Hunters in Nevada find Canadian woman who vanished in March
Sun, 08 May 2011 02:06:28 -0700

(CNN) -- Hunters found a Canadian woman who vanished seven weeks ago in her van on a remote road in northern Nevada, authorities said, as search crews scoured the area for her missing husband. Rita Chretien is in fair condition following her rescue, ...

Canadian cyclist Hughes wins gold medal in road race
Fri, 06 May 2011 14:10:20 -0700

MEDELLIN, Colombia -- Canadian cyclist Clara Hughes won gold Friday in the time-trial road race at the 2011 UCI Pan-American Championships. Hughes, fresh off a general classification win at the 2011 Tour of the Gila stage race, completed the ...

Canadian REIT says funds from operation down 8 per cent; ups distribution
Fri, 06 May 2011 11:54:00 -0700

TORONTO - The Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:REF.UN) has reported that funds from operations were down eight per cent to $37.3 million in its first quarter. The income trust said Friday that the lower funds from operations were a result of ...

Canadian Natural Gas Declines as Mild US Weather Pares Demand
Fri, 06 May 2011 11:57:14 -0700

By Gene Laverty - Fri May 06 18:37:00 GMT 2011 Canadian natural gas fell as mild US weather pared demand and additions to stored reserves of the fuel exceeded analyst expectations. Temperatures in Chicago may reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 Celsius) ...

No Relief In Sight For Canadian Dollar After Harper's Victory
Wed, 04 May 2011 15:27:58 -0700

By Karen Johnson Of dow jones newswires investors Wednesday still have yet to see the Canadian dollar get a euphoric boost from the election of a market-friendly Conservative majority in Parliament. "Markets have had more than 24 hours now to digest ...

Suitor: CFL on TSN Canadian Draft Show Preview
Sat, 07 May 2011 14:18:46 -0700

When you saw the word "preview&q uot; in the headline, I'm sure you thought that this would be a breakdown of the top-rated college athletes and just which team may pick them in this years CFL Canadian College Draft. However, my colleague Duane Forde at TSN ...

Canadian ETF assets dip 1.7 pct in April -Blackrock
Fri, 06 May 2011 09:34:17 -0700

TORONTO, May 6 (Reuters) - Assets in Canadian exchange traded funds fell by 1.7 percent in April to C$40.8 billion (C$42.5 billion), led by a decline in Canadian equity funds, Black Rock (BLK.N), the world's largest money manager, said on Friday. ...

Historic Election Changes the Canadian Political Landscape
Thu, 05 May 2011 17:24:46 -0700

By Mario Canseco 6 May 2011 COMMENTS(0) Vancouver Sun Community of Interest The May 2 Canadian election has monumentally altered the status quo in Ottawa. Two of the five contending parties have lost a large quantity of seats, one became the official ...

BC Lions getting ready for Sunday's CFL Canadian draft
Fri, 06 May 2011 10:02:33 -0700

Vancouver bc (NREWS1130) sports - The BC Lions are getting ready for Sunday's Canadian Football League Canadian draft. The Lions have the third overall pick in round one. General Manager Wally Buono has told News1130 Sports that he is talking to two ...

Canadian teenager Jeff Skinner continues to turn heads at world championships
Thu, 05 May 2011 08:40:00 -0700

Canadian defenceman Marc Methot says the majority of email and text messages he's received from friends and family have involved a question about the Toronto teenager. At first he didn't have much information to share. That's started to change. ...

Two Canadian nominees pick up trophies at food Oscars
Fri, 06 May 2011 19:40:00 -0700

It was honoured in the professional cooking and photography categories. On television, Bravo's "Top Chef" won for best studio program, while Eric Ripert's public television show "Avec Eric" won for on-location program. (With files from The Canadian ...

Search continues for two missing Canadian soldiers
Fri, 06 May 2011 12:55:12 -0700

The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service issued a media release Thursday, saying Reckseidler-Ber ry was last seen in Dominion City on April 27. She was driving a 1994 white Plymouth Voyageur van with a burgundy stripe. ...

Canadian unemployment rate drops to 7.6 per cent
Fri, 06 May 2011 09:09:33 -0700

(AP /Tony Dejak) The Canadian economy added more jobs in April than many economists had forecast, pumping out a surprisingly strong 58300 jobs to push the jobless rate down a notch, to 7.6 per cent. April's gains bring the year-over-year increase in ...

Canadian Cote takes out Ambriz in fouth, stays unbeaten
Sat, 07 May 2011 17:20:03 -0700

Las vegas -- It might have been in front of one of the smallest crowds ever to see him fight, but Canadian boxer Pier-Olivier Cote made the biggest statement of his young career at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Cote defeated Aris Ambriz of the United ...

Powerful Canadian book offers insight into fathers, ourselves
Sat, 07 May 2011 09:41:37 -0700

By Douglas Todd 7 May 2011 COMMENTS(2) The Search That is the refreshing and relevant opening sentence of BC editor Andre Gerard's powerful new book, Fathers: A Literary Anthology. "Nothing can be said about fathers without first saying a word about ...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation urges changes to MP pensions
Sat, 07 May 2011 11:05:41 -0700

The recent results of the Canadian election meant that some Elected Members of Parliament (MP's) were thrown out of a job. It was not all bad news for those who lost, many end up with pensions in excess of one million dollars. ...

Ensign Energy Services, Silver Wheaton: Canadian Equity Preview
Fri, 06 May 2011 14:56:49 -0700

Analysts forecast the company will report profit of 38 Canadian cents a share, according to the average of 10 estimates in a Bloomberg survey. Mc Graw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. (MHR) : The educational publisher said it will pay a one-time dividend of C$5 a ...

Ruth Ellen Brosseau Becomes One of Canadian Parliament' s Best-Known New Members
Sat, 07 May 2011 11:32:29 -0700

Ruth Ellen Brosseau is a newly elected member of the Canadian parliament. Here is just one of many articles about her. She was a New Democratic Party nominee from a Quebec district, and she won, even though she never believed that she would win. ...

Canadian university grad Joel Ward at head of the class for Predators
Thu, 05 May 2011 20:41:20 -0700

I was a late-bloomer and playing A Canadian Interuniversity Sport A just gave me a chance to really understand the game better, said Ward, whose Predators face the Vancouver Canucks in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal at Bridgestone Arena ...

Crowd-pleasing Canadian Cote gets chance to show his boxing skills in Vegas
Fri, 06 May 2011 12:30:00 -0700

His quick victory over Michael Lozada last March at the Bell Centre in Montreal not only secured Cote a spot on the Las Vegas card, it also accelerated his status as one of the top Canadian boxers to US promoter Top Rank. ...