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Kelowna woman says she believes she saw legendary Ogopogo in B.C. lake

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:28:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - KELOWNA, B.C. - Don't tell Robyn Holman that the mythical lake monster called the Ogopogo doesn't exist.

Montreal woman awakens to find python under bed

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:09:41 GMT

CBC - A woman in downtown Montreal got the fright of her life Sunday night when she discovered an almost metre-long python under her bed.

Radio host Michael Savage angers parents of autistic children

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:57:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - NEW YORK - Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 per cent of children with autism as brats, said Monday he was trying to "boldly awaken" parents to his view that many people are being wrongly diagnosed.

Beer vendor iced after botching ID check

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:21:19 GMT

CBC - Baseball fans are crying foul after a popular Toronto beer vendor at the city's Rogers Centre was fired for failing to ask a customer for proper identification.

Chilean mother kills daughter over homework

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:43:00 GMT

Reuters - SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean woman beat her daughter to death after she refused to do her homework, police said on Tuesday.

Soft, sandy beach north of Winnipeg a sweet Prairie surprise

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:31:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - GRAND BEACH, Man. - It's far from palm trees and ocean vistas, but Manitoba's Grand Beach can sometimes feel like a tropical getaway.

McCartney tells Quebec nationalists to smoke 'the pipes of peace'

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:08:03 GMT

CBC - Paul McCartney is telling critics of his upcoming concert in Quebec City to "smoke the pipes of peace."

Severed foot found on B.C. coast linked to depressed missing man: RCMP

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:08:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER - RCMP have linked a severed foot found off the coast of B.C. to a depressed man who went missing a year ago.

Huge N.B. lobster that sparked bidding war to be donated to marine centre

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:34:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - SHEDIAC, N.B. - Big Dee-Dee the giant lobster isn't heading back to the ocean after all, but the 100-year-old creature isn't destined for a dining table either.

Less crime could hurt law-and-order Tories at the polls, experts say

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:12:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - Canada's national crime rate fell in 2007 for the third straight year, with declines in everything from homicides and gun crimes to minor property offences, says a new report.

'Golden Girls' actress Estelle Getty dies at age 84, says son

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:20:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - LOS ANGELES - Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.

CIBC faces class-action suit from aggrieved investors seeking billions

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - A group of investors has become the first to launch a "multibillion-dollar" class-action lawsuit against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM), alleging misrepresentations about the bank's exposure to the American subprime mortgage market.

Paul McCartney rocks huge crowd for Quebec City's birthday party

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:08:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - QUEBEC - Music icon Paul McCartney exploded onto an old battleground Sunday, churning out a song list laden with Beatles tunes to a pumped up crowd on the historic Plains of Abraham.

Spikes mysteriously planted in popular lake spook Seattle swimmers

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:15:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - SEATTLE - Nearly 50 metal spikes were mysteriously planted in the shallows of an urban lake popular with swimmers, alarming Seattle residents and leading to a police investigation.

Man claims Subway baked knife into sandwich

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:08:00 GMT

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man claimed in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that he found a knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) blade baked into the bread of his foot-long "Cold Cut Trio" Subway sandwich.

Canadians shelling out big bucks for tour of Bollywood's biggest stars

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:17:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan may not be household names in Canada, but in India their lives are obsessively followed - ranking up there with the fascination with Brad and Angelina in the West.

Christian Bale denies assault allegation

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:11:00 GMT

Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Christian Bale, star of the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight," on Tuesday denied allegations of assault made by his mother and sister after he was questioned by London police.

Furor brews as N.L., feds ponder plan to dump nickel waste into lake

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:24:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - LONG HARBOUR, N.L. - Armed with nothing more than a rod and reel, Andy Murphy is an unlikely environmental warrior, waging a fight against a plan to dump thousands of tonnes of mining waste into a trout pond in southeastern Newfoundland.