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• Canadians vote but polls suggest little change
OTTAWA - Canada's Conservative prime minister appeared poised to retain his job in Tuesday's national election but he faced a greater challenge in winning a parliamentary majority. Both polls and pundits predicted another minority government for ...
• Canada's leader gambles for majority gov't
TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax will steer Canadian voters to the right in Tuesday's election and bolster his hold on power. If the polls are any indication, though, Canada's ...
• Elton John plans to write musical for Ben Stiller
He’s in a much better frame of mind right now, so I’m going to pop down and see him when I’m playing in Canada for a few days. Just hang out with him for a day or so. But I plan to record next year.” John also said that he’s going to do a ...
• Canada government faces suit over killer whales
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Environmentalists are taking the Canadian government to court, demanding it use the country's Species at Risk Act to protect killer whales off British Columbia. Ecojustice, on behalf of eight environmental organizations ...
• Pet food case settlement may be upped to $32M
... traced to contaminated wheat gluten imported from China. Hundreds of pet owners sued. In April, lawyers representing more than 200 named plaintiffs and dozens of companies announced they had struck a deal for pet owners in the United States and Canada.