trishna from her conjoined twin sister, Krishna, who are joined at the top of the head. (AP Photo/Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 356 WIDTH="707"><div> "I can tell you that it's not until I saw that scan that I had my first breath of relief," she said, revealing she did a short "chicken dance" when she saw the positive images. "The scans look great. I believe we've brought them through safely. I believe that the girls will come out really, really good."</div> <bR> <div> The twins, who turn 3 next month, had been joined at the top of their heads and shared brain tissue and blood vessels. They were separated Tuesday after 25 hours of delicate surgery, and then underwent an additional six hours of reconstructive work.</div> <bR> <div> Maixner said after the girls have recovered, their next hurdle will be learning to walk.</div> <bR> <div> "There will be a process before the girls start walking and they have gone through so much in the last two years that it will take a bit of time -- but they will get there," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Doctors had earlier said there was a 50-50 chance that one of the girls could suffer brain damage from the complicated separation.</div> <bR> <div> An aid worker first saw Trishna and Krishna in a Bangladeshi orphanage in 2007 when they were only a month old, and arranged for them to be brought to Australia.</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="Nov 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= 200 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canada's richest got much richer last year</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Nov. 19 2009  08:40  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 19th, 2009</div> <div> <B>It appears the global economic slowdown hasn't hurt Canada's wealthiest families.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Canadian Business</I> magazine is out with its Top 100 richest Canadians and it reveals that despite tight times, the rich are still getting richer.</div> <bR> <div> More than half of the 100 richest -- 55 to be exact -- are billionaires. That's up from 53 billionaires on the RICH 100 list last year. Collectively, the top 100 have a net worth of a total of about $172.7-billion, up $70 billion from a year ago.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e7ae9f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Canadian Business magazine looks at the Top 100 richest Canadians.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 856 WIDTH="707"><div> Once again, the Thomson family easily tops the list, as it has done consistently for years. This year, not only are the Thomsons still the wealthiest, but their fortune has grown 19 per cent, to $22 billion.</div> <bR> <div> But the prize for the biggest gain goes to Ivanhoe mining executive Robert Friedland. Friedland's worth rose 217 per cent last year, to $1.59 billion, and he jumped 61 spots on the list, to No. 32.</div> <bR> <div> While it might be hard to believe for many Canadians still reeling from the market crash that saw many of us lose about a third of our investments, Canada's rich fared well last year. That's becasue they all jumped back into the markets, <I>Canadian Business</I> Editor Steve Maich explains.</div> <bR> <div> "What happened last year is while a lot of us were worried about our jobs, the stock market and commodity markets started looking forward to the global recovery, and we saw a huge surge in the market," he told Canada AM Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> "That was really the story of the entire list. If you had exposure to public companies, or commodities or the Canadian dollar, you did very well."</div> <bR> <div> The reason the Thomson family did so well last year is because much of their wealth is tied to their own Thomson Reuters company, whose stock has seen healthy growth in the last 12 months.</div> <bR> <div> "They own a lot of the stock, so every time the share price goes up by a penny, the family gets about $4.7 million richer," said Maich. "The stock did very well last year, and as a result, so did the entire Thomson family."</div> <bR> <div> The same is true for the Irving family, who find themselves at No. 2 on the list. The wealth of their company is tied to the commodity market and natural resources, and when the price of oil rose last year, along with gold and copper, the Irvings cashed in.</div> <bR> <div> James (Jimmy) Pattison, founder of the Jim Pattison group, also did well, coming in at No. 4 on the list, after the Weston family. He too was broadly invested in the markets, but also in the real estate market.</div> <bR> <div> "Real estate in Canada did very well for a lot of our billionaires in the past year," said Maich. "We didn't see that huge drop-off that they saw in the U.S. Our market held up fairly well and then surged back. And so you get a guy like Jim Pattison making billions."</div> <bR> <div> Maich says the common denominator for all the billionaires was investment in the markets.</div> <bR> <div> The stock market actually bottomed out the year before last. Since markets tend to look forward six months, that anticipation of recovery sent a lot of these stocks right back up.</div> <bR> <div> That's not to say that the rich folk on the list were not hurt badly in the market crash of 2007. They too took the hit that we all took the year, says Maich.</div> <bR> <div> "The year before there was a real drop for the rich, a drop of about $10 billion," he said. "We're not back up to the peak of 2007, but we came a long way back.</div> <bR> <div> "These billionaires are almost a microcosm of the economy as a whole. They do well when the markets do well. So we saw asset prices recovering through most of the year last year. As a result, our billionaires are even bigger billionaires."</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="18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 96 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>U.S. surgeon accused of trying to have Canadians killed</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Nov. 18 2009  08:32  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 18th, 2009</div> <div> <B>An American doctor who co-founded a chain of laser eye clinics in the U.S. and Canada, has been accused of trying to have two of his Canadian colleagues killed.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7a6a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 557 WIDTH="707"><div> Dr. Michael Mockovak, 51, is accused of paying US$10,000 to an informant to have his Canadian business partner, Dr. Joseph King, killed. Authorities claim that the accused promised an additional $15,000 in payment once the deed was complete.</div> <bR> <div> Prosecutors in Washington state have filed charges of solicitation to commit first-degree murder against Mockovak. </div> <div> They claim that Mockovak also tried to have Brad Klock killed.</div> <bR> <div> Klock, a former hockey player from Port Alberni, B.C., had sued Clearly Lasik after he was dismissed from his job as company president. He joined the company in 1999.</div> <bR> <div> None of the charges against Mockovak have been proven in court. He is currently in police custody and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in King County Superior Court.</div> <bR> <div> Mockovak and King co-founded Clearly Lasik Inc. in 2005, according to corporate records in the State of Nevada, where the company was first registered.</div> <bR> <div> As of Wednesday morning, Mockovak's name is not listed on the Clearly Lasik company website.</div> <bR> <div> Clearly Lasik CEO Christian Monea released a statement Tuesday, promising that service to patients will continue.</div> <bR> <div> "Our commitment to our patients and the community is our top priority. We have taken steps to ensure our patients will continue to receive the superior care and service we are known for," Monea said.</div> <bR> <div> King, a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, is a University of British Columbia graduate who later received specialty training at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He has performed over 50,000 laser vision correction procedures, according to the website.</div> <bR> <div> The website indicates that the company offers services in Victoria, B.C., Vancouver, Edmonton, as well as in Seattle, and several other cities in Washington and Oregon.</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="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 320 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Twins joined at head successfully separated</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Nov. 17 2009  06:20  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 17th, 2009</div> <div> <B>MELBOURNE, Australia — A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain tissue.</B></div> <bR> <div> It is too early to know whether the two-year-old girls, Trishna and Krishna, suffered any brain damage during the marathon operation -- an outcome doctors said had a 50-50 chance. The girls will remain in an induced coma for monitoring for several days after the completion of the surgery.</div> <bR> <div> The medical team began the work Monday morning on separating the girls, who were brought to Australia as infants by an aid organization.</div> <bR> <div> "The teams managed to separate their brains and they are both very well," Royal Children's Hospital chief Leo Donnan told reporters. "Now we have the long task of the reconstructive surgery, which will go on for many hours."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e7a1a0790.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In this photo taken from the video provided by the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, surgeons and nurses are seen inside the operating room at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne for the separation surgery of the conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 376 WIDTH="707"><div> Plastic surgeons finished reconstructing the girls' skulls using a combination of their own skin, bone grafts and artificial materials about five hours after the separation surgery ended.</div> <bR> <div> "Their bodies have to recover from this, and we've got a lot of unknown territory we're moving into," Donnan said. "All I can say is that everything is in place for the best possible outcome. The main thing is that the girls are healthy."</div> <bR> <div> Earlier Tuesday, Ian McKenzie, a member of the surgical team, said the girls were improving as their bodies began to work individually.</div> <bR> <div> "The twins are actually in better condition because the degree of separation has increased and this problem we've had with their circulation affecting each other has actually gotten less," he said.</div> <bR> <div> The girls shared parts of their skull, brain tissue and blood flow.</div> <bR> <div> Before the surgery, doctors had said there was a 50 percent chance the girls could suffer brain damage and a 25 percent chance one of the sisters would die.</div> <bR> <div> They were found in an orphanage in Bangladesh in 2007 by a representative from the Children First Foundation, who brought to them to Australia.</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="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 345 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>NASA fuels space shuttle Atlantis for afternoon liftoff</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Nov. 16 2009  07:51  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 16th, 2009</div> <div> <B>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is fueling space shuttle Atlantis for its afternoon liftoff.</B></div> <bR> <div> Atlantis is scheduled to blast off Monday at 2:28 p.m. (1928 GMT) on a mission to stockpile the International Space Station with big spare parts.</div> <bR> <div> There's now a 70 per cent chance that the weather will co-operate, which is not nearly as good as previous days. Low clouds are the main concern.</div> <bR> <div> Atlantis' six astronauts woke up around the time fueling got under way Monday well before dawn.</div> <bR> <div> The 11-day flight is expected to keep the astronauts in orbit through Thanksgiving. They plan to unload nearly 13,600 kilograms of pumps, tanks and other spare parts, as well as science experiments.</div> <bR> <div> It's NASA's last shuttle flight of the year.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e798a0a60.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-126 sits poised on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA is on schedule to launch Atlantis and a crew of 6 astronauts Monday afternoon. on a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="707"><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="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 287 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>World a 'long way' from climate treaty, Harper says</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Nov. 15 2009  13:21  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 15th, 2009</div> <div> <B>The world's leading and emerging economies are "a long way" from a new treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday, and a new deal is unlikely to emerge from next month's climate-change conference in Copenhagen.</B></div> <bR> <div> Harper offered his grim outlook after a breakfast meeting devoted to climate change at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Singapore.</div> <bR> <div> While the 21-nation group usually meets to discuss trade and other economic issues, climate change has dominated this weekend's meetings.</div> <bR> <div> Harper was among a number of leaders to emerge from the breakfast to say they are a long way off from a new deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which will expire in 2012.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e797a0ae0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in front of a backdrop, makes his way into the Leaders Declaration at the APEC summit in Singapore, on Sunday Nov.15, 2009. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 749 WIDTH="707"><div> "(There was) a pretty strong consensus at the meeting this morning that countries of the world remain a long way from a binding, legal treaty on climate change," the prime minister said.</div> <bR> <div> Harper pointed out that there are 3,000 "bracketed pieces of text" in the Copenhagen working document, which means there are thousands of issues that require further discussion.</div> <bR> <div> "I don't think that can be attributed to any one country," he said. "There obviously are significant areas of disagreement."</div> <bR> <div> At the close of the summit on Sunday, the leaders released a statement that abandoned the idea of specific emission-reduction targets or even "aspirational goals," the term once used by APEC leaders.</div> <bR> <div> The communiqué only said that leaders had agreed to phase out "over the medium term" fossil fuel subsidies. No timeline accompanied that statement. In the end, the leaders promised they would work "towards an ambitious outcome in Copenhagen."</div> <bR> <div> "We probably need to get our negotiators out of this morass of hundreds of pages and thousands of brackets of text and into looking at the big picture and coming to some agreement on some big picture items," Harper said.</div> <bR> <div> Opposition critics in Canada told CTV's <I>Question Period</I> that the Harper government has not taken concrete steps to reduce emissions and stop climate change.</div> <bR> <div> "Most other countries will come to Copenhagen with real plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to cut energy consumption in their countries," said Scott Brison, a Liberal MP from Nova Scotia.</div> <bR> <div> "Mr. Harper's government is taking a wait-and-see approach and not doing anything in terms of specific actions to make a difference.</div> <bR> <div> Deputy NDP leader and former Quebec environment minister Thomas Mulcair said that countries with less developed economies like China and India were temporarily exempted from Kyoto because they were given time to catch up economically while countries like Canada developed clean technologies.</div> <bR> <div> "What is unreasonable... is that Stephen Harper is using this as an excuse to avoid internalizing into the cost of the tarsands oil, for example, internalizing the cost of the greenhouse gas emissions, and we're going to continue skewing our economy and it's a huge mistake for future generations," he said.</div> <bR> <div> While at the summit, the prime minister engaged in a number of bilateral meetings and informal talks with APEC leaders over the weekend, including Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.</div> <bR> <div> Late Sunday, Harper landed in India for a three-day visit, his first trip to the emerging economic power. In early December, he travels to China, again for the first time, and South Korea.</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="14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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>Autopsy today on remains believed to be missing teen</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Nov. 14 2009  11:55  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 14th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Officials in New Brunswick will conduct an autopsy today on the remains believed to be those of a teenaged girl who disappeared two months ago after attending a party.</B></div> <bR> <div> On Friday, police found what they believe are the remains of 16-year-old Hilary Bonnell in a remote wooded area near Tracadie-Sheila, in northeastern New Brunswick.</div> <bR> <div> The region is about an hour away from the Esgenoopetitj First Nation, which is also known as Burnt Church, where Bonnell was last seen.</div> <bR> <div> Bonnell disappeared on Sept. 5, the morning after she attended a house party. She was last seen on surveillance footage from a convenience store.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e794a05d0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Hilary Bonnell, of Brunt Church, N.B. is shown in this undated handout photo. The RCMP in New Brunswick say they've found human remains believed to be that of Bonnell, a girl who went missing more than two months ago. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/RCMP)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 252 WIDTH="707"><div> Her disappearance sparked a massive search, and a reward of close to $18,000 was offered for information.</div> <bR> <div> Investigators said Friday that evidence they gathered last week while searching Tabusintac and Burnt Church led them to the site where the remains were found.</div> <bR> <div> "This investigation has been one of the most difficult and complicated that most senior investigators here have faced, and even the location where we recovered the human remains was difficult to reach," RCMP Insp. Roch Fortin told a news conference.</div> <bR> <div> According to Fortin, an RCMP vehicle was damaged while trying to negotiate the terrain.</div> <bR> <div> Fortin also said a suspect is in custody, but no charges have been laid.</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="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 308 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Supreme Court to hear appeal on Omar Khadr case</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Nov. 13 2009  07:44  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 13th, 2009</div> <div> <B>The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the federal government's argument today for why it feels it shouldn't be forced to bring Omar Khadr home from Guantanamo Bay.</B></div> <bR> <div> In August, a Federal appeals court upheld a 2008 ruling that ordered Ottawa to take steps to bring the Toronto-born terror suspect home.</div> <bR> <div> Khadr is the only Canadian -- and is believed to be the only Westerner -- still being held at the U.S.-run detention centre on Cuban soil.</div> <bR> <div> The August decision was appealed, and Friday's hearing is the first time the case will be back in court since then.</div> <bR> <div> Khadr, 23, is accused of lobbing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier during a firefight in Afghanistan in 2002.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e78fa0920.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="146" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr sits during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. (AP-Janet Hamlin - THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 360 WIDTH="707"><div> He was just 15 at the time and has been in U.S. military custody ever since, effectively growing up in Gitmo.</div> <bR> <div> Documents show Khadr has been threatened with rape, kept in isolation and intentionally deprived of sleep by his U.S. captors.</div> <bR> <div> Many have advocated on Khadr's behalf, calling him a child soldier who was the victim of his environment.</div> <bR> <div> Ottawa has steadfastly refused to ask Washington to send him home to face the justice system here, saying it's not the government's place to meddle in another country's affairs.</div> <bR> <div> Other Western countries such as Australia and the U.K. have successfully sought the repatriation of their citizens from Guantanamo, to face justice at home.</div> <bR> <div> His U.S. military-appointed lawyer has maintained that Washington will allow Khadr to face prosecution on Canadian soil, if Ottawa puts forward the request.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. court proceedings against Khadr began roughly four years ago and are before a military commission, but the hearings are on hold pending a review of his case.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </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="Nov 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>Cost of swine flu vaccine program hits $1.5B: report</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Nov. 12 2009  08:34  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 12th, 2009</div> <div> <B>It appears that the plan to have every Canada vaccinated against swine flu is not coming cheap. New estimates show that the vaccination program could cost more than $2 billion.</B></div> <bR> <div> The vaccine has been available to Canadians for only about three weeks now, but according to a report in <I>The Globe and Mail</I>, $1.51-billion has already been spent.</div> <bR> <div> That figure was reached after reviewing estimates from federal, provincial and territorial governments.</div> <bR> <div> The actual figure might be even higher, because many provinces are still revising their costs, while others have yet to release total estimates.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e704a0b00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Frontline health-care workers and children under five will be among those eligible for the H1N1 vaccine Monday. Nov. 1, 2009. (The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 811 WIDTH="707"><div> In September, provincial and territorial health ministers predicted the cost of buying and delivering the vaccine at around $806-million, or about $16 per dose.</div> <bR> <div> But based on these new estimates, the total cost is currently running at about $30 a shot --and climbing.</div> <bR> <div> The cost of buying 50.4 million doses has been estimated by federal officials at $403 million. But there have been many extra costs incurred by Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.</div> <bR> <div> Those agencies have racked up the bills by:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">developing emergency and strategic plans</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">conducting surveillance and outbreak management</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">overtime and standby pay for regulatory and lab staff</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">conducting rapid research</div> <bR> <div> Earlier this week, Treasury Board President Vic Toews released 2009-10 supplementary budget estimates and estimated those costs at about $78 million.</div> <bR> <div> But related provincial costs were not included; those are sure to cost millions of dollars more.</div> <bR> <div> Costs have reportedly soared at the provincial level because the unexpected demand for the vaccine has forced many regional health authorities to open more clinics and to ask health staff to work overtime.</div> <bR> <div> Last week, Quebec's health minister said the province will end up spending at least $200 million on H1N1 vaccination. Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger has said the vaccination program's cost could double beyond the original $47-million estimate. And Alberta has put its figure at $100 million.</div> <bR> <div> By contrast, Alberta spends about $3.2-million on free seasonal flu shots annually.</div> <bR> <div> Then there's the cost of the federal government's H1N1 awareness campaign. The Public Health Agency figures its radio, television, online and print ads carry a $4.5-million price tag.</div> <bR> <div> Federal officials have always pleased for patience in the rollout of the pandemic flu vaccine program, noting that this is the largest immunization program in Canadian history and it is not easy to distribute vaccine across a nation as vast as ours.</div> <bR> <div> Officials have had to balance the costs of the vaccine program against the potential costs to society and the labour force if a pandemic virus were allowed to spread unabated.</div> <bR> <div> Yet some health experts have questioned the cost of the program, noting that the expense far outweighs the seriousness of the H1N1 virus.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Richard Schabas, the medical officer of health for Ontario's Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit tells <I>The</I> <I>Globe</I> he thinks swine flu has been "the most overhyped, overblown exercise I've ever been a part of," noting that the virus is not causing high rates of serious disease or death.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </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="Nov 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>Canadians honour veterans on Remembrance Day</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Nov. 11 2009  09:06  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 11th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Canadians will honour their veterans during a series of Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country on Wednesday, paying tribute to the 1.5 million Canadians who have served their country since the start of the First World War.</B></div> <bR> <div> In Kandahar, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Industry Minister Tony Clement went to Remembrance Day ceremonies that were also attended by Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa and representatives of the families of seven fallen soldiers.</div> <bR> <div> Some 2,700 Canadian Forces members are currently serving in Afghanistan today, a mission that has claimed the lives of 133 Canadian soldiers.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e789a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Canadian soldiers participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies in Kandahar, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 538 WIDTH="707"><div> At the ceremony in Kandahar, Task Force Commander Brig. Gen. Jonathan Vance said "we are reminded today that former generations have had to fight, have had to endure hardship and have sacrificed to win freedom from Canada and people around the world."</div> <bR> <div> Later this morning, thousands of soldiers, veterans and other Canadians will attend ceremonies at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Governor-General Michaelle Jean, as well as Prince Charles, will be in attendance.</div> <bR> <div> This year's Silver Cross mother, Della Marie Morley, of East Saint Paul, Man., will lay a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial during the Ottawa ceremony.</div> <bR> <div> Her 30-year-old son, Cpl. Keith Morley, was killed three years ago when serving in Afghanistan with the 2nd battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.</div> <bR> <div> Afghanistan veteran Master Cpl. Jody Mitic says the respect that today's veterans are shown means a lot to the people serving in the Canadian Forces.</div> <bR> <div> For he and his fellow soldiers, Remembrance Day is a moment where "we all just take the time to think back and remember why we do what we do," Mitic told CTV's Canada AM during an interview in Toronto on Wednesday morning.</div> <bR> <div> Mitic lost both his feet after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan's Panjwaii district on Jan. 11, 2007.</div> <bR> <div> During a long recovery, Mitic learned to walk again -- and run marathons -- with the help of prosthetics.</div> <bR> <div> Today, he is married to one of the medics that rescued him on the battlefield -- Sgt. Alannah Gilmore -- and he is the father of their young daughter, Aylah.</div> <bR> <div> "My life wouldn't be the way it is without the injury," Mitic said.</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="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 304 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Execution hour approaches for Washington-area sniper</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Nov. 10 2009  07:28  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 10th, 2009</div> <div> <B>The man who masterminded a series of sniper attacks on the U.S. capital region seven years ago, has only hours to live unless the Virginia governor vetoes his pending death sentence.</B></div> <bR> <div> John Lee Muhammad is scheduled to be executed late Tuesday, years after being convicted for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station in Manassas, Va.</div> <bR> <div> Muhammad and a teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, killed 10 people during a three-week-long spree that claimed victims in Maryland, Virginia and Washington.</div> <bR> <div> Victims were often shot doing everyday chores like shopping and pumping gas. The indiscriminate and random nature of the shootings left Washington on edge until the two shooters, Malvo and Muhammad, were caught on Oct. 24, 2002, while they were sleeping in a car at a Maryland rest stop.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e77ca07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This recent but undated photo from the Virginia Department of Corrections shows convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad. John Allen Muhammad, 48, is set to die by injection in a Virginia prison Nov. 10, 2009, seven years after he and his teenage accomplice terrorized the area in and around the nation's capital for three weeks. (AP Photo/Virginia Department of Corrections)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 344 WIDTH="707"><div> The U.S. Supreme Court turned down the sniper's final appeal on Monday, meaning Muhammad will die by lethal injection unless Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine gives him a stay of execution.</div> <bR> <div> Muhammad's lawyers claim their client is mentally ill and they have asked Kaine to commute the sniper's sentence to life in prison.</div> <bR> <div> If the execution goes forward Tuesday, it will take place at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., about one hour south of the state capital of Richmond.</div> <bR> <div> Malvo and Muhammad were also suspected of killing other people in Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona.</div> <bR> <div> Cheryll Witz intends to attend Muhammad's execution on Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> Her father, Jerry Taylor, was shot dead on a Tuscon, Ariz., golf course in March 2002 -- a murder that Malvo said he committed under the direction of Muhammad.</div> <bR> <div> "He basically watched my dad breathe his last breath," Witz said. "Why shouldn't I watch his last breath?"</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="Nov 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= 304 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Germany celebrates fall of Berlin Wall</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Nov. 09 2009  07:42  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 9th, 2009</div> <div> <B>BERLIN — With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification.</B></div> <bR> <div> Chancellor Angela Merkel -- reunited Germany's first leader to grow up in the communist east -- started the day with President Horst Koehler and other leaders at a prayer service at a former East Berlin church that was a rallying point for opposition activists in 1989.</div> <bR> <div> "We remember the tears of joy, the faces of delight, the liberation," Lutheran Bishop Wolfgang Huber told the congregation at the Gethsemane Church.</div> <bR> <div> East Germany's fortified border crumbled on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, after 28 years holding in the country's citizens -- a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism in Europe that followed a confused announcement by a senior official.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e771a09c0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A woman places a rose into part of the former Berlin wall, Monday Nov. 9, 2009, following a commemoration ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, at the wall memorial 'Bernauer Strasse' in Berlin, Germany. (AP / Fabian Bimmer)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 662 WIDTH="707"><div> At the end of a plodding news conference, Politburo spokesman Guenter Schabowski offhandedly said East Germany was lifting restrictions on travel across its border with West Germany.</div> <bR> <div> Pressed on when the regulation would take effect, he looked down at his notes and stammered: "As far as I know, this enters into force ... this is immediately, without delay."</div> <bR> <div> Schabowski has said he didn't know that the change wasn't supposed to be announced until the following morning.</div> <bR> <div> East Berliners streamed toward border crossings. Facing huge crowds and lacking instructions, border guards opened the gates -- and the wall was on its way into history.</div> <bR> <div> Merkel said she was among the East Germans who, hearing Schabowski's words, thought "something might happen on the evening of Nov. 9." Like many others, she made her way across.</div> <bR> <div> "We were speechless and happy," the 55-year-old recalled in an interview with ARD television.</div> <bR> <div> Music from Bon Jovi and Beethoven was to recall the joy of the border's opening, which led to German reunification less than a year later and the swift demolition of most of the wall -- which snaked around West Berlin, a capitalist enclave deep inside East Germany, for 96 miles (155 kilometers).</div> <bR> <div> Memorials also were planned to the 136 people killed trying to cross the border. Candles were lit and 1,000 towering plastic foam dominoes placed along the wall's route to be tipped over.</div> <bR> <div> Also expected in Berlin for the ceremonies were the leaders of all 27 European Union countries and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.</div> <bR> <div> By the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of Germany's division and then of its reunification, which for nearly three decades stood just behind the wall in no man's land, Dieter Mohnka, 74, and his wife Helga, 71, originally from East Berlin, shared a bowl of French fries, and recalled the night the wall was opened.</div> <bR> <div> "We were shocked when we heard that announced, simply astounded," said Helga. "The next morning we went straight to visit my aunt in the West."</div> <bR> <div> Dieter, who taught high school at the time, said he had long been fascinated with West Germany.</div> <bR> <div> "I was born in East Germany, I went to school in East Germany. I was supposed to teach the kids about the wonderfulness of the East, when I was secretly watching TV from the West," he said.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 484 WIDTH="707"><div> Later Monday, music and fireworks will hark back to the night of Nov. 9, 1989, when people danced atop the Berlin Wall in front of the gate. On that cold night, years of separation and anxiety melted into the unbelievable reality of freedom.</div> <bR> <div> East Germans came in droves, many driving their sputtering Trabant cars. Hundreds of thousands crossed over the following days, as West Berlin stores stayed open late and banks gave out 100 western marks in "welcome money," then worth about $50, to each East German visitor.</div> <bR> <div> By Nov. 12, more than 3 million of East Germany's 16.6 million people had visited the west, while tourists chiseled off chunks of the war to keep as souvenirs.</div> <bR> <div> "That was the day of all days," said Walter Momper, the mayor of West Berlin at the time, who attended a candle lightening ceremony at the wall memorial at Bernauer Strasse.</div> <bR> <div> "I'm happy again every time I remember that we all got to this unification in such a peaceful way," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Hundreds of visitors from around the world lit candles and put them in sand boxes in front of the Bernauer Strasse wall memorial, next to one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier, a brass orchestra played and many school children placed red and yellow roses at the memorial.</div> <bR> <div> Annika Fischer, a school teacher, showed her class of 10-year-old students a mark on the pavement, where the wall once stood.</div> <bR> <div> "This is where the wall was, and we are now walking from the west into the east," she said, crossing the brick line. "I could not do that 20 years ago."</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="Nov 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= 238 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>U.S. health-care bill faces tough odds in Senate</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Nov. 08 2009  22:01  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November8th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Less than a day after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a historic health-care reform bill, President Barack Obama urged the U.S. Senate to follow suit.</B></div> <bR> <div> Speaking at the White House on Sunday, Obama asked Senators to act like runners on a relay team.</div> <bR> <div> "Take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people," he said.</div> <bR> <div> However, moderate Democratic Senators oppose the bill. Without their support, the proposed health insurance plan will not pass the second hurdle in the race to become law.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e773a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House about health care reform and Iraq's new electoral law Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 666 WIDTH="707"><div> The bill needs 60 of 100 Senators to support it. If it's passed, it would then have to be reconciled with the House version by a Congressional panel before going to final debate.</div> <bR> <div> The historic bill would extend coverage to tens of millions Americans who are currently uninsured.</div> <bR> <div> But one of the most contentious aspects of the legislation is the fact that the federal government would also sell insurance. According to the Congressional Budget Office, premiums for government plans would likely be higher than private plans.</div> <bR> <div> That didn't stop Congress from passing the bill late on Saturday. Obama called the vote "courageous." The bill passed with a 220-215 vote tally.</div> <bR> <div> "I am grateful to them and the rest of their colleagues," Obama said.</div> <bR> <div> If the law passes, he said the U.S. will be able to protect Americans from "abuses" by insurance companies who deny or revoke coverage for people who have preexisting conditions, or reach a lifetime maximum.</div> <bR> <div> The House bill is projected to expand coverage to 36 million people who don't have insurance. The United States is the only developed nation that does not have a comprehensive national health care plan.</div> <bR> <div> But in the Senate, more than a simple majority is needed for passage, and it will be a tough fight.</div> <bR> <div> Several centrist Democrats still have reservations, particularly about establishing a government-sponsored insurance program, or public option, to compete with private insurers.</div> <bR> <div> "The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate," Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Sunday. "It was a bill written by liberals for liberals."</div> <bR> <div> Nearly all of Congress' Republicans opposed the contentious legislation, which they say amounts to a government takeover of health care.</div> <bR> <div> Rep. John Dingell, 83, who has attempted to introduce national health insurance legislation in Congress since 1955, said the bill is good for Americans.</div> <bR> <div> "It provides coverage for 96 percent of Americans," Dingell said of the bill. "It offers everyone, regardless of health or income, the peace of mind that comes from knowing they will have access to affordable health care when they need it."</div> <bR> <div> In several hours of debate in the House, a number of Republicans voiced their displeasure.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 393 WIDTH="707"><div> "We are going to have a complete government takeover of our health care system faster than you can say, `this is making me sick,'" said Rep. Candice Miller of Michigan.</div> <bR> <div> Only one Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao of New Orleans, voted for the bill, while another 176 opposed it. Thirty-nine Democrats opposed the bill.</div> <bR> <div> Before the vote, conservatives from both sides of the floor pushed through new restrictions on abortion coverage in insurance policies for individuals and small groups.</div> <bR> <div> Other stipulations in the $1.2 trillion legislation include:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Most Americans would be required to have insurance. Federal subsidies would assist those who cannot afford coverage.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Large employers would be required to offer health coverage to their employees.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Insurance companies would no longer be allowed to deny coverage due to pre-existing conditions, and they would have to stop the practice of charging higher premiums due to gender or medical history.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Insurers would also no longer be exempt from federal antitrust regulations that govern price fixing and market allocation.</div> <bR> <div> The staggering cost of the legislation is to be paid for by more than $400 billion in cuts to Medicare over a 10-year period, as well as a 5.4 per cent tax on individuals who earn more than $500,000 and families that earn more than $1 million.</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="07"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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= 250 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police: L.A. celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Nov. 07 2009  13:12  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November7th, 2009</div> <div> <B>LAS VEGAS — Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.</B></div> <bR> <div> A suspect turned informant told police that a 19-year-old woman was the "driving force" in the thefts, motivated by a desire own the designer clothes and jewelry of such celebrities as Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.</div> <bR> <div> According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nicholas Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee spearheaded the break-ins.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e76fa05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. (AP Photo / Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 749 WIDTH="707"><div> Prugo told police Lee, 19, would suggest a target, then Prugo would trawl the Internet for information about where they lived and when they would be away from home. Las Vegas police were involved because Lee lives there.</div> <bR> <div> Officials said Lee was booked on a charge of possession of stolen property charge and released after posting $3,000 bail. Prosecutors in Los Angeles asked police to investigate her further. She could not immediately be reached Friday for comment.</div> <bR> <div> Police say the Lee and Prugo were part of a group of at least six that stole from October 2008 until September.</div> <bR> <div> After watching a house, they would break into the poorly protected properties, often by simply walking through unlocked doors.</div> <bR> <div> Prugo said they removed cash, narcotics and thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, including family heirlooms.</div> <bR> <div> Acting on a tip, police arrested 18-year-old Prugo on Sept. 17. He initially refused to talk to police but on Oct. 6, he and his attorney met with detectives and Prugo "provided a full confession, and implicated several other suspects," court documents state.</div> <bR> <div> "Prugo admitted to committing all of the burglaries and that Rachel Lee was with him during the residential burglaries of the homes of Audrina Patridge, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson and the Hilton family," the search warrant states. "Prugo stated that it was Lee who would suggest a target and that he would surf the Internet to learn where the celebrity lived as well as the target's travel itinerary."</div> <bR> <div> Prugo said Lee wanted to "own the designer wardrobes of the Hollywood celebrities she admired."</div> <bR> <div> Lee, Prugo and at least four others have been arrested in the case. The four others, most between the ages of 18 and 20, have been charged with felony burglary.</div> <bR> <div> The search warrant states Prugo told police he and Lee broke into Hilton's house several times. At the Lohan house, the burglary crew gained entrance by prying open a window with a screwdriver then swiped luggage, clothing and jewelry including a Rolex wristwatch with a blue face, Prugo told police.</div> <bR> <div> He said expensive watches were also a target at Bloom's house, and several were stolen along with artwork and clothing.</div> <bR> <div> A search of the Las Vegas home Lee shared with her father turned up a piece of paper with the names of her accomplices which Las Vegas Detective Ethan Grimes confirmed were the other subjects identified in the crime ring.</div> <bR> <div> Police also found three photos of Paris Hilton, designer jeans, three computers, a Korean passport, 204 $100 bills and less than one ounce of marijuana when they arrested Lee at the home in northwest Las Vegas on Oct. 22, according to the warrants.</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="Nov 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= 308 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Unemployment rate rises to 8.6 per cent in October</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Nov. 06 2009  08:47  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 6th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Employers unexpectedly shed 43,200 jobs last month, pushing the jobless rate up 0.2 percentage points to 8.6 per cent following two months of moderate growth.</B></div> <bR> <div> The news likely stunned economists, who had expected about 10,000 new jobs in October.</div> <bR> <div> All the job losses were in part-time positions, the numbers released by Statistics Canada on Friday showed. While full-time employment increased for the second consecutive month, over the past year, full-time employment has fallen at a faster rate than part time work.</div> <bR> <div> Full-time employment has fallen 2.7 per cent, compared with a 0.7-per-cent drop in the part-time sector.</div> <bR> <div> Since the labour market peaked a year ago, employment is down 2.3 per cent, with the bulk of the 400,000 jobs lost occurring during the first five months of the labour downturn.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e769a0c90.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sonja Jackson, of Detroit, holds a Employment Guide standing in line while attending a job fair in Livonia, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP / Paul Sancya)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 547 WIDTH="707"><div> Since that peak, employment has fallen in most industries, with the steepest declines in manufacturing, natural resources, construction, and transportation and warehousing.</div> <bR> <div> At the same time, there were job increases in information, culture and recreation as well as in finance, insurance, real estate and leasing.</div> <bR> <div> Adult women aged 25 and over and youths aged 15 to 24 accounted for all of the employment decline in October.</div> <bR> <div> Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador experienced the most notable employment losses in October. In all other provinces, employment was little changed.</div> <bR> <div> Unemployment in Alberta rose 0.4 percentage points to 7.5 per cent. Since October 2008, that province's employment has fallen by 3.3 per cent (-68,000), the steepest rate of decline among all provinces.</div> <bR> <div> The report showed that wages are remaining steady. Average hourly wages were 2.9 per cent higher in October compared with last year's levels. That's above the rate of inflation and a jump from the previous month's increase of 2.3 per cent.</div> <bR> <div> Here's what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Newfoundland 17.0 (15.3)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Prince Edward Island 12.0 (11.8)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Nova Scotia 9.3 (9.5)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">New Brunswick 8.5 (8.1)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Quebec 8.5 (8.8)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ontario 9.3 (9.2)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Manitoba 5.8 (5.3)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Saskatchewan 5.3 (4.6)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Alberta 7.5 (7.1)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">British Columbia 8.3 (7.4)</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </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="Nov 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>House votes in principle to kill gun registry</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Nov. 04 2009  21:12  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 5th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Conservative MPs, with the support of a few Liberals and New Democrats, have voted in principle to kill the contentious federal long gun registry.</B></div> <bR> <div> The House erupted in cheers from the Tories as the private member's bill passed by a vote of 164 to 137. The Tories got help from 12 NDP MPs, eight Liberals and one Independent.</div> <bR> <div> Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner's bill will now go to a Commons committee for further study and a possible amendment.</div> <bR> <div> Conservatives have long argued that the decade-old registry for most shotguns and rifles is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars, which targets honest gun owners while doing nothing to curb gun crime.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e761a06d0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="109" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Prime Minister Stephen Harper rises along with Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice and Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay (right) in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 931 WIDTH="707"><div> However, proponents such as police chiefs, notably from big cities like Montreal and Toronto, have said the registry is useful tool and has lead to more responsible gun ownership and has reduced suicides and crimes of passion using guns.</div> <bR> <div> The Harper government has long opposed the gun registry, brought in by the former Liberal government in response to the killing of 14 women at a Montreal college in 1989. They've long argued that it unfairly hassles honest hunters and owners of long guns, while doing nothing to stop criminals.</div> <bR> <div> Conservatives argue the registry has been "$1-billion boondoggle," although a 2006 study by the auditor general found eliminating the long-gun portion of the registry would only save taxpayers about $3 million a year going forward.</div> <bR> <div> The RCMP has strongly supported keeping the registry alive, and is working on improving problems with the database. There was a 2008 report on the success of the overhaul but Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan won't release it.</div> <bR> <div> "Canadians don't need another report to know that the long gun registry is very efficient at harassing law-abiding farmers and outdoors enthusiasts, while wasting billions of taxpayer dollars," Van Loan's office said in a release Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> "They don't need another report to know that the registry does nothing to prevent crime."</div> <bR> <div> The vote comes as the 20th anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre approaches. The mother of one of those slain Montreal students, who was one of those who campaigned for the creation of the registry, put out a public appeal this week imploring MPs to keep the registry going.</div> <bR> <div> "Shoulder firearms kill just like handguns," Suzanne Laplante-Edward wrote in a published letter.</div> <bR> <div> Montreal's police chief, Yvan Delorme, also pleaded with politicians to keep the registry alive, noting that all the money spent to create it will be wasted if it's eliminated.</div> <bR> <div> "Its existence is essential, primarily for security reasons, but also because the investments already made would be entirely wasted," Delorme said in a rare political statement issued from his office.</div> <bR> <div> "Yes, the registry could be improved, but we consider it an important tool to minimize the risks associated with guns."</div> <bR> <div> Delorme described how, shortly after the 2007 Dawson College shooting, police received a report that another individual had been making similar threats. The registry alerted officers that this person owned several guns -- which officers seized, Delorme said.</div> <bR> <div> Last week, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair also used the seizure of a huge haul of restricted weapons to defend the beleaguered registry.</div> <bR> <div> "We believe that the gun registry provides police services across this country with the information they need, first of all to help us keep communities safe, and also to keep police officers safe," he told a news conference last Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> The chief noted that Bill C-391 is "intended to gut the gun registry, and to make it impossible for law enforcement officials to have access to the information, the same type of information, that enabled us to seize these weapons -- and frankly, make our cities safer."</div> <bR> <div> The Conservatives meanwhile launched a publicity blitz in recent weeks to draw support for killing the registry.</div> <bR> <div> They bought radio ads in largely rural areas, stressing the importance of protecting the rural way of life, and urging listeners to flood their MPs with calls and emails to vote for the bill.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with reports from The Canadian Press </I></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="Nov 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= 287 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canada's H1N1 vaccine surplus being sent abroad</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Nov. 04 2009  08:32  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 4th, 2009</div> <div> <B>Even while Canadians line up for hours for scarce supplies of H1N1 vaccine, Canada's chief public health officer is saying that our pandemic vaccine manufacturer has shipped bulk quantities of parts of the vaccine out of the country.</B></div> <bR> <div> In remarks to reporters Tuesday in British Columbia, Dr. David Butler-Jones said GlaxoSmithKline has shipped bulk quantities of the antigen, the main ingredient of the vaccine, to other nations that need it.</div> <bR> <div> Butler-Jones explained that GSK has made more antigen than can be bottled and since enough has been produced for Canada's needs, the surplus went overseas.</div> <bR> <div> This comes as Canadians are being told that there is so little vaccine being sent to the provinces this week, some flu shot clinics have had to be closed.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e704a0b00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A vial of adjuvant (left) to be mixed with antigen (right), used to administer the Arepanrix H1N1 flu virus, are shown in a City of Ottawa laboratory on Sunday, Oct 25, 2009. (Pawel Dwulit / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 786 WIDTH="707"><div> Alberta had to cancel clinics over the weekend. Other provinces are restricting access to the vaccine to just young children under five years of age and pregnant women, while adults with chronic illnesses are being told to wait.</div> <bR> <div> The slowdown in getting vaccine out to the flu clinics appears to lie in the processes that come after vaccine antigen is produced at GSK's plant in Ste-Foy, Que.</div> <bR> <div> After production, it is bottled into vials and then passed through a "fill line" for quality control and distribution. But it appears the antigen is being produced faster than the vials can be filled, so the excess is being exported.</div> <bR> <div> A spokesperson for GlaxoSmithKline explained to a number of news outlets Tuesday that enough of the antigen had been produced to meet Canada's target of making available 50.4 million doses of vaccine. Because they had an excess, they are now exporting the excess for filling for international markets, including the World Health Organization.</div> <bR> <div> The spokesperson did not indicate how much excess antigen was produced, nor did she say when or where it was shipped.</div> <bR> <div> Butler-Jones assured Canadians that the bulk exports won't slow down the country's swine flu vaccination campaign and won't impact how long Canadians wait to be immunized.</div> <bR> <div> "There has been bulk vaccine that we're not able to actually fill here so that has been exported," he said. "But all of the vaccine that we can fill in Canada has stayed and will stay in Canada until our immunization is complete."</div> <bR> <div> But at flu shot clinics across the country, supplies remain low and lineups continue.</div> <bR> <div> The shortage problem worsened this week when GSK shifted its focus to preparing and shipping vaccine without adjuvant for pregnant women.</div> <bR> <div> GSK said Tuesday it has now finished producing that version of the vaccine and is again focusing efforts on the vaccine intended for the majority of Canadians.</div> <bR> <div> GSK says it has already shipped almost seven million doses of adjuvanted vaccine and, in the weeks ahead, there will be millions more doses coming off the production line.</div> <bR> <div> Around seven million have been distributed so far to provinces and territories. While shipments dropped to 436,000 doses this week, shipments should return to levels of three million doses by next week.</div> <bR> <div> Butler-Jones brushed off criticism that the vaccination campaign has been bungled. He said the reality is that just a week into the campaign 10 to 20 per cent of the people in many communities have been vaccinated -- more than any other country in the world.</div> <bR> <div> Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq also noted that the government could have waited until there were sufficient doses for all Canadians to implement the immunization program, but instead they decided to roll out the vaccine early to target those most at risk.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with reports 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="Nov 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>Disaster plan comes up short: auditor general</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Nov. 03 2009  14:37  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 3rd, 2009</div> <div> <B>The federal government is ill-prepared to deal with national emergencies, the auditor general says, just as the country is gripped by an H1N1 flu pandemic.</B></div> <bR> <div> In her fall report to Parliament, Sheila Fraser says Public Safety Canada, the agency tasked with co-ordinating the government's response to emergencies, has yet to establish a formal plan for dealing with pandemics, floods, blackouts or terror attacks.</div> <bR> <div> Fraser said the agency's goal should be to facilitate communication between various federal departments to ensure an effective approach to any crisis.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="e750a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser leaves after a press conference to table the 2009 Fall Report in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 774 WIDTH="707"><div> "The aim is to eliminate the potential for confusion when responding in a crisis and provide a federal point for co-ordination," Fraser says in the report.</div> <bR> <div> "Until it is clearly established how Public Safety Canada will work with other departments, it will be difficult for it to truly co-ordinate the federal response to emergency situations."</div> <bR> <div> While much of her work was done before the H1N1 crisis broke out, Fraser did say the agency has helped develop the federal government's response to the outbreak.</div> <bR> <div> However, it has yet to establish itself as the main agency tasked with leading the way in emergency situations.</div> <bR> <div> She also says the department has more work to do on cybersecurity and setting up protections for important sites such as pipelines and power plants.</div> <bR> <div> "We found that Public Safety Canada has not exercised the leadership necessary to co-ordinate emergency management activities, including protection of critical infrastructure," Fraser said.</div> <bR> <div> According to the report, the agency had a $17.1 million budget to conduct emergency exercises over the last three years. However, only half that money has been spent.</div> <bR> <div> In addition to emergency preparedness, the auditor general also recommended updates to the Income Tax Act to close loopholes and make rules easier for Canadians to understand.</div> <bR> <div> She also criticized non-compete agreements, in which a company's sale price is related to the seller's agreeing not to compete with the company's new owner.</div> <bR> <div> These payments are supposed to be subject to tax, but court cases in the early 2000s found that not to be the case. In 2003, the Department of Finance said it would make the tax regulations more clear. However, that has not yet happened, Fraser said.</div> <bR> <div> In total, the Finance Department has 400 changes to tax legislation in the works that it has failed to get approved.</div> <bR> <div> Other problems the report outlines include:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Health Canada is powerless to enforce recalls of children's toys found to contain lead.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The failure to identify the skilled jobs Canada needs to fill when selecting immigrants.</div> <bR> <div> Overall, Fraser criticized the government for failing to properly plan out new programs and policies, without first looking at the risks, and resources needed including money and time.</div> <bR> <div> "Having a complete picture of what needs to be done, by whom, how other programs will be affected and what risks are involved can make the difference between a program that delivers results for Canadians and one that does not," Fraser said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </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="Nov 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>Flu clinics to restrict access to priority patients</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Nov. 02 2009  14:26  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 2nd, 2009</div> <div> <B>As Canada's largest-ever immunization campaign enters its second week, lower-risk Canadians are being asked to step aside so the most vulnerable to swine flu can continue to get their shot first.</B></div> <bR> <div> This had been the day that most provinces had planned to start offering the vaccine to everyone, not just those at high risk of complications from the flu, such as those who are pregnant, have asthma, diabetes or another chronic illness.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="e74ba0600.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> People wait in line for the H1N1 vaccine at a flu clinic in Winnipeg, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 658 WIDTH="707"><div> But with demand much higher than expected among those groups, and shortages expected, officials in most provinces have decided to keep the focus on high-risk groups before turning to the general population.</div> <bR> <div> Many clinics are screening patients looking for the vaccine, to ensure they really are high-risk, and asking parents who bring along young children to not get the vaccine themselves if they are otherwise healthy.</div> <bR> <div> Until now, most provinces agreed not to turn anyone away, especially since many were waiting hours in line with others at high risk. But with shortages expected, that approach is changing.</div> <bR> <div> While Alberta first chose to vaccinate anyone who showed up at flu shot clinics, that led to the temporary closures of some clinics, because of shortages. So now, health officials say they will concentrate on immunizing only high-risk groups.</div> <bR> <div> Ontario is imposing similar restrictions. But Ontario's chief medical officer, Dr. Arlene King, acknowledges that people won't have to prove they're at high risk and clinics will essentially operate on the honour system.</div> <bR> <div> Restrictions will be stiffer in Nova Scotia. That province has ruled that people under age 65 with chronic health conditions are no longer considered in the high-risk category. Only pregnant women, children under five years old, First Nations communities and health-care workers will be eligible for the vaccine. Everyone will be turned away for now, until the vaccine shortage eases.</div> <bR> <div> In P.E.I., only half of the expected vaccine doses for this week have arrived. With the province running dry, four clinics will be given the remaining vaccine to children six months to school-entry age, as well as to household contacts of children less than six months.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Production slowdown to last a week</B></div> <bR> <div> The restrictions are being implemented because vaccine maker GlaxoSmithKline has announced it will only be able to produce about 400,000 doses of the vaccine this week instead of the million or so doses expected.</div> <bR> <div> That's because GSK will be switching focus to making special batches of vaccine without adjuvant that's recommended for pregnant women and young children.</div> <bR> <div> Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq explained to Canada AM that GSK had underestimated how much the changeover would choke supply.</div> <bR> <div> "GlaxoSmithKline overestimated their ability to produce the adjuvanted vaccine while they focus on unadjuvanted vaccine," she said Monday.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 517 WIDTH="707"><div> "That vaccine will be distributed. The following week we expect to be back to the normal production and that vaccine will continue to flow to the provinces and territories."</div> <bR> <div> The minister added that while it was federal health officials who devised the guidelines that selected those who should get the vaccine first, how the vaccine gets into the arms of Canadians is up to the provinces.</div> <bR> <div> "Ultimately, at the end of the day, the provinces and territories decide who they will distribute their vaccine to, for their rollout plans," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Aglukkaq made similar comments to CTV's Question Period on Sunday, adding she was still confident that every Canadian who wants the vaccine will be able to get it by December.</div> <bR> <div> Yet, some infectious disease experts worry December may be too late, since this fall's "second wave" of H1N1 is expected to last only a few weeks.</div> <bR> <div> Others, such as Dr. Michael Gardam, Director of Infection, Prevention &Control at the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion disagree. He notes that while there has been a lot of flu activity in B.C. and case numbers are ramping up in parts of Ontario, "other parts of the country are just beginning to see an increase in cases.</div> <bR> <div> "So it's still going to be spread out over many months. I think if people can still get their shots in a few weeks from now, depending on where they live, it's certainly doing it," he told Canada AM Monday.</div> <bR> <div> Even if flu activity peaks, the virus will still be out there for a while yet. And, notably, he said, it isn't mutating, despite Internet rumours to the contrary.</div> <bR> <div> "This strain has been remarkably stable throughout the world. We're still dealing with the same virus we were dealing with back in April," Gardam said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </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="Nov 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= 181 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Butler-Jones says vaccine shortage a 'disappointment'</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Nov. 01 2009  23:08  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 1st, 2009</div> <div> <B>Canada's chief public health officer says he is disappointed that a shortage of swine flu vaccine will result in fewer Canadians being inoculated this week than the federal government had originally planned.</B></div> <bR> <div> "My reaction, and I think (that of) most public health people really, is disappointment in that we won't be able to immunize next week as many people as we hoped," Dr. David Butler-Jones told CTV's Question Period on Sunday.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="e704a0b00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 683 WIDTH="707"><div> On Friday, Butler-Jones announced that the vaccine's maker, GlaxoSmithKline, will make only 600,000 doses of the vaccine available across the country by the end of this week, instead of the planned two million. That is in addition to the six million doses already distributed over the last three weeks.</div> <bR> <div> He said he was unaware of the shortage until Thursday night.</div> <bR> <div> The announcement sparked fears of a vaccine shortage. Since vaccine clinics opened last week, Canadians have lined up by the thousands, overwhelming health care workers. Many clinics have had to cut off line-ups hours before closing time in order to control the crowds.</div> <bR> <div> There have been complaints that healthy people have been visiting public health clinics to receive the vaccine as soon as possible, defying requests by public officials to allow high-risk groups to be immunized first.</div> <bR> <div> Helen Humphrey has four children, one of whom has already contracted swine flu.</div> <bR> <div> "My children are petrified," she said. "If any one of these children get sick and die, the people who have lied to get the shot, well I hope they really remember me."</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, inmates in some provinces have already started receiving the vaccine, angering some Canadians.</div> <bR> <div> On Saturday, health officials in Alberta announced they were suspending H1N1 vaccination clinics for the general public so they could concentrate on immunizing Albertans in high-risk groups.</div> <bR> <div> Opposition Liberals called for the province's health minister, Rob Liepert, to resign following the decision.</div> <bR> <div> In Quebec, health officials warned those not in high-risk groups to say away from vaccination centres this week.</div> <bR> <div> Officials in Ontario announced on Sunday they will double the number of flu clinics in the province. They said they will also extend the clinics' hours in an effort to cut down on long lineups.</div> <bR> <div> "Those who do have vaccine, I want to see it going into people's arms this week, I don't want people sitting on vaccine," said Dr. Arlene King, the province's top public health official.</div> <bR> <div> Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq blamed GlaxoSmithKline for the shortage, saying the company "over-estimated their amounts," but said she is still confident that every Canadian who wants the vaccine will eventually be able to get it.</div> <bR> <div> "If you look at and compare per capita, we are well ahead in distributing the vaccine on a per capita basis than any other country," Aglukkaq told Question Period.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 430 WIDTH="707"><div> "I have confidence that every Canadian who wants to receive the vaccine will be able to by December."</div> <bR> <div> Both Butler-Jones and Aglukkaq said the chaos surrounding the vaccine's rollout has a lot to do with the decision to distribute it to the provinces and territories as it came off the production line, rather than waiting for the full supply to be ready.</div> <bR> <div> But she said the distribution of the vaccine is the responsibility of the provincial and territorial governments and refused to criticize how they are organizing their immunization campaigns.</div> <bR> <div> She also refused to weigh in on a decision by Toronto Public Health to distribute some vaccine to a private health clinic, which charges its patients for health care services.</div> <bR> <div> Aglukkaq did not answer a question of whether it was fair for a private clinic to inoculate paying customers while others stood in line, instead saying the decision to give the clinic vaccines was made at the local level.</div> <bR> <div> In the wake of public outrage over that issue, the clinic said it would offer the vaccine to the general public.</div> <bR> <div> According to Butler-Jones, there is now enough vaccine in circulation to inoculate about 60 per cent of Canadians in high-risk groups.</div> <bR> <div> "It's a huge undertaking," Aglukkaq said. "This is the largest immunization campaign in the history of Canada. Thirty-three million people cannot receive the vaccine in seven days."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with </I><I>a report from CTV's Roger Smith</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Nov 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>