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No new spending in next year's budget: Flaherty

TORONTO - Emphasizing that government stimulus spending is a temporary measure, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget. 20 November 16:12

VANOC has no power to include women's ski jumpers: Court

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Olympics, says British Columbia's highest court. 20 November 16:22

Bankruptcies jump in September

OTTAWA - After hunkering down throughout most of the recession, Canadian businesses began lining up with consumers at the bankruptcy office in September, according to government data released Friday. 20 November 14:06

'Rompuy-pumpy' and Cathy Who?: Critics underwhelmed by EU's new hires

LONDON - Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery. 20 November 14:32

Florence museum: lost Galileo relics, a tooth and 2 of astronomer's fingers, found again

ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday. 20 November 16:12

Torture whistleblower groomed in hotspots around the world

OTTAWA - The man who is now the target of so much Conservative scorn was thought suitably intrepid to be assigned by his government masters to some of the hottest counter-insurgencies over the past 15 years. 19 November

Ottawa's housing market to stay strong, analyst says

Courtesy of a large public sector that is mostly unaffected by the ebb and flow of economic fortunes, Ottawa’s housing market is expected to remain strong in 2010. 20 November

Ottawa to close flu centres

After successfully serving nearly 3,000 people and reducing the number of people in hospital emergency waiting rooms, nearly all of Ottawa’s flu assessment centres will be closing after Friday due to declining demand. 20 November

Salvation Army’s kettle campaign’s seen it all

Through war and depression, the Salvation Army and its iconic Christmas kettles have remained a symbol of hope across the country for millions of Canadians — and this year is no different. 20 November

OTTAWA - The man who is now the target of so much Conservative scorn was thought suitably intrepid to be assigned by his government masters to some of the hottest counter-insurgencies over the past 15 years. 19 November

LIMA, Peru - Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists. 20 November 09:26

NEW DELHI - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police. 20 November

TORONTO - Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews was urging people across the province Wednesday to take their time coming out to get the H1N1 flu shot now that it's being made available to anyone over the age of six months. 19 November

GENEVA - Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery - essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West. 19 November

OTTAWA - Conservatives received a slap on the wrist Thursday for misrepresenting an opponent in one of many ultra-partisan flyers the party's MPs have been mailing - at taxpayers' expense - across the country. 19 November

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She was 42. 19 November

MONTREAL - Arts groups need to diversify their sources of funding to ensure they remain financially viable, Heritage Minister James Moore said Friday. 20 November 16:33

ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday. 20 November 16:12

TORONTO - Emphasizing that government stimulus spending is a temporary measure, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget. 20 November 16:12

JELAWAR, Afghanistan - There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs. 20 November 16:05

TORONTO - Ontario should extend film tax credits to live shows such as dance, theatre and the opera to create more jobs and boost the live performance industry, just as New Orleans did in the wake of hurricane Katrina, artists and New Democrats said Friday. 20 November 16:05

The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Friday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site. 20 November 15:59

LONDON - A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon. 20 November 15:57

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