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• Canada’s prime minister calls Oct. 14 election
TORONTO - Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's party must win an additional 28 ...
• Cruise lines change course to cut fuel
While Portland stands to reap big rewards from the itinerary changes, port cities along Canada's Atlantic coast could be on the losing end. Canada's Atlantic ports saw a 33 percent jump in cruise ship visits between 2000 and 2007, according to the ...
• Screening rules may miss cancer in people with IBD
Bernstein at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, agrees that in some cases, patient symptoms and history justify early screening, and he advises "gastroenterologists to consider a surveillance colonoscopy prior to 8 years (after IBD ...
• Rent’ brings down curtain on Broadway run
Plus a new cinecast of "Rent," filmed in High-Definition video by Sony Pictures during the musical's last performances, will be shown in movie theaters in the United States and Canada for four days (Sept. 24-25 and Sept. 27-28)
• When fantasy football gets in the way of work
More than 19 million people play fantasy sports in the U.S. and Canada, according to numbers released in 2007 by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, and football comprises the majority, exceeding 14 million.