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Col. Steve Bowes, commander of Canada's provincial reconstruction team in Kandahar, Afghanistan, looks on July 30, 2005 as local and military construction crews work to prepare the team's camp. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Terry Pedwell)

Canadian brigadier-general says progress in Afghanistan will be slow

The Canadian Press - Sat Nov 7, 6:39 AM

FREDERICTON - A high-ranking Canadian soldier who is assuming a key role in Afghanistan says Canadians need to temper their expectations ahead of a planned pullout for 2011.

  • U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks to Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
    Flaherty says transaction tax unattractive Reuters - 28 minutes ago

    ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Proposals for a tax on financial transactions to fund the cost of future bank bailouts are unattractive, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Saturday.

  • B.C. city to charge for false alarms CBC - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

    The city of Abbotsford, B.C., says it needs to start recouping the costs of responding to false fire alarms and will start charging for them in the new year.

  • SaskTel loses $8.2M on phone-book foray CBC - Sat Nov 7, 9:42 AM

    SaskTel, the province's telecommunications company, is turning the page on a money-losing phone-book venture.

  • Police widen search near missing girl's home CBC - Sat Nov 7, 8:39 AM

    Police are expanding their search in a criminal investigation in northeastern New Brunswick believed to be connected to the case of 16-year-old Hilary Bonnell, who has been missing for two months.

  • $50M lottery prize on ticket sold in Manitoba CBC - Sat Nov 7, 7:51 AM

    A lottery ticket purchased somewhere in Manitoba is worth $50 million, following Friday night's Lotto Max jackpot draw.


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