Canada

NHL: Calgary 4, Vancouver 3

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 28 -- Mike Cammalleri's first career hat trick followed by Curtis Glencross's game-winner carried Calgary to a 4-3 win over Vancouver Thursday.

Fraud alleged in Canadian drug plant plan

HANLEY, Saskatchewan, Nov. 27  -- Canadian authorities said they charged a man who proposed building a pharmaceutical plant in Hanley, Saskatchewan, with fraud Thursday.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Gordon Carl Summers with five fraud-related counts plus other charges, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

Summers, also known as Gordon Summer, was arrested after a months-long probe of his company, Vigor Biopharma, the CBC said.

The drug company had said last year it was ready to develop a $2.5 billion-a-year business by making a cancer drug from yew trees.

Canadian PM condemns `despicable and cowardly'' attacks in Mumbai

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen HarperOttawa (Canada), Nov. 28 : Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has condemned the terrorist strikes in Mumbai, which have so far claimed 127 lives and caused injured to 327.

Basssist MacLean of Platinum Blonde died of heart problem

Basssist MacLean of Platinum Blonde died of heart problemWashington/Toronto  - The death of Kenny MacLean, the former Platinum Blonde bassist, was likely due to heart problems, the Toronto Star reported Tuesday.

MacLean, who was 52, was found by his sister Monday in the living quarters of his studio clutching a toothbrush, according to a friend quoted by the newspaper.

Platinum Blonde had hits during the 1980s including Hungry Eyes and Crying Over You.

Lake Ontario''s human footprints date back to 11,000 yrs, not 100,000 years

Lake Ontario''s human footprints date back to 11,000 yrs, not 100,000 yearsOttawa, Nov 24 : A new research has suggested that human footprints found a century ago in Lake Ontario, Canada, are 11,000 years old, not 100,000 years, as was indicated by previous research work.

In the fall of 1908, while building a waterworks tunnel east of Hanlan''s Point in Toronto Bay, a work crew came across 100 footprints in a layer of blue clay.

The prints appeared to have been left by people wearing moccasins.

Canadian leader makes unqualified defence of free markets

Canadian leader makes unqualified defence of free markets Lima  - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a staunch, unqualified defence of free trace Saturday in Lima, as he adressed business leaders ahead of the annual Leaders' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

"Now is a time to open doors, not to erect walls," Harper said.

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