WHO offers new assurances of H1N1 vaccine safety

Advisory group says that only one dose of flu vaccine needed, side effects no different than regular flu shot

Olympic flame lands in Canada

A Canadian Forces plane bearing the Olympic flame was more than an hour late for its meeting with Stephen Harper in Victoria

Players finally take control of NHLPA

Bruce Arthur: Finally, the grown-ups are in charge. All it took for the National Hockey?s League?s elite players to take back their own union was ? well, the crimes of Alan Eagleson, the zealousness of Bob Goodenow, the spying of Ted Saskin, and finally, the martyrdom of Paul Kelly. That, plus Chris Chelios pushing for players to go to the barricades

Somali pirates demand US$7-million to free British couple: report

Somali pirates have demanded a US$7-million ransom for a British couple captured on their yacht in the Indian Ocean, according to a phone call from a man purporting to be a member of the gang broadcast by the BBC on Friday

Clement to review Globalive decision

A spokeswoman for the Minister?s office said Mr. Clement will review the decision handed down Thursday by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in his capacity as Industry Minister and could decide to take the ruling before cabinet for further review

National Post transferred to Canwest's publishing arm

The National Post has been transferred to Canwest?s publishing division along with the rest of its newspaper assets following court and debtholder approval Friday.

Vatican condemns Halloween

The Daily Telegraph reports the Vatican has decided Halloween is an Anti-Christian trick and and not a harmless treat

Iran tells UN it wants nuclear fuel first

Iran has told the UN nuclear watchdog it wants fresh fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it will agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said on Friday

Bad economic data weighs on stock markets

Bad economic data from Canada and the U.S. set the stage for an ugly day on North American stock markets Friday

Why we're fat: We can eat more, faster

By eliminating the need to chew, modern food-processing techniques allow us to eat faster: '600, 800, 900 calories before you know it'

Volkswagen, Audi and Mazda top winners of AJAC awards

After several days of concentrated testing at its annual TestFest, the 2010 Best New AJAC award winners in 12 vehicle categories were announced today by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada

L. Ian MacDonald: Montreal's mayoral sleaze storm

Gerald Tremblay ought to be a lock for a third term as mayor of Montreal but his campaign has been dominated by mud-slinging and sleaze