
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Jewish West Bank settlers and their supporters demonstrated near the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday to protest his 10-month building freeze.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's top soldier detonated a political bombshell on Wednesday when he admitted that, contrary to previous assurances, some Canadian troops knew detainees handed over to Afghan authorities could be abused.

TORONTO - Legislation to create a single 13 per cent sales tax in Ontario passed third and final reading Wednesday despite strong objections and delaying tactics by the Opposition.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - When images of Barbro Holmberg being rushed to the hospital were broadcast around the world, it was the first glimpse many had ever had of Tiger Woods' mother-in-law.
TORONTO - Two models of the Honda Civic have landed on an annual top 10 list of most frequently stolen vehicles.
John deHooge, fire chief for the City of Waterloo, is the new head of the Ottawa Fire Service.
RCMP have received 11 new tips related to the Theresa Ann Gregory case in the last three weeks.
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded a Vancouver woman more than $7,000 after she became the victim of sexual harassment on her first day of work.

Lindsay Rempel's friends and family have only one Christmas wish this year to raise enough money to buy the Victoria mother an expensive treatment for a rare disease.
CALGARY - A 33-year-old Calgary hockey coach has been charged with several sex offences involving a 15-year-old female player.
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