Canada news
- Turned down in Toronto, Vietnamese boy to get facial surgery in Boston
- A 10-year-old Vietnamese orphan will travel to Boston in the new year to receive treatment for a large facial growth after he was turned away by a Toronto hospital. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Clemens, Gagne named in baseball drug report
- Former Toronto Blue Jay Roger Clemens and Montreal-born Eric Gagne were among the star baseball players linked to steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in the Mitchell report released Thursday. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Fish farms will make local wild salmon extinct in a decade: study
- Parasitic sea lice found in salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward local extinction, according to a scientific paper published Thursday. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Chalk River nuclear reactor starting up
- The nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., which provides more than half the world's medical isotopes, is in the process of restarting, officials said Thursday. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Schreiber allegations 'completely false,' says Mulroney
- Former PM Brian Mulroney has rejected allegations he negotiated a lobbying deal with Karlheinz Schreiber while he was still in office, saying he promoted business on Schreiber's behalf only after stepping down. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Gore quotes NHL icon in apparent dig at Canada's climate stance
- Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore quoted Canadian a hockey legend on Thursday at a summit in Bali, apparently to criticize Canada's stand on climate change during UN talks on the issue. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Cross-border shoppers not spending like they used to: StatsCan
- Cross-border shopping reached its apex in the late 1980s when record numbers of consumers sought out U.S. bargains, according to a Statistics Canada study. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Leonard Cohen named to U.S. rock Hall of Fame
- Canada's melancholy bard, Leonard Cohen of Montreal, is among five acts who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland next year. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Bus and tanker crash on Alberta highway, injuring 12
- A crash between a passenger bus and a tanker truck on the busy main highway to Fort McMurray late Wednesday sent 12 people to hospital, two of them in critical condition. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007
- Supreme Court rejects Sask. man's drunkenness defence
- A Regina man who argued he was too drunk to intentionally kill his wife will remain behind bars after the Supreme Court of Canada upheld his conviction on Thursday. — From CBC.ca, Dec 13, 2007