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  1. A Calgary family concerned about their children's homework load has signed a contract with their school to eliminate the problem altogether.
    Calgary family negotiates homework ban CBC - Wed Nov 18, 7:48 PM Sent 279 times

    A Calgary family concerned about their children's homework load has signed a contract with their school to eliminate the problem altogether.

  2. Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos CBC - Thu Nov 19, 12:37 PM Sent 164 times

    A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook.

  3. Michael Moore said Canadians have to stand on guard against creating two Canadas - one for the rich and one for the poor - when it comes to health care. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
    Michael Moore warns Canadians to stand on guard against creating two Canadas The Canadian Press - Tue Nov 17, 12:29 PM Sent 130 times

    TORONTO - Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore says Canadians have to stand on guard against creating two Canadas - one for the rich and one for the poor.

  4. Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq laughs as she shakes hands with Chief Public Health Officer David Butler-Jones following a news conference on October 21, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
    Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine The Canadian Press - Tue Nov 17, 1:32 PM Sent 106 times

    OTTAWA - The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.

  5. From the collection of Wall Street executive, William H. Gross, this 1851 Canadian 12 Pence denomination postage stamp, shown in this handout photo, sold for a record $260,000 (US) in a public auction conducted by Spink Shreves Galleries in New York City on Thursday, November 19, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Spink Shreves Galleries
    Canadian stamp sells for more than a quarter of a million at New York auction The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 11:09 PM Sent 106 times

    NEW YORK - A 12 pence Canadian stamp more than a century old has sold for US$260,000 at a New York auction, the highest price ever paid for a single Canadian stamp.

  6. Movie theatre popcorn salt, fat get thumbs down CBC - Thu Nov 19, 4:35 PM Sent 96 times

    Eating a large bag of popcorn at some Canadian movie theatres is like eating almost a quarter of a kilogram of potato chips, a paper suggests.

  7. Corruption watchdog rules Somalia still worst; followed by Afghanistan, Myanmar The Canadian Press - Tue Nov 17, 8:05 AM Sent 86 times

    BERLIN - An international watchdog says Canada is tied for eighth place in a survey that examined levels of corruption in 180 countries.

  8. In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Antonio Calanni, file)
    Vatican researcher says faint writing on Shroud of Turin proves its authenticity The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 5:31 PM Sent 84 times

    ROME - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.

  9. US President Barack Obama (L) bows as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and as Empress Michiko (R) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14. News photos of President Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor have incensed critics here, who said the US leader should stand tall when representing America overseas. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP
    Outrage in Washington over Obama's Japan bow AFP - Mon Nov 16, 11:25 AM Sent 79 times

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - News photos of President Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor have incensed critics here, who said the US leader should stand tall when representing America overseas.

  10. Canadians can now decide whether the Kindle is worth the hype and $300+ price The Canadian Press - Tue Nov 17, 6:53 PM Sent 74 times

    TORONTO - Canadians can finally discover for themselves whether Amazon's Kindle ebook reader is worth all the hype and the more than $300 it will cost to have one shipped north.

  11. An employee works on a sample analysis on May 2009 in a high-security lab at the CHU Pellegrin in Bordeaux, south western France. The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. Photo:Nicolas Tucat/AFP
    Mutation found in swine flu virus: WHO AFP - Fri Nov 20, 3:00 PM Sent 65 times

    GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway.

  12. A patron eating popcorn at a US movie theater. Nutritional analysis of popcorn servings at some of America's biggest cinema chains has found mind-boggling calorie counts that may surprise consumers who think of the snack as a relatively healthy treat. Photo:Denis Charlet/AFP
    Cinema popcorn is nutritional horror show: US study AFP - Thu Nov 19, 2:37 PM Sent 53 times

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Forget Freddy Krueger or flesh-eating zombies: the real villain of a night at the movies could be lurking in a bag of popcorn or drinks carton, according to a new US study.

  13. Shoppers pick up wide screen television sets at a Walmart store in Oakland, California, in this November 28, 2008 file photo. California regulators on Wednesday gave final approval to the nation's first mandatory energy curbs on television sets, a growing but often-overlooked power drain that accounts for 10 percent of home electric bills in the state. REUTERS/Kimberly White/Files (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SOCIETY)
    Retailers launch deep discounts to lure in shoppers in stagnant holiday season The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 12:49 PM Sent 29 times

    TORONTO - Canadian retailers are getting ready for the holiday season with rock-bottom prices and major promotional campaigns in hopes that shoppers will open their wallets and seize the opportunity to save.

  14. A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has struck the Queen Charlotte basin, off British Columbia's north coast. The United States Geological Survey reports the quake was centred about 260 kilometres southwest of Prince Rupert, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Sean Vokey
    Mayor feels couch move as 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits B.C.'s north coast The Canadian Press - Tue Nov 17, 10:05 PM Sent 29 times

    PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - A significant earthquake jolted British Columbia's north coast early Tuesday, rattling furniture and nerves but not triggering a tsunami.

  15. Peruvian police says gang killed people for their fat, allegedly for use in cosmetics The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 9:26 AM Sent 24 times

    LIMA, Peru - Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.

  16. View of the Oxford American College dictionary taken in Washington. The New Oxford American Dictionary named 'unfriend' -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday. Oxford University Press USA, in a blog post, said 'unfriend,' a verb, had bested netbook, sexting, paywall, birther and death panel for the honor. Photo:Nicholas Kamm/AFP
    'Unfriend' is New Oxford American word of the year AFP - Mon Nov 16, 5:10 PM Sent 23 times

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The New Oxford American Dictionary named "unfriend" -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday.