Archive for March 8th, 2010

GM Canada dealers won’t get option to stay open

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General Motors said Monday it will not be giving its dealerships slated for closure in Canada the same election to remain unreserved that was offered to their U.S. counterparts on Friday. GM said afterward it would reinstate greater amount of than moiety the dealerships it had targeted to drop from its network. GM said on Friday about ...

Ont. throne speech promises ‘foundation for growth’

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Ontario intends to change the way it funds hospitals, according to Monday's speech from the throne. (CBC) Ontario's Liberal government pleasure start its of the present day legislative sitting with an ambitious five-year plan to create jobs, equality of weight the budget, rein in health-care costs, and attract in greater numbers foreign students. As it heads ...

Ottawa expected detainee allegations: memo

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The government began penmanship a plan to give with potential Afghan torture accusations months before allegations first came up in the media, a new document obtained by CBC News suggests. The note, drafted by dint of. officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs, says that admitting that "NGOs, relatives, media or otherwise, figure credible allegations that detainees transferred ...

Weight gain lower for moderate-drinking women

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A slight glass of red wine contains on the point 130 calories and stingily 16 grams of alcohol. (Francois Mori/Associated Press)Women younger than 50 who drink light to moderate amounts of pure spirit appeared to secure less weight for the period of a 13-year consider attentively, according to U.S. research that adds to the conflicting messages ...

Brother of man shot by police offers forgiveness

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Winnipeg police and firefighters confer at the exhibition of Saturday night's shooting in the West End. (Shaun McLeod)The brother of a man bullet and killed by Winnipeg police attached the weekend believes officers were just doing their job. Dallas Courchene told CBC News that he wants the officers involved in Saturday's incident to know in that ...