Passenger rail service has been suspended between Montreal and Senneterre as well as Jonquière and Montreal because of an 11-car CN freight train derailment near Saint-Tite.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A rush to cash in on tax incentives helped propel sales of existing US home by 10.1 percent in October, giving momentum to the ailing sector, industry data showed Monday.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel has softened its terms for a prisoner swap with Hamas and the two enemies are nearing a deal to exchange hundreds of Palestinian inmates for an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip, officials said Monday.
GENEVA - Charlie Chaplin's last home in Switzerland will be turned into a permanent place of pilgrimage for fans of the actor who immortalized the "Little Tramp," one of his sons said Monday.

LONDON (AFP) - The FTSE 100 rose sharply on Monday as the dollar weakened, mirroring surging commodities, while signs of a possible international battle for confectioner Cadbury focused traders' minds.
P.E.I. RCMP will not be laying charges in connection with a collision Saturday afternoon between a car and two 12-year-old boys on a dirt bike.

Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck (The Iceman) Liddell had an up-and-down start on "Dancing with the Stars" on Monday, drawing a warm reaction from the crowd but some mixed reviews from the judges.
Paul Jelley, who served the government of P.E.I. as deputy minister in a number of major portfolios during his career, died on Friday.
One of two coyotes that attacked a dog near Souris has been caught by P.E.I. wildlife officials, says the man who had been walking the dog.

PORTSMOUTH, England (AFP) - Portsmouth manager Paul Hart called on everyone connected with the struggling Premier League side to unite after it emerged chief executive Peter Storrie was facing tax evasion charges.
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