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Earl triggers more evacuations, shifts course for Canada

CTV.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
Category 4 Hurricane Earl barrels toward North Carolina in this NOAA satellite image taken at 7 am on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Tourists have largely evacuated vulnerable islands off of North Carolina as powerful hurricane Earl makes its way towards the ...

Netanyahu: Israel prepared to go long way for real peace

Jerusalem Post - Moshe Milner - ‎48 minutes ago‎
By JPOST.COM STAFF PM tells DC peace gathering that Israel wants good neighbors and to shape a new reality for itself and the Palestinian people; Clinton says talks in US interests but it won't impose on solution on both sides.

Chris Hadfield to become 1st Canadian space station commander

Montreal Gazette - Max Harrold - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield speaks to the media before describing the space walk of Canadian astronaut Dave Williams and American astronaut Rick Mastracchio live at The Canadian Space Agency in ...

Lahore bombing toll rises to 31

Macleans.ca - ‎48 minutes ago‎
The death toll in Pakistan after bomb attacks at a Shia Muslim procession has risen to 31, with at least 170 injured. A three-day period of mourning has begun in Pakistan in response to the three bombings.

At Discovery building, all-clear after deadly James J. Lee standoff

Washington Post - Dan Morse, Theresa Vargas - ‎38 minutes ago‎

Bundesbank Asks for Sarrazin's Dismissal

Wall Street Journal - Geoffrey T. Smith - ‎46 minutes ago‎
FRANKFURT—The Deutsche Bundesbank said Thursday that its board will ask the German president to dismiss board member Thilo Sarrazin, whose comments on immigration have caused a political storm in Germany in recent days.

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Harper rallies Quebec supporters

CBC.ca - ‎2 hours ago‎
Stephen Harper speaks to supporters at an evening rally in Montreal's Dollard-des-Ormeaux suburb. (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press) Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said it many times before, and he said it again in Montreal: Canadians don't want an ...

Slain soldier's NL home holds emotional vigil

CBC.ca - ‎50 minutes ago‎
About 500 people attended a vigil on Tuesday night to honour the memory of Cpl. Brian Pinksen. (CBC) Hundreds of people gathered at a quiet vigil in western Newfoundland Wednesday night to honour a Canadian soldier who died from wounds suffered in an ...

Judge temporarily off bench over online sex photos

National Post - ‎5 hours ago‎
A prominent Manitoba judge whose husband allegedly posted nude photos of her in bondage gear engaging in oral sex on an Internet porn site has been temporarily relieved of her duties.

Retail operations boost TD Bank, Laurentian

Reuters - Cameron French, Rob Wilson - ‎26 minutes ago‎
TORONTO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO) said on Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 29 percent on stronger retail banking profits and credit quality, while smaller Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB.

Rising gold and mining help lift TSX

Toronto Star - Malcolm Morrison - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Toronto stock market found some slight lift from the mining sector Thursday amid rising gold prices and from bank stocks even as TD Bank (TSX:TD) delivered quarterly earnings that narrowly missed expectations.

Canadians would take pay cut for work-life balance: poll

CANOE - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Canadians appear more relaxed about the economy this Labour Day weekend than they were last year, so much so a new poll shows more than 80% of Canadians would take a pay cut in exchange for a better work-life balance.

Dell Walks Away From 3Par Bidding After HP's $33-a-Share Offer

Bloomberg - Aaron Ricadela - ‎27 minutes ago‎
An employee works on 3Par Inc. InServ T-class data storage servers at the company's headquarters in Fremont, California. Photographer: Tony Avelar/Bloomberg Dell Inc. declined to match Hewlett- Packard ...

Apple's iPod, Apple TV Updates: 10 Big Questions and Answers

PC Magazine - Lance Ulanoff - ‎1 hour ago‎
With Steve Jobs and company unveiling so many new products—new iPods, a reborn Apple TV, Ping, iOS4 updates and more—a few questions is only natural.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab is Official

PC World - ‎58 minutes ago‎
The Tab has potential to compete with the iPad but it will be a winner or a dud based largely on how well the software works. I'm in Berlin for IFA, Europe's biggest consumer-electronics trade event.

Oilsands bad news for BC tourism

Montreal Gazette - Paul Willcocks - ‎3 hours ago‎
International advocacy groups have targeted the energy megaprojects, pointing to environmental destruction and the big greenhouse-gas emissions involved in getting the sticky oil out of the ...

Edmonton's Beverly Motel shut down over drugs, hookers: Cops

Edmonton Sun - Richard Liebrecht - ‎21 hours ago‎
The Beverly Motel, 4403 118 Ave., is being shut down for a month. It's pictured here Wednesday with a fence at its front. (JORDAN VERLAGE/EDMONTON SUN) Alberta cops have shut down a Beverly-area motel in the wake of ...
Police shut down Beverly Motel Metro Canada - Edmonton

CBC Manitoba among Gemini contenders

CBC.ca - ‎Aug 31, 2010‎
CBC reporter Sheila North-Wilson has been nominated for a Gemini Award for her stories about Winnipegger Faron Hall. (CBC) CBC Manitoba's news coverage has garnered two Gemini Award nominations, organizers revealed Tuesday.

NHL gives NHLPA ultimatum on long-term deals: report

National Post - ‎59 minutes ago‎
It would appear the fate of long-term front-loaded contracts signed by Ilya Kovalchuk, Roberto Luongo and Marian Hossa lie in the hands of the National Hockey League Players' Association.

Kiwis crush Canada's dream of FIBA playoffs

Vancouver Sun - Gary Kingston - ‎25 minutes ago‎
Canada's Joel Anthony (L, back) leaps to the net moments after New Zealand's Mika Vukona (L, front) scores next to teammate Thomas Abercrombie(R) during the Group D preliminary round match ...
Kiwis down Canada The Province

Pakistan commissioner believes trio were "set-up"

BBC Sport - ‎45 minutes ago‎

Vets With Stress Disorder More Likely to Develop Dementia

BusinessWeek - ‎22 minutes ago‎
THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, are more likely to develop dementia than those without the disorder, according to researchers at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Texas.

Health minister rejects MS therapy trial

CBC.ca - ‎18 hours ago‎
Some Canadians with multiple sclerosis are going overseas for a controversial procedure known as liberation therapy that aims to improve blood flow from the brain.

White Rock water safe to drink, but disinfection continues

Vancouver Sun - ‎8 hours ago‎
White Rock residents can drink their tap water again. Effective immediately, the boil-water notice is rescinded. Fraser Health medical health officer Elizabeth Brodkin confirmed that the water in household and commercial systems is safe to drink and ...

New poll shows Harper's Conservatives and Ignatieff's Liberals neck and neck

National Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello. Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves as he boards his plane in Whitehorse, Yukon, Aug. 27, 2010.

Karzai's brother calls for US to shore up Kabul Bank as withdrawals accelerate

Washington Post - Andrew Higgins, Ernesto Londoño - ‎37 minutes ago‎
DUBAI - As depositors thronged branches of Afghanistan's biggest bank, Mahmoud Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a major shareholder in beleaguered Kabul Bank called on Thursday for intervention by ...

Scuba mishap leaves one man dead, one in fair condition

CTV.ca - ‎37 minutes ago‎
An officer takes photos of scuba equipment after a police marine unit found two divers in the water off the shores of Bronte Harbour in Oakville, Ont.
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