http://www.cbc.ca/news/?ref=rss FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-ca Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:32:49 EST Copyright: (C) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/termsofuse.html#Rss http://www.cbc.ca/rss/ http://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif http://www.cbc.ca/news/?ref=rss http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/11/20/flaherty-speech-deficit-spending.html?ref=rss 2000335062 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07:24 EST 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. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/20/bc-flooding-cowichan-valley-duncan.html?ref=rss 2000335079 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:10 EST Dozens of homes have water "up to the doorknobs" and others are under evacuation alert after heavy rain combined with high tides to flood low-lying parts of Duncan, B.C., an hour's drive north of Victoria. http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2009/11/20/mackay-colvin.html?ref=rss 2000335061 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:06:07 EST The Conservatives will not try to remove Richard Colvin from his post in Washington, Defence Minister Peter MacKay says, even though they question the credibility of his testimony on Afghan prisoners. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/iran-censure-canada-un-resolution.html?ref=rss 2000335073 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:51:47 EST A United Nations committee has approved a Canadian-led resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of its disputed presidential elections. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/us-mortgages020.html?ref=rss 2000335159 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:34:47 EST New statistics indicate one in 10 American homeowners is now delinquent by at least one mortgage payment and one in seven is now either delinquent or in foreclosure. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/11/20/canada-post-revenue.html?ref=rss 2000335127 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:16 EST 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. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/20/palumbi-baby-death.html?ref=rss 2000335103 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:36 EST A Valleyfield, Que., father has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his five-month-old daughter 18 years ago. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2009/11/20/windsor-johnson-controls-strike-091120.html?ref=rss 2000334980 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:29:42 EST Talks between the Canadian Auto Workers Union and company officials with Johnson Controls to avert a potential strike at the automotive parts plant continued past a midnight Friday deadline into Saturday morning. http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/medical-tourism-trade-show-toronto.html?ref=rss 2000335129 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:53 EST 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. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/20/bc-female-ski-jumpers-court-decision-detail.html?ref=rss 2000335142 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:14 EST Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Games, B.C.'s highest court said in written reasons released Friday for its recent decision to dismiss a case filed by female jumpers http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/uk-flood-cumbria.html?ref=rss 2000334967 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:12:20 EST Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain. A police officer died and hundreds of people were forced to evacuate. http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/20/h1n1-ontario-canada.html?ref=rss 2000335044 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:38:03 EST Ontario supplied hospitals with 200 additional ventilators on Friday in anticipation of a surge in swine flu cases. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/20/bell-canada-system-access-fee.html?ref=rss 2000335112 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:14 EST The cellphone system access fee is all but extinct. Bell Canada has quietly axed the charge, joining rivals Rogers and Telus. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/11/20/refugee-board-soldier-lesbian.html?ref=rss 2000335059 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:47:28 EST The Federal Court says the refugee board must reassess the case of a lesbian soldier who deserted from the U.S. army and fled to Canada, saying the board made mistakes in rejecting her bid to seek refugee status. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/figureskating/story/2009/11/20/sp-ladies-skate-canada.html?ref=rss 2000335088 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:23 EST Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette achieved a personal best in the short program on Friday to take the lead at the HomeSense Skate Canada International in Kitchener, Ont.