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Windy storm whips into eastern Newfoundland Feb 4, 2012 8:28 AM ET — High winds lashed eastern Newfoundland and parts of Labrador Saturday, causing public services to shut down and hazardous driving conditions… 8:28 AM ET Video
Federal food safety surveillance program stalled Feb 4, 2012 9:11 AM ET — A federal system was established in 2005 to help track potentially deadly food-borne illnesses. Yet fewer than half of its tracking sites ar… 9:11 AM ET Audio
Military defends actions in search for dead Labrador teen Feb 4, 2012 8:58 AM ET — Canadian military officials say poor weather prevented them from launching a search for a 14-year-old boy whose body would later be found of… 8:58 AM ET

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Syrian forces blamed for Homs 'massacre' Feb 4, 2012 9:12 AM ET — Opposition groups and activists say more than 200 people were killed by artillery and mortars fired by Syrian forces in the city of Homs ove… 9:12 AM ET
Accused Gadhafi plotter met with SNC-Lavalin exec Feb 3, 2012 11:59 AM ET — One of the people accused in an alleged plot to smuggle members of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's family to Mexico was with an SNC-Lavali… 11:59 AM ET Video
Russians rally against Putin's rule Feb 4, 2012 8:44 AM ET — Tens of thousands of Russians gathered in downtown Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, casting a st… 8:44 AM ET

Sports »

Canada's Hudec takes World Cup downhill, Guay 3rd Feb 4, 2012 9:46 AM ET — Jan Hudec made the most of an icy slope and freezing conditions to seal a surprising victory in Saturday's World Cup downhill — more than fo… 9:46 AM ET
Iginla powers Flames over Blackhawks Feb 4, 2012 1:28 AM ET — Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames handed the slumping Chicago Blackhawks their fifth straight loss, 3-1 on Friday… 1:28 AM ET Video
Red-hot Kershaw skis to 1st gold in XC Feb 4, 2012 9:46 AM ET — Canada's Devon Kershaw won a World Cup cross-country race for the first time Saturday, capturing a 15-kilometre freestyle mass start race at… 9:46 AM ET

Hockey »

Iginla powers Flames over Blackhawks Feb 4, 2012 1:28 AM ET — Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames handed the slumping Chicago Blackhawks their fifth straight loss, 3-1 on Friday… 1:28 AM ET Video
Bergenheim helps Panthers past Jets Feb 3, 2012 11:43 PM ET — Sean Bergenheim scored a go-ahead goal in the second period and the Florida Panthers beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 Friday night. 11:43 PM ET Video
Wharnsby: Goal scoring down despite Gagner's magical night Feb 3, 2012 4:46 PM ET — Sam Gagner netted eight points in an offensive explosion Thursday in Edmonton, but with nine weeks to go, the stats indicate that goal-scori… 4:46 PM ET

Politics »

7 big topics for Harper's China trip (including pandas) Feb 4, 2012 9:43 AM ET — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is leaving Monday for a visit to China, where he's likely to talk about Canada's natural resources, human righ… 9:43 AM ET Audio
Federal food safety surveillance program stalled Feb 4, 2012 9:11 AM ET — A federal system was established in 2005 to help track potentially deadly food-borne illnesses. Yet fewer than half of its tracking sites ar… 9:11 AM ET Audio
Harper confirms changes to Old Age Security possible Feb 3, 2012 11:41 PM ET — The Conservative government is considering increasing the age of eligibility for Canada's Old Age Security system, Prime Minister Stephen Ha… 11:41 PM ET

Business »

Electro-Motive plant shut by U.S. owner Feb 3, 2012 6:08 PM ET — The company that owns the locked-out Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., has decided to close the plant permanently. 6:08 PM ET Video
Canada's jobless rate hits 9-month high Feb 3, 2012 4:50 PM ET — Canada's unemployment rate rose to 7.6 per cent in January according to Statistics Canada, a 0.1 per cent increase, as 23,700 more people se… 4:50 PM ET Video
Where the jobs are: job gains, losses by province and sector Feb 3, 2012 5:02 PM ET — New job numbers released by Statistics Canada show that the biggest job gains between January 2011 and 2012 were in natural resources while … 5:02 PM ET

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Supreme Court opens trade secrets in Merck ruling Feb 3, 2012 3:46 PM ET — The Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark ruling Friday on what constitutes a corporate trade secret under the Access to Information Act… 3:46 PM ET
Tanning bed ban urged for under-18s Feb 3, 2012 11:04 AM ET — Children and teens under the age of 18 should be banned from using commercial indoor tanning beds, the Canadian Paediatric Society says. 11:04 AM ET Video
Mother claims mental-health system failed son Feb 3, 2012 1:32 PM ET — The mother of a 21-year-old Nova Scotia man who took his life is calling for a provincial inquiry into how suicidal patients are treated by … 1:32 PM ET Audio

Arts & Entertainment »

Actor Ben Gazzara dies in NYC Feb 4, 2012 8:38 AM ET — Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconi… 8:38 AM ET
Rogers promises to end internet throttling Feb 3, 2012 6:55 PM ET — Rogers has promised to stop "throttling" internet traffic on its network by the end of this year, in response to an investigation by the Can… 6:55 PM ET
Pit Pony author Joyce Barkhouse dies Feb 3, 2012 4:37 PM ET — Joyce Barkhouse, the Nova Scotia-based children's author who wrote Pit Pony, has died. She was 98. 4:37 PM ET

Technology & Science »

Rogers promises to end internet throttling Feb 3, 2012 6:55 PM ET — Rogers has promised to stop "throttling" internet traffic on its network by the end of this year, in response to an investigation by the Can… 6:55 PM ET
Hubble images reveal galaxy similar to Milky Way Feb 3, 2012 4:21 PM ET — The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a barred spiral galaxy — a galaxy similar to our own and expected to give astronomers a be… 4:21 PM ET
Life on Mars unlikely on dry surface Feb 3, 2012 3:02 PM ET — Mars has been arid for more than 600 million years, making the planet's surface too dry and hostile to support any life, according to new re… 3:02 PM ET

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