Last Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 8:21 PM ET
- Search reveals no sign of Halifax sailor
- Another day of searching for a missing 68-year-old sailor from Halifax ended Sunday and officials were expected to decide overnight whether to continue their efforts. more »
- Buses to Halifax airport can't be fast-tracked
- Halifax-area residents will likely have to wait until 2011 to take public transportation to the airport, despite the airport authority offering $450,000 to get buses running sooner, according to a city staff report to council. more »
- Search for injured in stolen car crash ends
- The search for anyone who might have been when a stolen car crashed into a car dealership parking lot in Dartmouth, N.S., Sunday morning has been called off. more »
- Cape Breton hunter recovers from accidental shooting
- A Cape Breton man is recovering from serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, after being accidentally shot in the arm by a friend while hunting Saturday. more »
- Disgraced N.S. bishop's replacement named
- The Roman Catholic Church has appointed a replacement for Bishop Raymond Lahey, of the Diocese of Antigonish, N.S., who is facing child pornography charges. more »
- McCain argues against Afghanistan exit date
- U.S. Senator John McCain says military exit dates and exit strategies in Afghanistan should not even be discussed until NATO gets the upper hand in its fight against Taliban militants. more »
- Search for Halifax sailor resumes in morning
- The search for a Halifax sailor, who is missing somewhere between Nova Scotia and Bermuda, has been scaled back until Sunday. more »
- Crash victim wife of petty officer
- The woman killed Friday morning in a fiery head-on collision between a sport utility vehicle and a military bus outside Dartmouth has been identified as Carmel Payne. more »
- Queen's, Calgary to battle for Vanier Cup
- The powerful Laval Rouge et Or could not handle the heat in the Kingston kitchen, falling 33-30 in the Mitchell Bowl to Queen's despite a late rally. more »
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- Afghan prisoner transfers halted 'more than 1 time'
- Canadian officials have halted the transfer of prisoners to Afghanistan's intelligence service "more than one time," because of the possibility of torture, Canada's chief of defence staff said Sunday.
- Teens named in 4-death crash near Calgary
- Police have released the names of three young women killed in a two-vehicle crash south of Calgary on Saturday afternoon, but have yet to reveal the name of a fourth woman who died.
- Vancouver Island residents survey flood damage
- Hundreds of people on south Vancouver Island forced from their homes by flooding have been allowed to return, but most won't be able to stay because of damage to their houses.
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- Iranian-Canadian journalist talks of prison ordeal
- Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari says he was regularly beaten and threatened with execution while imprisoned in Iran for 118 days.
- Indonesian ferry sinks in storm
- Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 29 people have died, officials said.
- Iranian forces practise defending nuke sites
- Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defence war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported.
Health »
- More H1N1 vaccine, ventilators to come
- Ontario supplied hospitals with 200 additional ventilators on Friday in anticipation of a surge in swine flu cases.
- NFL will address concussion concerns
- National Football League teams will soon work with independent neurologists on concussion issues. The NFL says commissioner Roger Goodell will implement the policy as soon as details can be worked out.
- Trade show pitches surgical passages to India
- Exhibitors at a Toronto trade fair are hoping to add surgery to the list of reasons Canadians travel, but a medical ethicist questions the lack of oversight.
Arts & Entertainment »
- Plaskett double winner at Canadian Folk Music Awards
- Joel Plaskett's triple album Three earned the Halifax singer-songwriter a double win at the Canadian Folk Music Awards on Saturday.
- Kirov ballerina steps out at Cultural Olympiad
- Uliana Lopatkina, principal dancer with the Kirov Ballet, will make her Canadian debut Feb. 10 at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad
- Documentary explores carbon trading business
- Carbon Hunters is about a new breed of entrepreneurs working to get rich and save the planet at the same time.
Technology & Science »
- Bell quietly drops system access fee
- The cellphone system access fee is all but extinct. Bell Canada has quietly axed the charge, joining rivals Rogers and Telus.
- Beam sent around Large Hadron Collider
- The operators of the Large Hadron Collider have successfully sent a beam of particles around the ring of the world's largest particle collider in Switzerland.
- Astronauts complete 6-hour spacewalk
- Astronauts from space shuttle Atlantis completed the second of three scheduled spacewalks Saturday, spending just over six hours installing equipment on the International Space Station.
Money »
- Ottawa will stay course on stimulus: Flaherty
- Rather than turning off the stimulus taps or pouring more fuel on the economic fire, Ottawa will stand pat with the $61 billion in stimulus spending announced in January, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says.
- Canada Post struggles to innovate
- Canada's postal service is reinventing itself as it struggles to make up for dwindling demand in the face of a devastating global economic slowdown.
- The 10-billion-barrel battle
- Henry Lyatsky wants B.C.'s coast opened to oil drilling but environmentalists stand opposed.
Consumer Life »
- Bullying is a public health issue: researcher
- Bullying should be considered a public health problem and governments should adopt national strategies against it, says a Canadian professor who led a study of bullying in 40 countries.
- Early Canadian stamps auction nets $3.2M US
- A New York stamp collector auctioned parts of his collection in New York on Thursday, including a Canadian-issued stamp that is one of the world's rarest.
- Fake hairstyling irons pop up in Regina
- Hundreds of knock-off hairstyling irons were seized Friday morning by RCMP acting on a hot tip.
Sports »
- Roughriders will meet Alouettes in Grey Cup
- The Saskatchewan Roughriders are headed to the Grey Cup in Calgary after Darian Durant passed for 204 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-17 win over the defending champion Stampders in Sunday's West Division final.
- Alouettes off to Grey Cup after devouring Lions
- The Montreal Alouettes humbled the B.C. Lions on Sunday afternoon, earning their seventh trip to the Grey Cup game since 2000.
- Virtue, Moir clinch Skate Canada gold
- Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir put down a superb free program to win the ice dance competition at the 2009 HomeSense Skate Canada International.
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