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VANCOUVER (AFP) - The 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay, already the longest in Games history, will break another record on Sunday when it visits the North Pole.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AFP) - Toronto was on Friday named as the host city of the 2015 Pan-American Games, seeing off rival bids from Lima and Bogota.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada launched a judicial inquiry Friday into why millions of Pacific salmon failed to reach Canadian rivers some months ago, in a bid to salvage the stocks that could shake up domestic fishery policies.

OTTAWA (AFP) - The Canadian unemployment rate rose to 8.6 percent in October, the first rise in two months, as the economy shed 43,000 part-time jobs, official data showed Friday.

OTTAWA (AFP) - A judicial inquiry is to investigate why millions of Pacific salmon failed to reach Canadian rivers some months ago, devastating the local fishing industry, Canada's prime minister said Thursday.

OTTAWA (AFP) - Blackberry smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced Thursday it would buy back 1.2 billion US dollars worth of its stock to prop up the sagging share price amid heightened competition.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Financial and professional information provider Thomson Reuters reported Thursday third-quarter net earnings of 167 million dollars, down 59 percent from a year ago amid "difficult" market conditions.

EDMONTON, Canada (AFP) - A senior Canadian health official was fired Wednesday for providing scarce swine flu shots to professional hockey players ahead of Canadians braving long lines for the vaccine.

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (AFP) - Chrysler expects its Canadian sales to grow at least 33 percent by 2014 thanks to an alliance with Italy's Fiat which will expand its small car offerings, a top executive said Wednesday.

OTTAWA (AFP) - Big banks should plan for their demise with "living wills" to wind down operations in an orderly fashion in case they fail, to avoid future financial sector meltdowns, a Canadian official said Wednesday.

OTTAWA (AFP) - "Life goes on," Magna International chairman Frank Stronach said Wednesday of General Motors' decision to scrap plans to sell its unit Opel to Magna and its Russian partner.

MADRID (AFP) - Spain voiced "surprise" on Wednesday at General Motors' decision to scrap plans to sell its troubled unit Opel, and said it was ready to negotiate with the US manufacturer.

PARIS (AFP) - Haitian-born Canadian writer Dany Laferriere and American novelist Dave Eggers on Wednesday were awarded France's Medicis literary prize celebrating original writing.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada's Magna has bowed to a decision by US giant automaker General Motors to halt its purchase of GM's European division Opel, saying it would continue to support the two companies.

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Pretend terrorists released fake radioactive poison here Tuesday in a mock attack staged to prepare authorities for the real thing during the 2010 Olympic Games.

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Several of a group of 76 Sri Lankan asylum seekers picked up off the Canadian coast last month have ties to the Tamil Tiger rebels and could pose a security risk, officials said Tuesday.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Quebec police arrested 10 people on Tuesday suspected of ties to the Hells Angels, accusing them of extortion, intimidation, threats, gangsterism, conspiracy and money laundering in the construction industry.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Canadians flocked to health clinics in search of the swine flu vaccine, as lawmakers held an emergency meeting Monday to deal with opposition charges that the government has mishandled the growing pandemic.

OTTAWA (AFP) - Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, and his wife Camilla arrived in Newfoundland province Monday for the start of a Canadian tour and a look into Camilla's roots.

OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper congratulated Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on his re-election Monday, urging his new government to focus on "security" and "good governance."

MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada filed an official complaint Monday at the World Trade Organisation against a European Union ban on imported seal products, saying it violated trade rules.

OTTAWA (AFP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit South Korea in December, following trips to India, China, and Singapore for an APEC summit, his office said Monday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A New York appeals courts on Monday rejected a lawsuit by a Canadian man whom the United States accused of terror links and deported to Syria, where he says he was tortured.

OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian federal court will review a decision made earlier this year to deny firebrand British lawmaker George Galloway entry for a speaking tour, his backers said Monday.

OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadians are no more loving of the United States under its current leadership than during George W. Bush's presidency, suggested a poll published Monday.

OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) that detonated while he was on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian military said Saturday.

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - The Salish Sea may never appear on official navigation maps, but residents of western regions in the United States and Canada hope a new name will protect their shared coastal waters.

BANGKOK (AFP) - A fugitive banker arrived in Thailand after his extradition from Canada and was remanded in custody Saturday on charges of embezzling millions of dollars, a police spokesman said.