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rampage</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 03/06/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#02" TITLE="Jun 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Historic DVD set makes Clint Eastwood's day</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 02/06/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#01" TITLE="Jun 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Canada's five biggest banks rake in $5B profit</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 01/06/10</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="Jun 10"><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= 204 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>World stocks mixed as growth doubts mount</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Jun 30  2010  06:16  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 30th, 2010</div> <div> <B>MILAN — European markets edged higher in volatile trading Wednesday a day after logging steep losses, while major Asian indexes closed down on worries that the U.S. and Chinese economies are slowing down.</B></div> <bR> <div> European stocks were buoyed by news that Germany's unemployment rate declined to 7.5 per cent in June thanks to an improving economy and a traditional springtime upturn. The unadjusted jobless rate was down from 7.7 per cent in May.</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f262a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A stock investor checks the stock index at a brokerage house in Taiyuan, in north China's Shanxi province, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. (AP )</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 608 WIDTH="707"><div> The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 0.42 per cent to 4,934.73. Germany's DAX was higher by 0.5 percent to 5,955.15 and France's CAC-40 was up by 0.17 per cent to 3,438.92.</div> <bR> <div> Wall Street also appeared ready for a reversal, with Dow futures up 53 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 9,850 and Standard & Poor's 500 futures ahead by 5.5 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 1,040.40.</div> <bR> <div> The German data raised hopes that consumer spending in Europe's biggest economy could help the region, where severe spending cuts have darkened the outlook.</div> <bR> <div> However, a rate-setting member at the Bank of England warned Wednesday that austerity measures could push the British economy back into recession.</div> <bR> <div> The mixed signals have kept investors on edge, although corporate news was mostly upbeat.</div> <bR> <div> AstraZeneca's shares were up 8.7 per cent in London after it won a U.S. court ruling protecting a patent for its blockbuster cholesterol drug, Crestor. Portugal Telecom shares were up 5.4 per cent after Spain's Telefonica raised its bid for a stake in a jointly-owened unit.</div> <bR> <div> In Asia, major indexes closed down as concerns lingered about Chinese growth and lower-than-expected U.S. confidence for June all weighed during Tuesday trading as the trading year hit the mid-year point.</div> <bR> <div> The second straight day of losses in Asia came after Wall Street slid overnight on news that U.S. consumer confidence dived in June, a worrisome sign for an economy driven by the spending of ordinary Americans.</div> <bR> <div> The dour news about the world's largest economy kept alarmed investors on the sidelines.</div> <bR> <div> "Most investors are quite cautious and not willing to put their money back into the market," said Castor Pang, director of research at Cinda International in Hong Kong.</div> <bR> <div> He said a possible slowdown in China's growth is also unnerving markets. Earlier this week, investor concern was heightened after an index that forecasts economic activity for China was revised lower.</div> <bR> <div> While traders are seeing economic trouble wherever they look, Pang said he believes the market slide could be somewhat of an overreaction.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 517 WIDTH="707"><div> "The U.S. economy may not have bottomed out yet, but it has stabilized in the near term," Pang said. "Maybe the U.S. markets are overreacting a little."</div> <bR> <div> But the U.S. and China are not alone in showing signs of stuttering recoveries.</div> <bR> <div> Japan on Tuesday reported that moderating export demand had dented factory output in May while household spending fell and the jobless rate rose. Europe, meanwhile, is being rocked by protests against austerity measures meant to stabilize shaky government finances.</div> <bR> <div> Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average shed 188.03 points, or 2 per cent, to close at 9,382.64 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.6 per cent to 20,128.99.</div> <bR> <div> South Korea's Kospi lost 0.6 percent to 1,698.29, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 retreated 1 per cent to 4,301.5, and Taiwan's benchmark was down 1.3 per cent at 7,329.37.</div> <bR> <div> In New York on Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrials fell 2.7 per cent to 9,870.30, its lowest close since June 9.The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 3.1 percent to its lowest close since October.</div> <bR> <div> Sentiment wilted on news that U.S. consumer confidence fell sharply this month because of worries about jobs and the overall economy. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell to 52.9 from a revised 62.7 in May, marking the steepest drop since February. Investors are also anxious as they wait for the U.S. Labor Department's monthly employment report on Friday.</div> <bR> <div> In currencies, the dollar rose to 88.64 yen from 88.49 yen late Tuesday. The euro gained to $1.2216 from $1.2184.</div> <bR> <div> Benchmark crude for August delivery was up 21 cents to $76.15 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $2.31, or 3 per cent, to settle at $75.94 on Tuesday.</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="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 166 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police actions questioned following G20 weekend</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Jun 28  2010  22:09  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 29th, 2010</div> <div> <B>As Toronto cleans up after a weekend of G20-related violence, questions are being raised about the actions of police.</B></div> <bR> <div> On Saturday, the Integrated Security Unit was criticized for allowing the "Black Bloc" anarchists to run amok on Queen West and Yonge St, destroying property and torching police cars.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f258a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Riot police push against a crowd during a street demonstration on the closing day of the G20 Summit in Toronto, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (AP / Carolyn Kaster)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 706 WIDTH="707"><div> But on Sunday, police cracked down hard on protesters, including what some have described as lawful protests.</div> <bR> <div> A community organizer named Ro Velasquez told CTV.ca that she was arrested with a group of about 30 people who were holding a peaceful vigil overnight Saturday near a temporary jail where hundreds of protestors were being held.</div> <bR> <div> She was handcuffed for the duration of her 22-hour detention in a cage-like cell with 18 other women, she said, and had medication confiscated that she is required to take every four hours.</div> <bR> <div> Velasquez also said her cell was guarded by a male officer, making it difficult to use the open washroom with privacy. </div> <div> "So many people were arrested that had nothing to do with the protests," she added.</div> <bR> <div> One video on YouTube shows police, dressed in riot gear, charging a group of protesters who were singing "O Canada" and were seemingly non-threatening.</div> <bR> <div> Jason MacDonald submitted a video to MyNews.CTV.ca, in which he alleges he was hit by a riot shield in the face, cutting his forehead. The video shows blood streaming down the left side of his face from a cut above his eye.</div> <bR> <div> Minutes later he is tackled to the ground and arrested.</div> <bR> <div> The video was taken at the standoff at the Queen and Spadina intersection, which has drawn intense criticism for cordoning off both protesters and anyone else caught in the crossfire.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Political reaction</B></div> <bR> <div> Mayor David Miller has defended the actions of police, saying they had an extraordinarily difficult task.</div> <bR> <div> "I think compared to similar events around the world, our police did a remarkably good job and people should be starting from that perspective," he told Canada AM Monday morning.</div> <bR> <div> Later, in a news conference the mayor said he regretted that some innocent people "got caught up" in the arrests and blamed the arrests on police having to deal with "Black Bloc" tactics.</div> <bR> <div> Miller said that there is civilian oversight of the police, and there is a proper channel for complaints.</div> <bR> <div> Dorian Barton, who says he went to the Ontario legislature Saturday out of curiosity, suffered a broken arm and a black eye when police hauled him into custody.</div> <bR> <div> "They hit me with the riot shield, slammed me to the ground, stepped over me and they started dragging me and they were hitting me," Barton told CTV News.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 786 WIDTH="707"><div> Toronto police spokesperson Tim Burrows told CTV News Channel that the police will review their actions and will be even harder on themselves than the public or media.</div> <bR> <div> "The biggest lesson is still to come . . . we don't want blind criticism or deaf praise, we need to learn from and be constructive about what happened," he said. "In the end the greatest criticism we will have, is from ourselves."</div> <bR> <div> Late Monday afternoon, about 1,000 people gathered outside Toronto Police headquarters on College St. to protest what they said was excessive use of force, as well as mistreatment of the more than 900 people who were detained.</div> <bR> <div> The crowd chanted "shame" as police as officers surrounded them. The peaceful demonstration closed College St. between Yonge and Bay Streets. One man was arrested nearby before the demonstration began.</div> <bR> <div> The crowd then peacefully marched to Queen's Park, chanting "justice now" as they walked along University Avenue, Queen Street West, in front of City Hall and back up University Ave. again. One placard read: "I have the right to peaceful assembly."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Swift police action</B></div> <bR> <div> Police appeared to lower their tolerance to protests Sunday after watching four of their squad cars burn Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> At one point Sunday, police and protesters were engaged in a tense and bizarre four-hour standoff at a busy intersection in the city's core, when a large contingent of police boxed in a group of about 200 people in heavy rain.</div> <bR> <div> Police moved in and picked out certain protesters and arrested them. Then, just before 9:45 p.m. local time, police let the remaining crowd go free.</div> <bR> <div> Talking to reporters late Sunday night, Toronto Police Staff Superintendent Jeff McGuire was pressed to explain why police had barricaded people for so long in the rain. McGuire responded: "We're not perfect in everything we do, but our interest was in the safety of the citizens of Toronto."</div> <bR> <div> Earlier Sunday, there was a tense standoff at a temporary detention centre where hundreds of people arrested during the protests were held.</div> <bR> <div> A riot squad used rubber bullets and blank rifle shots to drive back about 100 demonstrators at the seemingly peaceful sit-in outside the detention centre. Police then apprehended an alleged member of an anarchist protest group.</div> <bR> <div> Eventually, police made a deal with the crowd, telling them they would release some of those arrested if the crowd moved off a busy street. The deal appeared to work and the crowd stepped back.</div> <bR> <div> Police also raided a building on the University of Toronto campus Sunday and arrested at least 70 people -- not believed to be students. A spokesperson for the Integrated Security Unit said officers found a cache of "street-type weaponry" such as bricks and fuels.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Journalists among arrested</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 505 WIDTH="707"><div> There are also questions being raised about the number of journalists who were arrested while covering the G20 protests. At least one journalist is reported to have been struck by police during his arrest.</div> <bR> <div> Jesse Rosenfeld, a Canadian activist freelance journalist, was on assignment for The Guardian when he was arrested Saturday night.</div> <bR> <div> Steve Paikin, host of the Agenda on TVO, witnessed the arrest and reported that Rosenfeld was punched in the stomach and then elbowed in the back when he was doubled over.</div> <bR> <div> Two Reuters photographers were arrested Sunday night while covering a protest near Queen West and Spadina, despite wearing prominent media badges.</div> <bR> <div> They were released without charges.</div> <bR> <div> Two National Post photographers, Brett Gundlock and Colin O'Connor, were arrested Saturday while attempting to photograph police clashing with protesters.</div> <bR> <div> They spent about 24 hours in custody and were both charged with obstruct peace officer and unlawful assembly.</div> <bR> <div> A CTV producer was also arrested and released without charge on the weekend.</div> <bR> <div> Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair told CTV News Channel that reporters would be arrested if they did not disperse with the protesters they were covering.</div> <bR> <div> "We asked the innocent to leave three times and they chose not, and if a tourist, or even a reporter, chooses to remain in that crowd . . . then they had to deal with the consequences of being detained," he 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="28"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 190 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Harper defends need for costly, violent G8, G20 summits</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Jun 28  2010  08:45  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 28th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Prime Minister Stephen Harper says international summits are an irreplaceable tool that world leaders use to reach out to one another and accomplish major tasks of diplomacy.</B></div> <bR> <div> Defending the need for hosting the costly G8 and G20 summits held in Ontario on the weekend, Harper told CTV's Canada AM they are necessary traditions that give leaders a chance to negotiate directly with the people who have the power to get things done.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f24ca07f0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks with Canada AM in an exclusive interview on Sunday, June 27, 2010.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 571 WIDTH="707"><div> "There is nothing that can replace getting together with somebody face-to-face, shaking their hand, talking to them, understanding their own pressures and concerns," he said during an exclusive interview in Toronto shortly before the wrap of the G20 summit.</div> <bR> <div> "We all face similar pressures and stresses, and understanding that and understanding what makes other leaders tick is, I think in the end what makes the whole thing work, or not work," Harper added.</div> <bR> <div> Harper also pointed to the months of work behind the scenes, which he said is key to ensuring that the people at the summit table are able to make progress in the short time they have to meet each year.</div> <bR> <div> "We had public servants, political staff, working on meetings with their G20 counterparts regularly, intensively, all around the world over the last six months," he said.</div> <bR> <div> But when it comes down to it, the leaders are the people who have to agree on the final communiqué, which the prime minister said leaves them accountable for what is accomplished.</div> <bR> <div> "So in the end, the leaders' meeting is what makes everything else work," Harper said.</div> <bR> <div> As the host of this year's G8 and G20 summits, Harper admitted he is likely to be hit with credit or criticism after they are completed.</div> <bR> <div> "Ultimately in terms of the success or the failure of the conference, it's the host -- it's the chairman of the conference -- who has to go out and explain whether it has succeeded or failed on a certain issue. So, in that sense, there is more pressure on the host," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "That said, I do have to say at the G8 historically, but particularly at the G20, I have been struck by the degree of cohesion and unity there really is in the room."</div> <bR> <div> Furthermore, his foreign counterparts "wanted this to be successful as much as I did," which the prime minister said is a dynamic that needs to be maintained in future summits.</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="27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 617 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Toronto under the international media microscope</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Jun 27  2010  14:56  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 27th, 2010</div> <div> <B>TORONTO — Violent protests competed with weighty issues like the global economy in the Sunday headlines of the international media covering the G20 summit.</B></div> <bR> <div> Media outlets from many countries ran prominent stories about the roving group of masked protesters who splintered from a larger, peaceful protest Saturday to smash windows and set several police cruisers on fire. On Sunday, the situation remained tense with police taking no chances.</div> <bR> <div> While the world's leaders continued their talks ensconced behind two high security fences, international media were tasked with juggling protests with politics as they turned their lenses on the city's usually peaceful streets.</div> <bR> <div> Some south of the border zoned in on the violence, likening Toronto to a war zone.</div> <bR> <div> "The streets of Toronto have become a battlefield," wrote the New York Daily News.</div> <bR> <div> "Violence, vandalism rock G-20 protests," declared a CNN headline. "Black Bloc tactics mar Canada's G-20 summit," said another in the Christian Science Monitor.</div> <bR> <div> Across the Atlantic, some British outlets devoted entire articles to the violent rout of downtown Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> "Black-clad demonstrators burned police cars and smashed windows with baseball bats and hammers when rioting broke out at the G20 summit," wrote the Daily Mail in a the piece accompanied by a photograph of a police cruiser going up in flames.</div> <bR> <div> The article noted the proximity of the violence to the summit leaders, but also added a comment from the city's mayor David Miller who said 'This isn't our Toronto."</div> <bR> <div> U.K.-based Reuters news agency focused on the police presence in some of their coverage while noting the "surprising violence on Toronto's normally tranquil streets."</div> <bR> <div> The Guardian's coverage of the rout was the top international story on the newspaper's website and included details on Jesse Rosenfeld, a Canadian journalist associated with the publication, being arrested.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 488 WIDTH="707"><div> "Witnesses said he was punched by police," wrote reporter Mark Tran, who also included reports of police firing plastic bullets and herding crowds while on horseback.</div> <bR> <div> In India, the media which has so far focused heavily on the policy work of their own leader, devoted substantial coverage to the havoc downtown.</div> <bR> <div> "Toronto, also the country's largest city, resembled a police state early Sunday, with security personnel everywhere and city crews cleaning up debris from Saturday's mayhem," wrote The Hindu.</div> <bR> <div> The newspaper called the action in the streets "an unprecedented fury of violence" while the Times of India pointed to the price of securing the summit.</div> <bR> <div> "Canada spent more than a billion dollars to secure this week's back-to-back G8 and G20 summits, hoping to avoid the serious street battles that have marred most recent gatherings of these global forums," the Times wrote.</div> <bR> <div> Chinese Xinhua News Agency questioned just how secure the summit was, despite its hefty price tag.</div> <bR> <div> "What occurred Saturday has left many uncertainties about the securities of the summit," the agency wrote.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, some of the more pointed commentary came from Germany's Die Tageszeitung.</div> <bR> <div> "For the leaders of the G8 and the G20...the summit because of disagreements and lack of expected results have been a little disappointing - for the police in Toronto, it was a complete disaster," the media outlet wrote.</div> <bR> <div> "The demonstration is likely to trigger a major debate on Canada's security strategy."</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="26"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 182 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police attempt to clear crowds amid G20 unrest</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Jun 26  2010  23:59  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 26th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Heavily armed riot police are attempting to clear crowds out of downtown Toronto, several hours after black-clad vandals raged through the city in protest of the G20 summit.</B></div> <bR> <div> In the heart of the city, four police cars have been torched and officers have used tear gas. There are reports that police fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowds, which Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair could not confirm.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="f24aa05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A protester kicks a burning police cruiser on Queen Street West in Toronto, Saturday evening, June 26, 2010. (Ryan Remiorz / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 696 WIDTH="707"><div> Before midnight, about 200 protesters gathered at the Novotel hotel close to the lakeshore. Many sat on the ground, holding signs, as riot police moved in and made arrests.</div> <bR> <div> As midnight approached, at least 150 arrests had been made and officials said that number could rise overnight.</div> <bR> <div> "I want to assure you that the persons responsible will be held accountable," Blair told reporters.</div> <bR> <div> "We are working hard to maintain order and restore the rule of law."</div> <bR> <div> Only a few blocks from the mayhem, G20 leaders are meeting at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.</div> <bR> <div> The violence escalated after a splinter group broke away from a large and peaceful group of protesters who began marching around 1 p.m. local time.</div> <bR> <div> Though the number of protesters appeared to dwindle into the evening, flashpoints continued to occur around the city.</div> <bR> <div> At the Ontario legislature, mounted police and riot officers attempted to disperse a crowd of demonstrators and onlookers.</div> <bR> <div> At one point, a CTV producer working on the scene was taken into police custody.</div> <bR> <div> CTV reporter Scott Laurie questioned police officers about the arrest but was not given an immediate answer. Laurie said the employee was wearing his media accreditation.</div> <bR> <div> Moments later, the crowd then re-grouped and marched southward down Yonge Street.</div> <bR> <div> Toronto Mayor David Miller said at a news conference that the so-called anarchists are simply criminals who are determined to cause as much destruction as possible.</div> <bR> <div> "It was a deliberate act by people who make it their business to commit these acts," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "Am I angry? Absolutely."</div> <bR> <div> Miller spoke to reporters at about 6 p.m. local time, nearly five hours after the protest erupted into violence.</div> <bR> <div> Video footage captured earlier in the day showed that many of the violent protesters were changing out of their black clothes and blending into the larger crowds.</div> <bR> <div> The Prime Minister's Office released a statement on Saturday evening, saying:</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 594 WIDTH="707"><div> "Free speech is a principle of our democracy. But the thugs that prompted violence earlier today represent in no way shape or form the Canadian way of life."</div> <bR> <div> Earlier, the black-clad protesters smashed up a police cruiser and smashed its windshield along Queen Street, as other demonstrators hurled bottles and sticks at a solid line of riot police.</div> <bR> <div> As police donned gas masks and mounted units rode into the city's core on horses, the violent protesters lit garbage on fire and tipped over recycling containers. They also smashed vehicles in and grabbed stones from nearby homes.</div> <bR> <div> News media vehicles were also targeted and vandalized.</div> <bR> <div> A concert at the Air Canada Centre has been cancelled, hospitals in the downtown core have been locked down and the Eaton Centre was also closed.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier on Queen Street, next to the MuchMusic building, the violent protesters attempted to break southward through a tight line of riot police.</div> <bR> <div> Three protesters involved in the confrontation suffered injuries. According to reports from the scene, some were bleeding from the head.</div> <bR> <div> Moments later, another standoff occurred a few blocks west, where protesters reportedly tossed sticks at police and chanted "let us go."</div> <bR> <div> Earlier, thousands of demonstrators gathered at the Ontario legislature Saturday morning to hear speeches.</div> <bR> <div> While protest organizers promised a family-friendly demonstration, a splinter group calling itself the "Get off the Fence contingent" announced plans to challenge the heavy security cordon around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, where the G20 summit began Saturday afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> Around 1 p.m., two protesters were arrested near the downtown core and allegedly found with an "incendiary device."</div> <div> Unconfirmed reports from the scene said the pair was carrying Molotov cocktails.</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="25"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 208 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police get special arrest powers for duration of G20</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Jun 25  2010  07:54  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 25th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Ontario has quietly passed legislation that allows police to question and arrest not just people walking with the G20 security zone in Toronto, but even anyone walking within five metres of the fencing.</B></div> <bR> <div> There are reports that a 32-year-old man has already been arrested under the new regulation, because he refused to show ID to police who questioned why he was inspecting fencing around the security perimeter.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f242a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A construction worker puts up a three metre high steel security fence outside the Toronto Metro Convention Centre for the upcoming Toronto G20 summit in Toronto on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (Nathan Denette / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 376 WIDTH="707"><div> The new regulation temporarily alters the Public Works Protection Act to designate the entire security perimeter surrounding Toronto's convention Centre as a "public works" site during the summit.</div> <bR> <div> That then allows police to ask anyone within five metres of the perimeter to identify themselves or be searched. Those who refuse to show identification face arrest.</div> <bR> <div> Anyone convicted could face up to two months in jail or a $500 maximum fine.</div> <bR> <div> The regulations were passed earlier this month by provincial cabinet using what is known as a "covering" order-in-council. The changes were not debated in the Legislature.</div> <bR> <div> The regulation is written so that it took effect on Monday and will be revoked June 28, the day after the summit.</div> <bR> <div> The law appeared on the province's e-Law website last week, but won't be officially published until July 3 -- by which time, the regulation will have expired.</div> <bR> <div> There are already regulations in place that give police the authority to question anybody inside the restricted zone, from June 14 until June 28. Const. Tim Garland, spokesperson for the Integrated Security Unit, says anyone walking in that zone can be stopped and questioned.</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="24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 269 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Earthquake of 5.0 magnitude hits Ontario, Quebec</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Jun 23  2010  20:51  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 24th, 2010</div> <div> <B>A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the northeastern United States Wednesday afternoon, sending residents running into the streets.</B></div> <bR> <div> While there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in major city centres, the town of Gracefield, Que., which is very close to the quake's epicenter, declared a state of emergency after the quake damaged several buildings, including civic administration offices, a church and a grocery store.</div> <bR> <div> "We declared a state of emergency because we don't know if our buildings are secure," Gracefield city councillor Michael Gainsford told CTV News Channel in telephone interview early Wednesday evening. "We closed down all public buildings because there's lots of damage to structures, there's cement cracks, there's pieces of chimney fallen down… ."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f23aa07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Workers survey the damage as they begin to clean up the damage to a church in Gracefield, Que. following an earthquake Wednesday, June 23, 2010. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 643 WIDTH="707"><div> Gainsford said the building that sustained the most damage was the local church, where the chimney fell through the roof and many of the windows were cracked. Local residents reported seeing the steeple move as much as two inches, Gainsford said. Inspectors were up on aerial ladders surveying the damage.</div> <bR> <div> None of the town's residents was injured, Gainsford said.</div> <bR> <div> The quake hit shortly before 1:45 p.m. ET, and was felt in Montreal, Windsor, Ottawa and Toronto. The U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center received reports the quake was felt throughout New York State, Vermont, Massachusetts and Ohio.</div> <bR> <div> The quake occurred at a depth of 16.4 kilometres, and its epicenter was about 56 kilometres north-northeast of Ottawa. </div> <div> Earthquakes Canada spokesperson Janet Drysdale confirmed Wednesday evening the quake triggered a handful of aftershocks.</div> <bR> <div> "There have been some aftershocks following this event; in the hour or two following it, there were approximately four or five" aftershocks of a magnitude greater than 2.5, Drysdale told the Canadian Press.</div> <bR> <div> "We would expect some aftershocks, but they would diminish as time goes on."</div> <bR> <div> Bruce Presgrave, a spokesperson with the Earthquake Information Center, said though quakes in the area are rare, the region is an active seismic zone.</div> <bR> <div> "With typical building construction in North America, magnitude fives do not usually cause major damage," Presgrave told CTV.ca in a telephone interview from Colorado. "But if they are close to a city they can cause things like broken windows and things being knocked off shelves."</div> <bR> <div> Earlier Tuesday, word broke that a bridge collapsed into a river north of Buckingham, Que., northeast of Ottawa. No one was injured. Other reports of damage included a gas main break on Parliament Hill, and sewer and water main breaks in North Bay, Ont.</div> <bR> <div> Via Rail is also warning passengers travelling east of Kingston that they will experience delays due to the quake.</div> <bR> <div> "Trains travelling east of Kingston will experience (a) 2.5 hour delay for infrastructure inspection due to (the) Quebec-Ontario earthquake," says a travel advisory on the company's website.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tremor disrupts government work</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 573 WIDTH="707"><div> In Ottawa, a live news conference on Parliament Hill was interrupted as reporters fled the room, which was clearly seen shaking on camera.</div> <bR> <div> Environment Minister Jim Prentice was in the middle of an interview with BNN when "suddenly my chair was moving."</div> <bR> <div> "So it was pretty significant, it was quite a shake. Fortunately I was at the end of the interview and we all vacated the building," Prentice said.</div> <bR> <div> The quake disrupted a Senate session. Conservative Senator Lowell Murray said he and his colleagues were debating energy issues when chandeliers in the upper chamber began to sway.</div> <bR> <div> "Initially we thought it might have been an airplane crashing into the building," Murray told the Canadian Press. </div> <div> "But we were standing around wondering what was going on. And I quickly realized it was an earthquake. And then everybody started shouting out, out, out."</div> <bR> <div> CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife said CTV staff fled the downtown building where the bureau is located and spilled onto a street, to where hundreds of others had also fled.</div> <bR> <div> CTV's Graham Richardson said there are so far no reports of any damage in Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> Michelle Honsberger was working on the 10th floor of an Ottawa highrise when the building began to shake.</div> <bR> <div> "Just out of nowhere you feel this incredible shock, it was terrifying, the building was moving back and forth," Honsberger told CTV News Channel Wednesday afternoon. "Everyone immediately jumped out of their cubicles and said, ‘What was that, what's going on?' We didn't even wait for an official alarm. People start evacuating immediately, running down the stairs."</div> <bR> <div> In Huntsville, Ont., where G8 summit preparations are underway, OPP Sgt. Pierre Chamberland said nothing was felt in the area, but said security officials plan for everything, including earthquakes.</div> <bR> <div> In Toronto, workers spilled out of office buildings across the city into a heat wave that had temperatures reaching 37 C with the humidex.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 465 WIDTH="707"><div> "I was in my office at the time and the floor began to shake and it felt like it was sort of on water," one witness told CTV Toronto. "It was quite disturbing."</div> <bR> <div> The City of Toronto issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying that after an initial assessment, there appears to be no major damage to city infrastructure. The Toronto Transit Commission and other regional transit services said there was no damage to their facilities and there were no interruptions in service.</div> <bR> <div> In New York City, emergency officials said they are investigating several reports of shaking buildings. Residents in parts of New Jersey and Michigan also reported feeling the tremor.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Eastern Canada quakes</B></div> <bR> <div> There are two seismic zones in the region, according to the Earthquake Information Center's Bruce Presgrave: the St. Lawrence Valley seismic zone, and a seismic zone that runs up the Ottawa Valley.</div> <bR> <div> According to Presgrave, one of the largest earthquakes ever in North America was a magnitude 7 that hit the Charlevoix, Que. region in 1663.</div> <bR> <div> Other quakes that have hit the region include:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A 6.5-magnitude tremor just south of Chicoutimi, Que., which shook homes as far away as Toronto on Nov. 25, 1988.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A 5.6-magnitude tremor that caused considerable damage in both Cornwall, Ont. and Massena, N.Y.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A 6.2-magnitude tremor about 10 kilometres east of Temiscaming, Que., triggered small landslides close to its epicenter.</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="23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 187 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Plane crashes near Quebec City; 7 feared dead</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Jun 23  2010  08:02  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 23rd, 2010</div> <div> <B>A small plane has crashed near Quebec City's Jean-Lesage Airport. According to reports, as many as seven people on board were killed.</B></div> <bR> <div> Airport authorities say five passengers were aboard the twin-engine plane along with two crew.</div> <bR> <div> The French-language LCN TV network reports that the plane had trouble at takeoff, around 6 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The pilot radioed he was experiencing engine trouble.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f238a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> refighters are on the scene of a twin-engine plane crash about one kilometre north of Quebec City's Jean-Lesage Airport on Wednesday, June 23, 2010.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 128 ><NOBR><div> The plane then crashed into a grassy area about one kilometre north of the airport and burst into flames.</div> <bR> <div> The flight was heading for Sept-Iles when it went down, the network reports.</div> <bR> <div> Police and firefighters are on the scene.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </NOBR></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="Jun 10"><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= 177 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police recover stolen trailer with two camels, tiger</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Jun 22  2010  07:49  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 22nd, 2010</div> <div> <B>Police in Quebec have located a tiger and two camels that were stolen in rural Quebec last week.</B></div> <bR> <div> The animals -- the three-year-old tiger named Jonas and the camels, Todd and Shawn -- were found together at a location near Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, about 90 kilometres east of Montreal.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f22ea0650.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Camels Shawn and Todd are shown in this undated photo from the Bowmanville Zoo, released on June 18, 2010. (Bowmanville Zoo / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 559 WIDTH="707"><div> In a telephone interview on Tuesday morning, Sgt. Ronald McInnis of the Quebec provincial police told CTV.ca that police received a tip at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday night.</div> <bR> <div> The animals were found in a trailer that they had been travelling in when they first went missing. They were in good shape and McInnis said it appears somebody had been taking care of them.</div> <bR> <div> In a separate telephone interview, Stefanie MacEwan of the Bowmanville zoo told CTV.ca that the animals arrived back in Ontario at about 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.</div> <bR> <div> She said zoo rescue team members are now sleeping and will speak about their experience at a press conference that will be held at the zoo on Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The case</B></div> <bR> <div> The animals were en route from Nova Scotia to a zoo in Bowmanville, Ont., when they went missing last Friday.</div> <bR> <div> Police began working the case after a truck-and-trailer that was transporting the animals was stolen while the driver was resting at a motel.</div> <bR> <div> Prior to the recovery on Monday night, police had found only the truck that had been stolen with no sign of the trailer.</div> <bR> <div> Investigators are now examining the recovered trailer for any fingerprints or other useful evidence as they continue their investigation, McInnis said.</div> <bR> <div> Police had put truck weigh stations and border crossings on alert as they searched for the missing animals. There was concern that if the animals were not cared for properly, they could die.</div> <bR> <div> The Bowmanville Zoo had put up a $20,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the three animals -- including $2,000 for proof that the animals were "alive and well."</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="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 203 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Deadly explosion rattles Edmonton neighbourhood</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Jun 20  2010  22:09  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 21st, 2010</div> <div> <B>A powerful explosion in an Edmonton neighbourhood completely obliterated a house Sunday, killing two people and sending several others to hospital, officials said.</B></div> <bR> <div> Two other people associated with the home are missing, said John Lamb, deputy fire chief with the Edmonton Fire Department. Authorities are trying to locate them.</div> <bR> <div> Witnesses described hearing a huge explosion around 1:15 p.m. that reverberated across a 12-block radius and left residents scrambling for safety.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f227a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Workers clean up after a house exploded killing two and injuring several more in a northeast Edmonton neighbourhood on Sunday June 20, 2010. (Ian Jackson / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 708 WIDTH="707"><div> The blast damaged 25 to 30 homes in the area, Lamb told CTV News Channel.</div> <bR> <div> "Right now we're just trying to keep our minds open to a cause," he said, adding that there had been no indication that anything was wrong in the neighbourhood, such as the smell of gas, prior to the explosion.</div> <bR> <div> Alexis Bharrat lives several doors down from the site of the explosion and said the force of it sent pictures on his kitchen walls crashing to the floor.</div> <bR> <div> "I ran into the backyard and saw all this rubble on the ground. So I grabbed my shoes and started running. And then I saw even more damage in the back alley, kept running, and then I saw (the site of) this huge explosion."</div> <bR> <div> He added that there were "little fires" throughout the area.</div> <bR> <div> "The whole neighbourhood started coming around, trying to get help. Everyone was calling 911. My little brother helped rescue somebody," he said.</div> <bR> <div> The identities of the two people who died in the blast have not been released.</div> <bR> <div> Investigators are looking into whether a natural gas or propane leak may have caused the explosion, and the Red Cross has set up a command post nearby to help evacuees who are temporarily housed in busses.</div> <bR> <div> Dave Sinclair lives less than two blocks from the explosion site and said it rattled his home.</div> <bR> <div> "I was just sitting on my computer and all of a sudden there was this loud bang, my entire house just shook," Sinclair told ctvedmonton.ca.</div> <bR> <div> He ran in the direction of the blast and said he was shocked to see the extent of the devastation.</div> <bR> <div> "It was a house that was just in smithereens, people running, trying to get people out of the house if there was anybody in there, they were running next door -- it was really pandemonium," he said.</div> <bR> <div> The destroyed home was reduced to its foundations. Images of the neighbourhood showed cars in flames, with wreckage scattered across a widespread area.</div> <bR> <div> From several blocks away, Sheena Fleet said she saw "wood and sparks and fire" in the air.</div> <bR> <div> "It looked like a house had exploded, like the top had come right off of it in pieces."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from CTV Edmonton</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="Jun 10"><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= 187 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Prairie forecast brings fears of more flooding</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Jun 20  2010  12:09  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 20th, 2010</div> <div> <B>The sun is out in Medicine Hat, Alta., but forecasters say the area could be hit by heavy rain on Monday, raising the risk of more flooding.</B></div> <bR> <div> About 500 people have been told they may have to leave their homes. Some are already staying in hotels or with family and friends.</div> <bR> <div> The low-lying land of Medicine Hat is normally arid, making flooding unusual. But torrential</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f225a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Don Byspalko walks through receding flood waters in front of his house after flooding in Irvine, Alta., Saturday, June 19, 2010. (Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 480 WIDTH="707"><div> rains across Alberta and Saskatchewan in the past few days has damaged homes and shut highways. As much as 150 millimetres of rain has drenched the region.</div> <bR> <div> In Maple Creek, Sask., floodwaters crested Friday, overflowing the banks of the town's namesake creek and sending a deluge into many people's homes. At least 80 households were evacuated, along with patients of the town's hospital, as virtually the entire community was submerged.</div> <bR> <div> Despite the evacuations, Maple Creek Mayor Barry Rudd said no one slept in his town's emergency centre.</div> <bR> <div> "Because it's a small community," Rudd told CTV News Channel on Saturday, "everybody went to someone else's place to stay."</div> <bR> <div> Rudd expects the cleanup to take its toll on his town, but said the economic impact would be felt most by those who use the nearby Trans-Canada Highway.</div> <bR> <div> Floodwaters caused a large sinkhole to form in the westbound lane of the highway nearby Maple Creek, stopping traffic on the region's most important highway. It isn't known when the road will re-open.</div> <bR> <div> "There is no access to get through to Medicine Hat or Calgary or Vancouver, because it is the Trans-Canada Highway," Rudd said, noting transport trucks must take a 200-kilometre detour north instead of using the 30-kilometre stretch that's now closed.</div> <bR> <div> Other portions of the Trans-Canada Highway have been shut on both sides of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, as well as Highway 41 south to the U.S. Motorists are advised to check road conditions with the Alberta Motor Association before setting out.</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="19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 203 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police lay arson, mischief charges in firebombing</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Jun 19  2010  11:05  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 19th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Three Ottawa men are facing numerous charges following the firebombing of a Royal Bank branch in the city in May.</B></div> <bR> <div> Roger Clement, 58, Matthew Morgan-Brown, 32, and Claude Haridge, 50, were arrested Friday in connection with the incident.</div> <bR> <div> Clement and Morgan are charged with mischief, arson causing damage, possession of incendiary material, and the use of explosives with intent to cause property damage.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f223a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Ottawa Police Chief Vern White updates the media on charges laid in a firebombing of a Royal Bank in Ottawa on Saturday, June 19, 2010.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 435 WIDTH="707"><div> Haridge is charged with careless handling of ammunition after police found him to be in possession of several rounds of ammunition and military-calibre weapons.</div> <bR> <div> The three men were to appear at an Ottawa courthouse Saturday morning.</div> <bR> <div> A self-styled anti-establishment group calling itself FFFC-Ottawa took responsibility for firebombing of a Royal Bank of Canada branch on Bank Street in the city's downtown core around 3 a.m. on May 18.</div> <bR> <div> In a video posted online, the suspects said RBC had been targeted because of its support for the Vancouver Olympics "held on stolen indigenous land." They also vowed further action during the upcoming G8 and G20 summit meetings in Huntsville, Ont. and Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> "Their actions do speak for themselves and their willingness to post it publicly is alarming as well," White told reporters at a news conference Saturday morning in Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> Clement and Haridge are also facing charges in connection with the vandalizing of an RBC property on Feb 1.</div> <bR> <div> Police said surveillance would be ramped up during the summits in the event that activists protest in Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> Police said they consider the incident a form of "domestic terrorism" which authorities continue to investigate.</div> <bR> <div> The Bank Street RBC branch sustained more than $500,000 worth of damage and remains closed, police 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="18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 252 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Interim pres: Kyrgyz violence likely kills 2,000</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Jun 18  2010  06:14  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 18th, 2010</div> <div> <B>OSH, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan's interim president said Friday that the death toll from the ethnic clashes that have rocked the country's south could be near 2,000, as she made her first visit to a riot-hit city since the unrest broke out.</B></div> <bR> <div> Kyrgyz Health Ministry officials figures put the number of killed in rampages led mainly by ethnic Kyrgyz against Uzbeks at 191.</div> <bR> <div> "I would increase by ten times the official data on the number of people killed," Interim President Roza Otunbayeva said, according to her spokesman, Farid Niyazov. She said current figures don't take into account those buried before sundown on the day of death, in keeping with Muslim tradition, according to the spokesman.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f217a0590.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="89" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Kyrgyzstan's interim government leader Rosa Otunbayeva wearing a flak jacket, reacts as she listens to a question during her meeting with local officials after landing by military helicopter on the central square in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 18, 2010.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 587 WIDTH="707"><div> The United Nations said as many as 1 million people may need aid in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, including the potential number of refugees, internally displaced, host families and others that may suffer in one way or another from the unrest.</div> <bR> <div> UNICEF spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume said the figure was an estimate to help agencies plan how much aid they need to prepare. She says the actual number of people in need may be turn out to be higher or lower.</div> <bR> <div> The aid agencies say those uprooted by the unrest most urgently need food, water, medicine and shelter </div> <div> Otumbayeva arrived early Friday by helicopter in the central square of Osh, a city of 250,000 where the violence began late last week. Parts of the city have been reduced to rubble by roving mobs of young Kyrgyz men who burned down Uzbek homes and attacked Uzbek-owned businesses.</div> <bR> <div> The United Nations estimates that 400,000 people fled the country's south.</div> <bR> <div> "We have to give hope that we shall restore the city, return all the refugees and create all the conditions for that," she said. </div> <div> She insisted good will between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks would end hostilities.</div> <bR> <div> Up to 100,000 people have crossed the nearby border into neighboring Uzbekistan where they are getting food and water in specially created camps. Thousands more remain camped out in squalid conditions on the Kyrgyz side of the border, unable to cross due to Uzbek restrictions.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, who was visiting a refugee camp in Uzbekistan about five kilometers (3 miles) from the Kyrgyz border, called for an investigation into the violence and said he was working to ensure the refugees would be able to return home safely.</div> <bR> <div> At one camp in Uzbekistan, in a former polymer plant near the Kyrgyz border, Blake was swamped by throngs of crying refugees, mainly older woman and children, complaining they were desperate to return home but too fearful of fresh attacks to do so.</div> <bR> <div> "We ... believe there should be an investigation," he said, an Uzbek interpreter at his side. "We are working with the government of Kyrgyzstan to provide security so you can return home safely,"</div> <bR> <div> Blake, who was accompanied by two-dozen-strong security detail, appeared to be conducting his own probe, asking the refugees if they thought the violence had been organized, as the United Nations and Kyrgyz authorities have suggested.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 546 WIDTH="707"><div> "Yes, of course it was organized, it all happened so unexpectedly," answered one refugee, Nasiba Mamyrdzhanova, from Osh. "We didn't have any weapons, only sticks," said the refugee, wearing a traditional Uzbek long-sleeved dress with a bright headscarf.</div> <bR> <div> Kyrgyz authorities have said the violence was sparked deliberately by associates of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the president who was toppled in April in a bloody uprising. The U.N. has said the unrest appeared orchestrated but has stopped short of apportioning blame.</div> <bR> <div> Ethnic Uzbeks on Thursday accused security forces of standing by or even helping ethnic-majority Kyrgyz mobs as they slaughtered people and burned down neighborhoods. Col. Iskander Ikramov, the chief of the Kyrgyz military in the south, rejected allegations of troop involvement in the riots but said the army didn't interfere in the conflict because it was not supposed to play the role of a police force.</div> <bR> <div> The military and police set up roadblocks and began patrols this week after the worst violence was over.</div> <bR> <div> Uzbeks interviewed by Associated Press journalists in Osh said that on one street alone, ethnic Kyrgyz men sexually assaulted and beat more than 10 Uzbek women and girls, including some pregnant women and children as young as 12.</div> <bR> <div> Members of the Kyrgyz community have denied accusations of brutality and have accused Uzbeks of raping Kyrgyz women. Eyewitnesses and experts say many Kyrgyz were killed in the unrest, but most victims appear to have been Uzbeks, traditional farmers and traders who speak a different Turkic language and have been more prosperous than the Kyrgyz, who come from a nomadic tradition.</div> <bR> <div> More than 1 million Uzbeks who lived in Kyrgyzstan before the crisis had few representatives in power and pushed for broader political and cultural rights. About 800,000 of them lived in the south, rivaling Kyrgyz in numbers in Osh and Jalal-Abad. Both ethnic groups are predominantly Sunni Muslim.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, in Bishkek, the capital, human rights advocates were gathering in the center to demand authorities probe the alleged arrest of their colleague in the southern city of Jalal-Abad, who said he had filmed rioting that spread there.</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="Jun 10"><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= 166 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Parties reach deal to avert Homolka pardon</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Jun 16  2010  23:05  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 17th, 2010</div> <div> <B>The government and opposition parties have reached a deal to keep convicted sex killer Karla Homolka from receiving a criminal pardon.</B></div> <bR> <div> Homolka would have been eligible to apply for a pardon as early as July 5, and MPs have been scrambling to find a way to keep her potential application from being granted.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f20fa0750.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="117" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Karla Homolka in St. Catharines, Ont., on July 6, 1993. (Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 554 WIDTH="707"><div> At a news conference on Wednesday evening, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said the Tories and the opposition parties had reached a last-minute agreement to push pardon reforms through before the Commons closes for the summer on Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> "We essentially have a deal with the Bloc and the New Democrats," he said. "The Liberals are looking at a couple of details but I think on the essential components of an agreement, we will proceed forward with a bill."</div> <bR> <div> Toews said he could not provide specific information on the new legislation, but he described it as a "compromise effort" to pass pardon-reform legislation before the House is adjourned for the summer.</div> <bR> <div> Responding to a question, Toews said he believes that a person convicted of offenses such as Homolka's would not likely qualify for a pardon, if the proposed bill is passed.</div> <bR> <div> "This is an issue that is much greater than one person," he said.</div> <bR> <div> The proposed bill would prevent people convicted of certain crimes from applying for a pardon for a specified number of years, Toews said. It would also give the National Parole Board discretion to deny a pardon request.</div> <bR> <div> Under the agreement, Toews said MPs would vote on a piece of legislation that has been "split off" from Bill C-23, which was introduced by the Tories in May and would bar those convicted of serious violent or sexual crimes from applying for a pardon.</div> <bR> <div> The NDP and Bloc Quebecois oppose some of the measures included in Bill C-23.</div> <bR> <div> "Like a lot of the government's legislation, it mowed down everything in its wake," NDP public safety critic Don Davies said on CTV's Power Play.</div> <bR> <div> As an example, he said Bill C-23 proposed that anyone who has more than three indictable offenses would be barred from receiving a pardon.</div> <bR> <div> "That's the old American three-strikes-you're-out approach that even American states are rejecting now because it works injustices," he said.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 397 WIDTH="707"><div> Bill C-23 will now be taken up by the House in the fall, Toews said.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, MPs are expected to vote on the new pardons bill on Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> Homolka received a 12-year manslaughter sentence in a plea-bargain deal for taking part in the rape-murders of teens Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French. Videotapes found after the sentencing showed her to be a more active participant.</div> <bR> <div> Her release from jail in 2005 sparked nationwide outrage.</div> <bR> <div> Tim Danson, the lawyer for the Mahaffy and French families, said news that Homolka may have been ready to seek a pardon for her horrific crimes was disturbing.</div> <bR> <div> "On a personal level, it's very emotional the words Karla Homolka and pardon come up in the same sentence," he said for the families. "They are pretty anxious about what's going on."</div> <bR> <div> Danson said the families are pragmatic about the government trying to speed up the passage of their bill in response to Homolka.</div> <bR> <div> "They accept you don't make public policy based on one individual," he said. "This is something that requires careful debate."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 236 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Obama, BP execs to face off in Washington</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Jun 16  2010  08:32  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 16th, 2010</div> <div> <B>U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with BP executives at the White House Wednesday, as he tries to get a grip on the lingering environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico that has put his leadership skills in question for many Americans.</B></div> <bR> <div> During a televised address from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening, Obama said he would make BP pay for the environmental damage its spill has wrought upon the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the U.S. coastline.</div> <bR> <div> Negotiations are expected to be tense during Wednesday's meeting as the U.S. president spells out exactly what BP will be expected to do in terms of compensation.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f207a08f0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> U.S. President Barack Obama is photographed after delivering a televised address from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday June 15, 2010. (AP / Alex Brandon)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 643 WIDTH="707"><div> BP executives and the White House will have to hash out who will manage a massive damages fund -- paid for by the British oil company -- to ensure that residents whose livelihoods have been affected by the leak are paid in a timely manner. Obama has said a third-party will administer this fund, though those details have not been formally worked out.</div> <bR> <div> In response to being summoned to the White House, BP said it shares Obama's goal of "shutting off the well as quickly as possible, cleaning up the oil and mitigating the impact on the people and environment of the Gulf Coast."</div> <bR> <div> The U.S. president also said that a long-term Gulf Coast Restoration Plan will be drawn up by former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus, who will liaise with local communities affected by the disaster.</div> <bR> <div> Obama has been criticized for failing to get the disaster under control, nearly 60 days after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon started spewing oil into the Gulf.</div> <bR> <div> Political analyst Mark Plotkin said the criticism against the U.S. president boils down to the speed of his response to the Gulf disaster.</div> <bR> <div> "Why is it taking you so long -- six weeks -- to sit down with the (BP) guys who are in charge, you should have been doing this immediately," Plotkin told CTV's Canada AM from Washington on Wednesday morning.</div> <bR> <div> A recent Associated Press-GfK poll showed that more than 52 per cent of Americans disapprove of the U.S. president's handling of the disaster. Additionally, some 56 per cent believe the White House's actions have had no effect at all. </div> <div> The explosion on the BP-operated oil rig killed 11 people. Its blown-out well has since dumped as much as 116 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.</div> <bR> <div> Out at sea, clean-up efforts were temporarily halted after lightning struck the Discoverer Enterprise -- a drill ship involved in the cleanup. A small fire resulted.</div> <bR> <div> NBC's Kristen Dahlgren said the lightning strike on the ship, which was helping siphon oil, was just another setback in the ongoing crisis.</div> <bR> <div> "It is now back up and running, they continue to siphon oil through that containment cap," Dahlgren told CTV's Canada AM from Florida's Pensacola Beach on Wednesday morning.</div> <bR> <div> "But there were these five hours when the oil was once again flowing without stop into the Gulf of Mexico."</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="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 201 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Panel reveals reasons for bus killer's walks</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Jun 15  2010  21:28  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 15th, 2010</div> <div> <B>WINNIPEG — A Manitoba review panel says in the interests of assessing whether Vince Li could ever be reintegrated into society, he should be allowed to take short, supervised walks around the grounds of the Selkirk Mental Health Centre.</B></div> <bR> <div> That's part of a detailed explanation released by the Criminal Review Board of Manitoba into why they are backing the walks for Li, who beheaded a fellow passenger two years ago on a Greyhound bus.</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="f206a0820.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="130" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A provincial review board is currently considering whether to permit Vince Li to have supervised time outside.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 199 WIDTH="707"><div> The board says such small measures are necessary in order to assess Li's progress.</div> <bR> <div> Panel members also say they believe Li's risk of "elopement" is low, as he hasn't expressed any desire to escape custody.</div> <bR> <div> They also say that although Li has continued to report having auditory hallucinations in the last year, "these were greatly reduced in frequency and intensity."</div> <bR> <div> The decision to grant the walks has been opposed by relatives of the victim and the attorney general's office, but supported by the Canadian Psychiatric Association.</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="Jun 10"><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= 202 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Five houses destroyed in B.C. landslide</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Jun 14  2010  08:52  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 14th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Residents will have a chance Monday to take a second look at the aftermath of a landslide that wiped out five houses in a southern British Columbia community on the weekend.</B></div> <bR> <div> The slide struck at about 2:20 p.m. Sunday, when a wall of mud, water and rocks swept down a mountain slope and over orchards and houses near Testalinden Creek, B.C., just south of the Okanagan Valley town of Oliver.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1fba07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Debris from a landslide is shown from the air near Testalinden Creek, just south of Oliver, B.C. on Sunday, June 13, 2010. (Daniel Hayduk / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 488 WIDTH="707"><div> Amazingly no one was injured, as residents fled their homes minutes before disaster struck.</div> <bR> <div> "They are telling us it was something to behold, some saying they have never seen anything quite like it," said CTV's Rob Brown, reporting from the site of the landslide on Monday morning.</div> <bR> <div> "Everybody managed to get clear of it. Everyone has been accounted for, police are saying it's amazing that no one was killed, let alone injured."</div> <bR> <div> Allan Patton, regional director with the District of Okanagan-Similkameen, said it appears local residents heard the landslide coming and warned one another of the danger.</div> <bR> <div> "I've heard that there was a warning, but it was only a five-minute warning and it was basically just friends phoning friends," Patton told The Canadian Press.</div> <bR> <div> Kirk Casselman just recently moved into his home, which was destroyed by the Sunday landslide.</div> <bR> <div> He was inside his house when he saw a pair of cars pull up in front of his home.</div> <bR> <div> After going outside to see what was happening, he could already see water coming across the road.</div> <bR> <div> "I talked to a couple of people out there and all of a sudden, you could see the whole side of the hill coming down and trees and dust," he told CTV's Canada AM from the site of the disaster on Monday morning.</div> <bR> <div> "Houses started sliding down the hill on to the road and tidal waves of mud right over the road. And I just stood there and kind of watched it take out everything we own, so it was unbelievable."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Houses remain on evacuation alert</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 542 WIDTH="707"><div> Patton said between 25 and 30 local homes have since been put on evacuation alert.</div> <bR> <div> All-in-all, five houses were destroyed and another two were severely damaged.</div> <bR> <div> Brown said the disaster occurred after a nearby lake "over-spilled its banks," following weeks of heavy rain.</div> <bR> <div> "A lake that had seen an enormous amount of rain for this semi-arid region…almost three times as much rain as usually falls during that period," said Brown. "And apparently something had jammed up in that lake, where it usually drains out slowly, that gave way yesterday and you see the mess (that resulted)."</div> <bR> <div> Patton said the entire lake emptied into the valley below the mountain, which included the houses, orchards and vineyards that were hit by the landslide.</div> <bR> <div> "A lot of water came down really quickly and by the time it got down to the valley bottom there was just a whole lot of mud and debris and rocks and extensive damage resulted from that," Patton explained from Oliver, during an interview with Canada AM on Monday morning.</div> <bR> <div> A portion of Highway 97 has been blocked by the debris that was pushed onto the roadway -- including one of the five houses destroyed by the landslide.</div> <bR> <div> RCMP say the highway will be closed for at least two days as crews work to clear away the debris blocking it.</div> <bR> <div> Casselman said he will contact his insurer today to see what happens next.</div> <bR> <div> He said the magnitude of the disaster is just "starting to sink in."</div> <bR> <div> "I kind of took a look at the house there and there's nothing left of anything. So, I am going to take it day by day and see what kind of stuff I can pull together again."</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="Jun 10"><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= 189 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Landslide hits town in southern B.C.</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Jun 13  2010  20:34  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 13th, 2010</div> <div> <B>A landslide near Oliver, B.C., has closed a major highway and damaged at least 10 homes.</B></div> <bR> <div> Emergency workers have evacuated the area and are trying to determine whether occupants remain trapped inside the affected buildings. No injuries have been reported.</div> <bR> <div> The landslide struck Sunday afternoon, blocking Highway 97 south of the town.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="f1f9a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The town of Oliver is located roughly 400 kilometres east of Vancouver, in the province's Okanagan region.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 488 WIDTH="707"><div> At least one home was buried and another was knocked off its foundation, according to James Cambridge, who works at a local winery. A shop owned by the winery was also destroyed, Cambridge told ctvbc.ca.</div> <bR> <div> "The house below us is gone," he said. "The neighbours' house above is teetering ... It looks like it's cracked in the middle."</div> <bR> <div> "The roar was incredible. My parents thought the roar was somebody cutting down trees until they saw the outhouse go down."</div> <bR> <div> Allan Patton, regional director with the District of Okanagan-Similkameen, told CTV News Channel that local authorities are setting up an emergency centre for residents who are unable to return home.</div> <bR> <div> He said the landslide caused "quite a bit of property damage" and emergency workers have not been able to reach two of the damaged homes.</div> <bR> <div> "Never seen anything like this in this area," Pattton added. "Many acres have actually been taken right out."</div> <bR> <div> "There's houses sitting on the highway right now."</div> <bR> <div> The town of Oliver is located roughly 400 kilometres east of Vancouver, in the province's Okanagan region.</div> <bR> <div> Oliver Mayor Pat Hampson travelled to the site of the slide, and told ctvbc.ca that an area about 150 metres wide was covered in more than a metre of mud.</div> <bR> <div> Patton said the region had received heavier than normal rain over the past month, which may have contributed to the landslide.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 112 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Magnitude 7.5 quake reported in Indian Ocean</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Jun 12  2010  17:13  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 12th, 2010</div> <div> <B>NEW YORK — An earthquake measuring magnitude-7.5 was reported early Sunday in the Indian Ocean west of India's Nicobar Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1f8a05a0.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= 161 WIDTH="707"><div> The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a tsunami watch for the region, but later reduced the watch area to only India.</div> <bR> <div> There were no immediate reports of damage or injury.</div> <bR> <div> The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 1:26 a.m. Sunday (1926 GMT Saturday) about 155 kilometres (95 miles) west of the Nicobar Islands at a depth of 35 kilometres (about 22 miles).</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="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 166 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>World Cup sparks concerns over child trafficking</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Jun 11  2010  09:48  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 11th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Charities and church groups in South Africa are raising the alarm over the threat of child trafficking during the World Cup.</B></div> <bR> <div> The tournament is expected to draw as many as 500,000 visitors from all over the world. Authorities are warning that predators masquerading as soccer fans will be on the prowl during the event.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1f0a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A group of orphans in the care of the Salvation Army rally against human trafficking in Soweto, South Africa.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 629 WIDTH="707"><div> The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference said it was concerned that the tournament could lead to an "increase in the abuse, exploitation and trafficking in persons especially children" as "abusers" try to meet increased demand in the local sex trade during the games.</div> <bR> <div> World Vision also issued a statement Thursday, cautioning that the tournament will bring a "heightened risk" of child exploitation and trafficking due in part to a lack of legal protections.</div> <bR> <div> The country's anti-trafficking laws "are all fragmented and do not adequately address prevention, protection and prosecution, especially as it relates to safeguarding the rights and dignity of children," the statement said.</div> <bR> <div> South Africa has become a major hub for human trafficking, where an estimated 40,000 children have been lured into prostitution and slavery.</div> <bR> <div> CTV's Lisa LaFlamme spoke to one of them, 15-year-old Maggie, who was able to escape after she was captured.</div> <bR> <div> "There was this other guy looking good, then came to me and was like "I'm looking for people who want to do modeling,'" she recalled in Soweto, an impoverished Johannesburg neighbourhood. "I said 'okay, I'm good for modeling and I can do it.'"</div> <bR> <div> To prevent such incidents a number of charitable groups are setting up a "child-friendly," supervised space at Elkah Stadium in Soweto.</div> <bR> <div> Others have started handing out red cards to children, which are designed to raise awareness about exploitation and to help them ward off potential kidnappers.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, government officials have admitted that country's anti-trafficking laws may not be enough.</div> <bR> <div> "Law enforcement is looking into it," said Faith Hadebe with the human trafficking task force. "We may be a bit late because the World Cup is here now."</div> <bR> <div> Last month, President Jacob Zuma warned South Africans to be vigilant in order to protect the country's younger generation.</div> <bR> <div> "Children wandering alone in shopping malls and football stadiums will be vulnerable to people with evil intentions," he said. "We will play our part as government but parents and caregivers also have to be vigilant."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from CTV's Lisa LaFlamme</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="Jun 10"><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= 189 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>BP stock falls, clean-up bill hits $1.43 billion</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Jun 10  2010  08:48  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 10th, 2010</div> <div> <B>The fallout from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has left British oil company BP scrambling to prevent investors from dumping its shares on the London Stock Exchange.</B></div> <bR> <div> When European markets opened Thursday, BP stock dropped to a 13-year low after experts said the company would likely have to postpone dividend payments. Some recovery occurred in early trading, after the company tried to assure investors its bottom line was in good shape.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1e8a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A BP logo is seen at a petrol station in Birmingham, England, Thursday, June 10, 2010. (AP / Simon Dawson)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 538 WIDTH="707"><div> The company is under considerable scrutiny in the wake of the oil spill disaster, with U.S. President Barack Obama recently suggesting BP should be compensating thousands of laid-off oil workers, in addition to paying the costs of the massive clean-up.</div> <bR> <div> As of Thursday, BP put the cost of the clean-up and containment at about $1.43 billion to date.</div> <bR> <div> On a business level, experts say the company has good financial fundamentals. But they admit the pressure being put on the company by the White House leaves them unsure of how much BP will be asked to shell out in the long run.</div> <bR> <div> "We don't believe BP has a funding issue but given the overwhelmingly hostile nature of the U.S. government the company may decide to suspend payments until the wells are capped and the clean-up sufficiently advanced to convince the U.S. that it can afford all the costs as well as pay dividends," said Evolution Securities analyst Richard Griffith.</div> <bR> <div> "Unilateral action against BP over its U.S. operations, be it unreasonable or illegal, hangs over BP."</div> <bR> <div> In Britain, there are concerns that damage to BP stock could affect pensioners who rely on its steady dividends for income. BP accounts for an estimated one-eighth of all dividends paid out by companies in Britain's blue-chip stock index.</div> <bR> <div> London Mayor Boris Johnson told BBC Radio that too much talk about BP's failures could hurt British retirees in their pocket-books.</div> <bR> <div> "I would like to see a bit of cool heads rather than endlessly buck-passing and name-calling," Johnson told BBC Radio.</div> <bR> <div> "When you consider the huge exposure of British pension funds to BP it starts to become a matter of national concern if a great British company is being continually beaten up on the airwaves."</div> <bR> <div> British Prime Minister David Cameron is due to discuss the BP controversy with Obama during a telephone conversation this weekend.</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="Jun 10"><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= 203 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>BP plans to burn some oil pumping up to surface</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Jun 09  2010  08:18  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 9th, 2010</div> <div> <B>NEW ORLEANS — Now that crews are collecting more and more oil from the sea-bottom spill, the question is where to put it.</B></div> <bR> <div> How about burning it?</div> <bR> <div> Equipment collecting the oil and bringing it to the surface is believed to be nearing its daily processing capacity. A floating platform could be the solution to process most of the flow, BP said.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1e2a05e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This image from video provided by BP PLC shows the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, early Wednesday, June 9, 2010.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 690 WIDTH="707"><div> To burn it, the British oil giant is preparing to use a device called an EverGreen Burner, officials said. It turns a flow of oil and gas into a vapor that is pushed out its 12 nozzles and burned without creating visible smoke.</div> <bR> <div> Methods for gathering and disposing of the oil collected from the seafloor gusher are becoming clearer. What's not is how much oil is eluding capture.</div> <bR> <div> Scientists on a team analyzing the flow said Tuesday that the amount of crude still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico might be considerably greater than what the government and company have claimed.</div> <bR> <div> Their assertions — combined with BP's rush to build a bigger cap and its apparent difficulty in immediately processing all the oil being collected — have only added to the impression that BP is still floundering in dealing with the catastrophe.</div> <bR> <div> Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen has written to BP CEO Tony Hayward demanding "more detail and openness" about how the company is handling mounting damage claims in the wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill. Allen reminded Hayward in the letter dated Tuesday that the company "is accountable to the American public for the economic loss caused by the oil spill" and said he recognized Hayward has "accepted responsibility" for it.</div> <bR> <div> At the same time, the man President Barack Obama named as national incident commander in the wake of the April 20 oil rig explosion and fire told Hayward that BP is failing to provide "information we need to meet our responsibilities to our citizens."</div> <bR> <div> Speaking to network news shows Wednesday morning, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles continued to insist that no massive underwater oil plumes in "large concentrations" have been detected from the spill. His comments came a day after the government said water tests confirmed underwater oil plumes, but that concentrations were low.</div> <bR> <div> "It may be down to how you define what a plume is here," Suttles told NBC's "Today" show.</div> <bR> <div> A cap placed on the ruptured well last week to channel much of the billowing oil to a surface ship collected about 620,000 gallons Monday and another 330,000 from midnight to noon Tuesday, BP said.</div> <bR> <div> That would mean the cap is collecting better than half the escaping oil, based on the government's estimate that around 600,000 to 1.2 million gallons a day are leaking from the bottom of the sea.</div> <bR> <div> A team of researchers and government officials and run by the director of the U.S. Geological Survey is studying the flow rate and hopes to present its findings in the coming days on what is already the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.</div> <bR> <div> In an interview with The Associated Press, team member and Purdue University engineering professor Steve Wereley said it was a "reasonable conclusion" but not the team's final one to say that the daily flow rate is, in fact, somewhere between 798,000 gallons and 1.8 million gallons.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 716 WIDTH="707"><div> Whatever the amount, all that oil has to end up somewhere. The floating production and storage vessel BP plans to bring in could be part of the answer, officials said.</div> <bR> <div> "It's being brought in because it can handle far more oil than this well is producing," said Wine, who did not know where the vessel would come from or when it would arrive.</div> <bR> <div> The burn rig will be moved away from the main leak site so the flames and heat do not endanger other vessels, BP spokesman Max McGahan said.</div> <bR> <div> Depending on which model is used and its settings, it can handle from 10,500 to 630,000 gallons of oil a day, according to promotional materials by Schlumberger Ltd., the company that makes the device and whose website touts it as producing "fallout-free and smokeless combustion."</div> <bR> <div> It's unclear how many times the EverGreen burner has been used, but it has been proposed for at least one offshore rig in the North Sea to get rid of unwanted gases produced during oil processing. </div> <bR> <div> Environmental documents produced as part of that project, an exploration well proposed by Total E&P of Britain, said burning the oil posed "a moderate risk to the environment" that would release sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, methane and other chemicals.</div> <bR> <div> But Wilma Subra, a chemist with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, said BP should avoid burning the captured oil — which she said raises new health risks — and instead bring in more processing equipment.</div> <bR> <div> "This is one of those decisions that will have negative impacts," she said. "Even though it's crude dispersed in water, the burning of crude will raise some health issues."</div> <bR> <div> When it sells the oil recovered from the Gulf, BP will use the revenues to create a fund to protect wildlife in the region, the company said.</div> <bR> <div> In the seven weeks since the oil rig explosion that set off the catastrophe, BP has had to improvise at every turn. The most recent government estimates put the total amount of oil lost at 23.7 million to 51.5 million gallons.</div> <bR> <div> When asked why BP did not have containment systems on standby in case of a leak, BP spokesman Robert Wine said there was no reason to think an accident on this scale was likely.</div> <bR> <div> "It's unprecedented," he said. "That's why these caps weren't there before."</div> <bR> <div> Obama is scheduled to return to the Gulf Coast on Monday and Tuesday for a two-day update on the Gulf oil spill.</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="Jun 10"><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= 202 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Public, experts offering BP solutions for oil spill</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Jun 08  2010  11:19  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 8th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Frustrations with BP's inability to contain the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico has everyone from independent experts to Hollywood celebrities offering potential solutions.</B></div> <bR> <div> James Cameron, both Hollywood heavyweight and underwater expert, was among 28 scientists, and government and private-sector experts, who met last week to discuss solutions for the environmental calamity.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1e0a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill coats marsh grass at the Louisiana coast along Barataria Bay, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP / Charlie Riedel)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 650 WIDTH="707"><div> The group has filed a report to the government which has not yet been made public.</div> <bR> <div> Editing the report was highly-respected Canadian ocean scientist Joe MacInnis, who has logged more than 5,000 hours undersea on 800 dives. He has worked extensively with Cameron, writing two books on the director's deep-sea expeditions.</div> <bR> <div> He told Canada AM that BP's team is made up of "oil guys" and not enough underwater scientists have been involved.</div> <bR> <div> "Let's get some science people in, who think inside the ocean, and see if they can come up with some kind of solution," he said of the idea behind the group's meeting.</div> <bR> <div> However, MacInnis said the group came away with a higher regard for BP than they went in with.</div> <bR> <div> While he could not comment on what was in the group's report, as it is before government agencies at the time being, he said there are "valid ideas" in it.</div> <bR> <div> "It gives me some cause for optimism," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Since the oil spill occurred BP has received more than 35,000 submissions on how to clean up the millions of litres of oil in the Gulf.</div> <bR> <div> About 800 submissions have been forwarded to teams of engineers and scientists to test their validity, according to the company.</div> <bR> <div> Bill Nye, the host of Disney's child science program "Bill Nye the Science Guy," said he himself has received about 1,000 ideas on his webpage.</div> <bR> <div> However, he told Canada AM that many people do not fully comprehend the difficulty the atmospheric pressure at 1,500 metres under the surface has on capping the oil leak.</div> <bR> <div> Additionally, he said while much of the focus of the cleanup operation is on the oil that has reached the surface, he speculated up to 4,000 barrels of oil a day are being trapped between the ocean floor and the surface.</div> <bR> <div> While a containment cap has allowed BP to capture about 11,000 barrels a day leaking from the oil well. Government experts has estimated the well is leaking anywhere from 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil a day.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="07"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 194 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Leamington, Ont. cleaning up after tornado</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Jun 07  2010  08:26  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 7th, 2010</div> <div> <B>The mayor of Leamington, Ont., says the town will be picking up the pieces for weeks to come following Sunday's pre-dawn storms that packed a tornado and a downburst.</B></div> <bR> <div> Mayor John Adams says the damage to the town is extensive.</div> <bR> <div> "I mean there are buildings that were totally ripped out of their foundations," he told CTV's Canada AM Monday morning.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1d7a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Al Antoniuk climbs down from a tree on his neighbour's house, caused by a severe storm and possible tornado in Leamington, Ontario, Sunday, June 6, 2010. (Dave Chidley / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 587 WIDTH="707"><div> "We've got two nice parks… I would say 50 per cent of the trees -- and these are 100-year-old trees maybe three feet in diameter -- totally ripped out of the ground by the roots… Homes that had their windows actually blown right out, so you can imagine the fear."</div> <bR> <div> There were no serious injuries in the town of 31,000, and Adams thinks that's likely because the storm hit in the middle of the night.</div> <bR> <div> "It did happen at 3 a.m. in the morning so a lot of people were, of course, asleep. If anything, it's fortunate that it did happen at that time because if not, there would have been probably lots of children playing in the playground at the park," Adams noted.</div> <bR> <div> Environment Canada is now saying that the storm was indeed a tornado that turned into a downburst. That's a powerful downward air current that, unlike a tornado, doesn't rotate. But it can be just as dangerous.</div> <bR> <div> Power remains out for many residents, and the mayor has declared a state of emergency. Hydro crews are getting help from workers in the nearby City of Windsor as they try to restore electricity.</div> <bR> <div> Adams said an emergency shelter was set up for residents through the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. "But fortunately we didn't have to use that. Everyone had found accommodations elsewhere," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Adams told CTV News Channel Sunday that the whole community is coming together in the clean-up.</div> <bR> <div> "It's nice to see that local contractors are on the job repairing roofs that have been destroyed, putting tarps down. The local hardware stores are actually donating chainsaws for residents that want to help clean up their backyard," he said.</div> <bR> <div> The storm caused damage across many areas along the Lake Erie shoreline of southwestern Ontario. There was damage as far west as Harrow and in Point Pelee National Park. Across Lake Eerie, near Monroe, Michigan, a nuclear plant shut down automatically after strong winds tore siding off one of its buildings.</div> <bR> <div> The storm started building late Saturday night as Environment Canada issued several tornado warnings for the area throughout the night and into the early morning hours of Sunday.</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="06"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 168 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Ontario town declares state of emergency after storm</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Jun 06  2010  13:48  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 6th, 2010</div> <div> <B>A state of emergency has been declared in Leamington, Ont. after a thunderstorm and suspected tornado touched down early Sunday morning, uprooting thousands of trees and blowing off garage doors.</B></div> <bR> <div> The full force of the storm hit about 3 a.m., and the city of 31,000 residents southeast of Windsor announced the state of emergency around 6:30 a.m.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1d5a0690.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A damaged house in Leamington, Ont. is shown on Sunday, June 6, 2010. (Kevin Black-CHYR-HO / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 671 WIDTH="707"><div> The town's deputy mayor Rob Schmidt says officials are still assessing the extent of the damage.</div> <bR> <div> "There's extensive property damage. Literally thousands of trees that have been destroyed, damage to vehicles and homes. Even some of our large greenhouse operations – all the glass has been blown out," Schmidt told CTV News Channel.</div> <bR> <div> "A lot of roads are impassable; power may be out in some areas for up to a couple of days because of the number of poles that are down and the number of lines that are down."</div> <bR> <div> There are no reports yet of any injuries.</div> <bR> <div> "There are roofs missing from apartment buildings, churches, from many houses. There is damage to municipal facilities. Two of our parks are extensively damaged," Schmidt said.</div> <bR> <div> The wind caused the damage as far west as Harrow, hit parts of Kingsville and extended to Point Pelee National Park.</div> <bR> <div> "Thousands of trees that are down on top of vehicles and still on top of some houses, garage doors blown off, windows blown in.</div> <bR> <div> "Some people said it sounded like a freight train going through."</div> <bR> <div> A map on Hydro One's website showed multiple power outages throughout the Leamington area and further west toward Amherstburg, affecting thousands of residents.</div> <bR> <div> A forecast statement issued by Environment Canada says there is the potential for thunderstorms to develop over Lake Erie Sunday morning, with "a slight risk that some of these storms may be severe, with 90 km/h winds and heavy downpours the main threats. An isolated tornado is possible."</div> <bR> <div> The forecast also calls for isolated non-severe thunderstorms across southwestern Ontario Sunday afternoon and into the evening.</div> <bR> <div> Environment Canada describes a severe thunderstorm has including one or more of the following traits:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">wind gusts of up to 90 km/h or greater.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">hail of 2 cm in diameter or greater.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">rainfall greater than 50 mm in one hour or less or 75 mm in 3 hours or less.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">tornadoes.</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="05"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 236 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>U.B.C. astronomer probes 'archaeology' of Milky Way</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Jun 05  2010  08:31  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 5th, 2010</div> <div> <B>New Canadian-led research that uses NASA's Hubble telescope to examine the age of elderly stars is shedding new light on how the Milky Way was "put together."</B></div> <bR> <div> The study is being conducted by a team of 13 researchers in Canada, the United States and Australia to learn when exactly the centre of our galaxy developed compared to the rest of the Milky Way.</div> <bR> <div> "The main idea is to really determine what the archaeology of our own galaxy is," said Harvey B. Richer, a professor of astronomy at the University of British Columbia who is the study's primary investigator. "How did our galaxy form?"</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1d2a0760.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="118" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> An image released by NASA Jan. 5, 2010, shows Sagittarius A, the super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy made from data provided by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. (AP / NASA)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 683 WIDTH="707"><div> For their research, Richer and his colleagues have won the right to have NASA's Hubble space telescope take photographs of a cluster of stars named 47 Tucanae. "Tuc," as its informally called, is located about 11,000 light-years away and sits in the constellation of Tucana, which is visible from the southern hemisphere.</div> <bR> <div> It's made up of the same type of stars as in the galaxy's central "bulge," Richer said. By determining its age, the researchers hope to settle a dispute over whether the galaxy formed from the inside out, or from the outside in.</div> <bR> <div> To do that, the Hubble telescope is snapping photographs of Tuc during a portion of its rotations around the Earth this year.</div> <bR> <div> Technicians then edit the images for distortions caused by cosmic rays. Richer downloads them on to his computer, and the research team sets about analyzing them.</div> <bR> <div> They're particularly interested in a type of star known as a white dwarf.</div> <bR> <div> "It's like a hot rock that has been heated up for a long time and now there's no fuel left," Richer said. "These things cool in a very predictable way, so this is like an incredible cosmic clock where the temperature tells you how old it is."</div> <bR> <div> Richer said he and his colleagues have helped to pioneer the white dwarf technique, which he likens to radiocarbon dating in archaeology. They have used it to help determine how old two other components of the Milky Way are.</div> <bR> <div> According to their calculations the halo, or the faint cloud of stars around the galaxy, is about 12 billion years old. They estimate that the spiral-shaped ring around the bulge to be about 4 billion years younger.</div> <bR> <div> Now they're hoping to use the white dwarf technique to determine the age of the bulge, or the galaxy's centre.</div> <bR> <div> "The results are extremely preliminary," Richer cautions. "But it looks as though the halo and the bulge formed rather simultaneously, with the disc forming quite a bit later."</div> <bR> <div> The researchers have collected about 80 per cent of the data they need, and Richer says they hope to publish more definite conclusions by December.</div> <bR> <div> Aside from determining how galaxies in the universe were formed, their work could also shed light on the origins of life.</div> <bR> <div> "These are some of the first stars formed in the universe," Richer said. "So if we find planets around stars in this cluster, that tells us that planets formed early in the history of the universe and that there was perhaps an early rise to life in the universe."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from Ian Munroe</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="Jun 10"><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= 243 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>McDonald's in U.S. recalls Shrek glasses over cadmium</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Jun 04  2010  08:05  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 4th, 2010</div> <div> <B>McDonald's is recalling 12 million "Shrek"-themed drinking glasses because of cadmium in the painted design.</B></div> <bR> <div> While the word so far is that the recall affects only glasses sold in the U.S., it remains unclear if glasses sold in Canada are also affected. CTV.ca could not immediately reach a McDonald's Canada spokesperson for comment.</div> <bR> <div> The glasses were being sold as part of a promotional campaign for the movie "Shrek Forever After." All four designs depicting the characters Shrek, Princess Fiona, Puss in Boots and Donkey are included in the recall.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1cba0620.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This image provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows “Shrek Forever After 3D” Collectable Drinking Glasses being promoted by McDonald's Corp that are being recalled because the designs on the glasses contain cadmium. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 625 WIDTH="707"><div> The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will issue the warning Friday, advising consumers to immediately stop using the glasses.</div> <bR> <div> The CPSC notes that "long-term exposure to cadmium can cause adverse health effects." Cadmium, which is used to create reds and yellows in some paints, is a known carcinogen that can also cause bone softening and severe kidney problems.</div> <bR> <div> The cadmium could leach from the paint onto a child's hand then enter the body when the child puts that hand to his or her mouth.</div> <bR> <div> "A very small amount of cadmium can come to the surface of the glass, and in order to be as protective as possible of children, CPSC and McDonald's worked together on this recall," CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson told the Associated Press.</div> <bR> <div> He would not specify the amounts of cadmium that leached from the paint in tests, but said the amounts were "slightly above the protective level currently being developed by the agency."</div> <bR> <div> Wolfson noted the glasses have "far less cadmium than the children's metal jewelry that CPSC has previously recalled."</div> <bR> <div> McDonald's said it was asking customers to stop using the glasses "out of an abundance of caution."</div> <bR> <div> "We believe the Shrek glassware is safe for consumer use," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman told AP. "However, again to ensure that our customers receive safe products from us, we made the decision to stop selling them and voluntarily recall these products effective immediately."</div> <bR> <div> According to the Los Angeles Times, the recall was set in motion by an anonymous tip to Rep. Jackie Speier last week. She alerted the CPSC, which tested the glasses and confirmed the presence of cadmium in the paint.</div> <bR> <div> The glasses were manufactured by ARC International of Millville, N.J., and were sold from May 21 into June. It's not clear where the paint used used on the glasses was manufactured.</div> <bR> <div> Roughly seven million of the glasses had been sold in the U.S. alone. Another five million are in stores or have not yet been shipped, said Whitman.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with a report from The Associated 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="Jun 10"><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= 203 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Gunman's twin, lawyer among dead in British rampage</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Jun 03  2010  08:01  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 3rd, 2010</div> <div> <B>A British taxi driver killed his twin brother and a family lawyer when he went on a shooting rampage in rural England, leading to speculation that a family dispute could be at the root of the horrific violence.</B></div> <bR> <div> Derrick Bird, 52, has been identified as the man who shot 12 people to death and wounded 25 others over a three-hour period, before killing himself on Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> It was the worst shooting spree in Britain in more than a decade.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1c4a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A woman lays flowers in tribute to victims of a shooting at the taxi rank in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England on Thursday, June 3, 2010. (AP / Chris Clark)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 795 WIDTH="707"><div> Detectives are now combing through 30 different crime scenes in Cumbria, a county in northwestern Britain. They have asked for the public's patience while they carry out a "thorough investigation to ascertain the facts around this tragic incident."</div> <bR> <div> <B>A family feud?</B></div> <bR> <div> CTV's Lisa LaFlamme said eyewitnesses have revealed that they saw Bird sitting in a car outside the family lawyer's home around 5 a.m. Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> The family lawyer and Bird's twin brother are believed to be among the first victims in the deadly shooting spree, said LaFlamme.</div> <bR> <div> "Derrick Bird was the primary caregiver of his ailing mother," she told CTV's Canada AM from London on Thursday morning.</div> <bR> <div> "They were in negotiations -- he and his twin brother -- over the will and that this may come down to a dispute over basically who got what."</div> <bR> <div> The gunman was found dead in some woods near the hamlet of Boot in the country's scenic Lake District.</div> <bR> <div> Records show that Bird used two registered guns in his rampage, prompting questions about the effectiveness of Britain's tough gun laws. British Home Secretary Theresa May is due to address the British Parliament on the shooting on Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Scenes of violence</B></div> <bR> <div> Bird appears to have had connections to some of the remaining victims, while others have described coming face-to-face with a deranged gunman they did not know.</div> <bR> <div> "There are eyewitness reports this morning of people saying: ‘I looked eye to eye with him and he didn't shoot me. I could be dead today,'" said LaFlamme.</div> <bR> <div> Another report said Bird came across a woman and her young children at one point.</div> <bR> <div> "He pointed the gun at them, but then he put his gun down," LaFlamme said, describing the reports.</div> <bR> <div> Whatever the motive may have been, Britons appear resigned to the fact that no one could have predicted the gunman's violent actions.</div> <bR> <div> "There is still a lot of information to unfold," said LaFlamme. "But certainly, everyone would suggest there is no way to police these kind of lone-wolf rampages like this and they are now just trying to get to the bottom of what prompted the act."</div> <bR> <div> In recent years, Britain has typically seen 100 or fewer gun murders on an annual basis. The country toughened its gun ownership rules after a pair of mass shootings in the 1980s and 1990s.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="02"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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= 432 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Historic DVD set makes Clint Eastwood's day</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Jun 02  2010  06:35  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 2nd, 2010</div> <div> <B>It's been a long afternoon for Richard Schickel, the American film critic who lauded and lambasted 43 years worth of Hollywood fare at "Time" magazine.</B></div> <bR> <div> In Toronto to screen "The Eastwood Factor," the 77-year-old writer and filmmaker doesn't mince words when it comes to the documentary he shot for the historic new DVD set, "Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Year at Warner Bros."</div> <bR> <div> (The massive collection hit stores on June 1, one day after Eastwood turned 80.)</div> <bR> <div> "I've known Clint for most of the time he's been at Warner Bros.," Schickel smiles, swirling his water glass with a weighty sigh.</div> <bR> <div> "Clint's a dutiful guy," says Schickel. "Whether he says he'll have dinner with you or do a movie with you, he'll be there. His word counts for something."</div> <bR> <div> Eastwood is also one of Hollywood's bravest moviemakers. That message can't be missed in Schickel's intimate portrait.</div> <bR> <div> "Of all the American directors working today, I can't think of anyone who is more unpredictable than Clint," says Schickel.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1bfa0da0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Clint Eastwood, left, and Morgan Freeman, foreground right, arrive at An Evening with Clint Eastwood, presented by Warner Bros. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Los Angeles. The event celebrated the debut of the new DVD collection 'Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros.,' and the world premiere of Richard Schickel's new documentary, 'The Eastwood Factor,' narrated by Freeman. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 559 WIDTH="707"><div> "Woody Allen makes Woody movies. Marty Scorsese makes Marty movies. We know what we're getting. There is no typical Eastwood movie. Not today," says Schickel."</div> <bR> <div> "The Eastwood Factor" also reveals one big surprise courtesy of the Oscar-winning director of "Unforgiven" and "Million Dollar Baby."</div> <bR> <div> Acting alone held no appeal for Eastwood.</div> <bR> <div> "Clint wanted to evolve. He wanted to make movies that said some things that were important to him," says Schickel.</div> <bR> <div> "If they're smart, people will remember that," Schickel smiles. "No one should repeat themselves endlessly in this life."</div> <bR> <div> <B>New Eastwood DVD set makes history</B></div> <bR> <div> In its entirety, "Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros." is the largest feature-film box set ever released for a single actor in Hollywood history.</div> <bR> <div> Starting with the 1968 war drama "Where Eagles Dare" and ending with 2008's "Gran Torino," the collection spans Eastwood's best westerns, comedies, war flicks and Best Picture Oscar dramas.</div> <bR> <div> The collection is also accompanied by a 24-page booklet extracted from Schickel's new monograph, "Clint: A Retrospective," as well as Warner studio letters and photos.</div> <bR> <div> "There's an amazing range of subject matter here," says Schickel.</div> <bR> <div> "You've got boxing in ‘Million Dollar Baby,' racial turmoil in ‘Gran Torino,' allegiance to one's country in ‘Letters from Iwo Jima.' That variety keeps Clint refreshed behind the camera."</div> <bR> <div> Yet whatever opinions Eastwood does express in these works, they're not always what you think says Schickel (who spent years writing books and filming docs about other complex Hollywood figures like Gary Cooper, Elia Kazan and James Cagney).</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 344 WIDTH="707"><div> To prove his point, Schickel reminisces about a dinner he shared in the 1980s with Eastwood and some pals in Carmel, California.</div> <bR> <div> In April of 1986, Eastwood was elected mayor of the wealthy little artist community on the Monterey Peninsula.</div> <bR> <div> Eastwood held the office for one term.</div> <bR> <div> Before the election, politics was the last thing on Eastwood's mind.</div> <bR> <div> "Carmel needed a mayor. After a few drinks Clint reluctantly said, ‘Oh, all right. I do it. I'll run against the other guy.' For Clint it was all about fixing the sewers and dealing with the local traffic. It was never a stepping stone to the presidency," says Schickel.</div> <bR> <div> "Clint's a shy person and a humanist. He's a reluctant hero who deals with the cards he's given, on screen and off," says Schickel.</div> <bR> <div> "That's why people have loved this guy for so long. Clint isn't about the show. He just gets the job done."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from Constance Droganes, entertainment writer, CTV.ca</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="Jun 10"><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= 368 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canada's five biggest banks rake in $5B profit</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Jun 01  2010  09:56  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 1st, 2010</div> <div> <B>TORONTO — Canada's five biggest banks held steady on profit growth in the second quarter, raking in $5.01 billion collectively, as several failed to deliver higher results from certain divisions while some fell short of analyst expectations.</B></div> <bR> <div> The latest quarterly roundup fell slightly short of the $5.09 billion the group made during the first quarter of the year when growth was starting to regain momentum on fewer bad loans and some pickup in mortgages.</div> <bR> <div> On Tuesday, Scotiabank wrapped up the second-quarter earnings season for Canadian banks with a record profit of nearly $1.1 billion. Net income for the three-month period was the equivalent of $1.02 per share -- beating analyst estimates of about 93 cents per share.</div> <bR> <div> The bank said the profit was a quarterly record and up $225 million or 26 per cent from the same time last year.</div> <bR> <div> Revenue was just under $3.9 billion, up nearly $300 million from the second quarter of fiscal 2009.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="f1b2a0080.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A Royal Bank of Canada sign is seen in Toronto's financial district on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. (Nathan Denette / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 645 WIDTH="707"><div> The bank's provision for credit losses was reduced to $338 million, down $151 million from the same time last year.</div> <bR> <div> Scotiabank said its quarterly dividend will remain unchanged at 49 cents per common share.</div> <bR> <div> "Our results reflect strong contributions from personal and commercial banking and wealth management, as well as the excellent performance of our wholesale business," Scotiabank chief executive Rick Waugh said in a statement.</div> <bR> <div> "Our strong capital position and continued generation of capital gives us the ongoing flexibility to maintain our shareholder dividends and explore opportunities for business development and growth."</div> <bR> <div> More than half of the quarterly profit -- a record $584 million -- was generated by the Canadian banking operations, which saw growth in residential mortgages, lines of credit and business accounts. The Canadian banking contribution was up 42 per cent from $410 million in the second quarter of 2009.</div> <bR> <div> Scotia Capital's net income rose to $391 million from $328 million, while the Canadian bank's international operations saw a decline in profit to $288 million from $332 million.</div> <bR> <div> Last week, Bank of Montreal launched the earnings period with the strongest results, including a quarterly profit of $745-million that was 18 cents per share ahead of analyst estimates.</div> <bR> <div> National Bank also beat predictions with a $261 million profit.</div> <bR> <div> However, the rest of the big banks fell short of expectations even as most of them delivered impressive profit gains over a year earlier when the financial meltdown was scorching their results.</div> <bR> <div> In the latest quarter, Royal Bank posted a $1.3-billion profit but missed analyst estimates by 12 cents per share.</div> <bR> <div> CIBC posted a $660 million profit that turned around a $51-million loss from a year earlier, but came short of analyst predictions by four cents per share.</div> <bR> <div> TD Bank more than doubled its second-quarter profit to nearly $1.2 billion, but was still two cents per share below analyst targets.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Jun 10"><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>