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1» Medical response in jails ID'd as still a problem
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:23:58 EDT

A review of nine deaths that occurred in federal custody between April 2008 and April 2010 shows recurring problems in responding to medical emergencies.


2» Bank of Canada hikes interest rates
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:50:12 EDT

The Bank of Canada boosted its key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point Wednesday, pushing the target for the overnight rate to one per cent.


3» Qur'an burning won't harm U.S. lives: pastor
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:59:16 EDT

An associate pastor at a Florida church planning to burn copies of the Qur'an to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks says it won't result in any deaths.


4» Fertilizer warehouse fire forces evacuation
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:19:00 EDT

Toxic smoke from a fire at a fertilizer and herbicide plant in Lvis, south of Quebec City, has forced about 50 people from their homes.


5» BP spreads blame for Gulf spill
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:12:34 EDT

BP says a "sequence of failures" involving "multiple companies" led to the explosion and fire that killed 11 people and caused a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


6» Floods threaten parts of southern Pakistan
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:06:51 EDT

People in parts of Sindh province in southern Pakistan are bracing for more floods as water threatens to pour into more towns and villages.


7» Man charged in U.K. suitcase slaying
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:45:19 EDT

Police in the U.K. say they have charged a Lebanese man with murder in the case of a Canadian whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase at Heathrow Airport.


8» N.L. chopper crash families denied TSB draft report
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:14:52 EDT

The Transportation Safety Board has rejected a request by the families of victims of a helicopter crash off the coast of Newfoundland in 2009 to see a draft report on the accident that killed 17, according to their lawyer.


9» Dion in Mexican hospital with food poisoning
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:34 EDT

Former federal Liberal leader Stphane Dion is in a Mexican hospital with a severe case of food poisoning.


10» Thief uses clothesline pole in 'fish-and-grab'
      Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:45 EDT

Police in St. John's say thieves have been converting clotheslines poles to criminal tools to quietly steal goods through open windows.