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v     PROVINCIALIST POOP

Lotto sellers score big wins (V Sun)

Tories' new leader to reveal agenda (Calgary Herald)

MPPs getting hefty raises (Windsor Star)

Steele a rebel with a cause (Star)

Province unveils bill to protect patients (Star)

Doer's claims bogus (Brodbeck)

Support `overwhelming,' Basrur says (Star)

Law puts brakes on school dropouts (Star)

New Ontario law protects homeowners from real estate fraud (Star)

MPPs eye 25 per cent pay spike (Star)

MPPs' brazen pay grab (Star ed)

McGuinty pay hike a risky political gambit (Urquhart)

Liberal MPPs revolt, demand 25-per-cent raise (Citizen)

$400M in light-rail funds in jeopardy (Citizen)

RCMP seek to reinstate case against constable (Globe)

Help lawyerless litigants, judges urged (Globe)

Province, natives settle claim over flooding caused by dam (Globe)

Shooting up to fight pneumonia (Globe)

Province not planning to ban replacement workers (StarPhoenix)

ICBC fraud case names builders, drug dealer (V Sun)

Pickton evidence will be 'graphic, distressing' (V Sun)

Popular sports editor dies in highway crash (Times Colonist)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2006

Leafs paying hefty price (Toronto Sun)

Ontario boosts patients' rights (Star)

Police probe death threat to Ellison (V Sun)

Let `individuals decide when to retire' (Star)

Half of herd plunges through ice (Edmonton Journal)

6 kids seized in drug houses (Calgary Herald)

Milgaard matter in judge's hands-1 (StarPhoenix)

Milgaard matter in judge's hands-2  (StarPhoenix)

Nurses battle abuse, stress (Windsor Star)

Prepare for another storm today (Province)

Beetle battle lines drawn (Lond. Free Press)

Crown appeals sentence in sex-slave case (Winnipeg Sun)

Traffic snarled, 190,000 homes without power (V Sun)

Manitoba, environment groups file appeal over North Dakota Devils Lake outlet

House price gains slow in October (Globe)

Eleven jurors chosen on first day for Pickton trial (Globe)

Milgaard lawyer urges conviction-review body (Globe)

Former Hydro One chief drove luxury cars on corporate tab (Globe)

RCMP takes heat over Insite (Globe)

Few remain working past 65 (Globe)

Nurses' jobs bad for their health (Globe)

Publicize outbreak of malaria in Jamaica, tropical disease MD says (Globe)

Tribunal to hear prostate screening complaint (Globe)

Pneumonia plagues Downtown Eastside (Globe)

OSC to seek appeal on Rankin decision (Globe)

Province to check Hydro One spending (Star)

Ontario unwilling to sue tobacco firms (Star)

B.C. firms set for spending spree (Post)

Grits kill $1.6B surplus (Blizzard)

Change comes slowly (Stanway)

Ratification likely to be painful and difficult for divided first nations (Palmer)

B.C. film wraps up good year (V Sun)

Time for Tory MPs to stand up for province, Calvert says (StarPhoenix)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2006

Social housing for insiders alleged (Province)

Who says doctors know best? (Post)

Protesters eye province (24 Hours Vancouver)

Bear's demise sad (Winnipeg Sun)

The woman who transformed B.C. (Globe)

Ottawa mulls sea otter hunts (Globe)

Portrait limité (Le Devoir ed)

B.C. woos Germans: Search for skilled workers now extends overseas (Post)

Elderly couple to spend Xmas apart in different care homes (Province)

Six arrested at anti-poverty rally (Province)

Voters get what they pay for at Queen's Park (Urquhart)

Punting folks at 65 is just wrong (Gunter)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2006

We're a baby boomtown (Edmonton Journal)

MADD rejects `disgruntled' critics (Star)

Historic treaty 'means my baby has a future' (Times Colonist)

Avalanche of anger (Edmonton Sun)

Another golden girl (Winnipeg Sun)

Potential jurors face lengthy trial (Province)

Captain of Picton Castle says a rogue wave swept woman overboard off U.S.

New hope for 2,000 First Nations people (Times Colonist)

'Not guilty, your honour' (Times Colonist)

Premier's to-do list (Stanway)

Growth of food banks signals rise in poverty (Star ed)

B.C.'s first modern treaty a good start (Gunter)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2006

Man who confessed to slaying walks free (Edmonton Journal)

'No More Room for Patience' (Leader Post)

Island treaty worth up to $500 million (Times Colonist)

Ford layoffs fuel fear for St. Thomas plant (Lond. Free Press)

Super Creep (V Sun)

Forecaster hikes outlook for B.C. economy (Globe)

System fails again (Brodbeck)

MADD's `exorbitant costs' anger charity's volunteers (Star)

Embattled Hydro One boss quits, gets $3M (Star)

Search begins for 12 Pickton jurors (V Sun)

Tsawwassen's reserve prepares to meet future (McMartin)

18 massage parlours raided, 100 arrested (V Sun)

Calvert issues call to arms over equalization issue (Mandryk)

Provincial health ministers want federal dollars to meet wait time guarantees

Monopoly wine to come in a box (Corcoran)

Hydro One president gets $3M severance (Post)

New digital U of C library benefits from $25-million donation  (Edmonton Journal)

Critics assail Tsawwassen treaty signing (Globe)

Non-natives fret over loss of voting rights (Globe)

It's twin boys for Krall, Costello (Globe)

Families brace for Pickton trial (Globe)

$2.4-million earmarked for B.C. housing project (Globe)

Private clinics reflect need for drug policy, experts say (Globe)

B.C. massage parlours raided (Globe)

Black's former headquarters comes full circle (Globe)

'I made noise, and things moved' (Globe)

Bold moves not new premier's style (Walkom)

More oversight for hydro utilities (Star ed) 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006

Clinics let cancer patients purchase treatment (Globe)

Three officers shot (Winnipeg Sun)

'Polargrizz' goes to Idaho (Edmonton Journal)

NDP gov't must do better (Leader Post)

Cops target racial profiling (Gazette)

Killer officer walks free (Calgary Herald)

Chief to divert front-line officers to high-crime areas (StarPhoenix)

Winter wallop (Lond. Free Press)

Maliks buy homes despite $6M debt (V Sun)

Newfoundland to update mental health legislation; oldest in the country

N.L. auditor says province should recover $1.6 million in misspending

Ontario can't cut taxes without more federal funds: finance minister

MP: Tsawwassen treaty 'long-term trouble' (V Sun)

Plastic powers CIBC comeback (Globe)

Harris surprises industry with move to sell (Globe)

One year in, Sam's still short on substance (Globe)

West Van police chief gets natives' support (Globe)

Fishermen angry over native treaty (Globe)

Ottawa holds up tax reform, Sorbara says (Globe)

B.C., Ottawa to sign first urban native treaty (Globe)

Finding shelter in the political storm (Globe)

Premier lifted curtain (Star ed)

It will be costly, but chief has to go (Wells)

Troubles grow for Hydro One chief (Star)

Thousands losing auto parts jobs (Star)

Boom lowered on higher ed (Star)

Is there a fiscal gap within Toronto? (Star)

Northern Cree nominated for Grammy (Edmonton Journal)

Most CFIB members want wheat board (StarPhoenix)

Victoria's real secret (Foster)

PetroCan may shrink Fort Hills project (Post)

Province calls in Senator Kirby to assess MRI, CT scan wait times (Post)

Pro-choice, pro-censorship (Post ed)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006

Dire warning: We'll drown if globe warms (Times Colonist)

Delta treaty worth $120M (V Sun)

Rare disease kills U of C prof (Cal

MPPs call for the firing of hydro boss (Globe)

A home is where the hope is (Globe)

Ontario seeking excess OHIP cards (Globe)

Oil sands partners to build in China as costs soar (Globe)

Magna fights soft-market woes with restructuring (Globe)

Biovail plan could place firm in play (Globe)

Calvert winds way to Ottawa to meet PM (StarPhoenix)

China's wood products flood market (V Sun)

Five Island First Nations poised to initial treaty (Times Colonist)

Integrate police or I will, warns solicitor general (Times Colonist)

Farmers political pawns in plebiscite ploy (Brodbeck)

This plan won't float (Waugh)

'Private ER' issue still festers (Picard)

Wheat board still stirs passions (Mandryk)

Sheela Basrur battling rare cancer (Star)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006

Carleton students won't fund anti-abortion groups (Citizen)

NDP will re-evaluate hog plant (Winnipeg Sun)

EnCana in talks for national gallery (Calgary Herald)

Canada's health bill (Leader Post)

U.S. travel rule spurs demand for passports (StarPhoenix)

CAW vs. CAW for parts jobs (Windsor Star)

'Cop out' on police merger push riles mayor (Times Colonist)

West Van police scandal (V Sun)

Fresh allegations surface against cops.(Province)

Ontario tax payers footed the bill for vacations, SUV's for public employees

Vancouver health clinic wonders how to pay bills without charging patients

Hospital on defensive (Lond. Free Press)

Spending abuses rampant: Report (24 Hours Toronto)

Psychology of a killer (24 Hours Vancouver)

Light rail back on track? (Ottawa Sun)

Canada's spending on health care to reach $148 billion this year

Newfoundland auditor general uncovers more misspending by politicians

Investor confronts RIM on options probe (Globe)

Struggling minivan a bad omen for Chrysler (Globe)

'Pesticides are what is killing our kids' (Globe)

Agencies slow to track ‘at-risk’ kids: Auditor (Star)

Homestead sale called `pure greed' (Star)

Let's build a subway (Citizen)

Shocking failures in children's aid (Star ed)

What kind of people do this to their kids? (Blizzard)

Clothes call: School adopting uniforms, traditional teaching (Times Colonist)

First nation students see B.C. history in making (V Sun)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2006

Snootful of cash (Winnipeg Sun)

City fears $1B LRT lawsuit (Ottawa Sun)

Stelmach won't 'brake' oilsands growth (Edmonton Journal)

Stelmach will fight for Alberta 'nation' (Calgary Herald)

600 Pickton jury candidates to face intense scrutiny (V Sun)

Stelmach vows to fight for same rights as Quebec (Globe)

Hospitals not ready for flu pandemic: study (Globe)

A very filthy room of one's own (Globe)

`We can work well together' (Star)

Royalty watch (Waugh)

Welcome to Ed's World (Stanway)            

Le nouveau premier ministre albertain s'inquiète de la «nation» québécoise

Alberta wakes up to Eddie's world (Corbella)

The people spoke (Jackson)

Beaverbrook art dispute heads to arbitrator (Globe)

Vancouver rated top city for gay tourists (Globe)

Preschool kids get head start, study finds (Gazette)

Master of platitudes (Post ed)

Scenes from an emergency room (Kay)

Clinic may press for higher fees (V Sun)

Victoria cop sentenced (Times Colonist)

Loss of Canuck broadcast costs CKNW a third of its listeners (V Sun)

Test early for literacy, MLAs urge (V Sun)

Nortel drops auditors Deloitte & Touche (Post) 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006

Leader touts plan for Alberta growth (Calgary Herald)

Just say 'no' to Calgary (Calgary Sun)

Dark horse rides in Alberta (Post)

Area job growth keeps on coming (Lond. Free Press)

Global warming threatens fisheries (Times Colonist)

Missing woman found alive (V Sun)

Stelmach confronts ghost of Harry Strom (Globe)

Stelmach's victory surprises many -- but not Klein (Globe)

Atlantic unemployment tonic: oil sands (Globe)

Chrysler pushed for pact

Killing may spark new biker wars (Star)

Next Alberta premier Ed Stelmach promises to heal rifts in Tory party

Alberta's next premier built reputation of helping out and self-reliance

Similarities abound in dark-horse wins for Alberta Tories, federal Liberals

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006

Steady wins the race (Calgary Sun)

Klein 'looking forward to the new challenges' (Edmonton Journal)

'Dry' town just a myth (Star)

Answering the cry for help (Star)

Steady Eddie Stelmach's victory in PC leadership race (Bell)

Carbon tax tiff (Waugh)

T.O. has most expensive airport for passenger planes (Blizzard)

Stelmach simply looked like a nice guy and people responded (Thomson)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2006

Tonight we find out who gets the keys to Klein's old office (Edmonton Journal)

Region's airspace gets a major revamp for safety, efficiency (V Sun)

Mayor comes cheaper (Ottawa Sun)

Clinic under legal assault (Globe)

Region's airspace gets a major revamp for safety, efficiency (V Sun)

Alberta artists told to vote Tory (Globe)

Clinic trumpets choice, timely access (Globe)

Gazprom wants stake in deal with Petrocan (Globe)

Priming the pump (Globe)

Olympic winners will take home a piece of Teck (Globe)

Dinning backers hope ballot scare is wakeup call (Globe)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006

Clinic will be shut on first violation (Province)

Infants rescued from grip of AIDS (Edmonton Journal)

No fatal blow from Morton (Calgary Sun)

A bitter pill (Edmonton Sun)

Meningitis sparks scare(Toronto Sun)

Down to the wire in Tory race (Edmonton Journal)

Boom? What boom?  (Edmonton Journal)

Nothing scary about Morton (Corbella)

No fatal blow from Morton (Bell)

Nice guy to finish first? (Stanway)

Provincial audit criticizes children's aid societies (Star)

B.C. acts against private clinic (Globe)

Alberta Liberals run scared to PCs (Post)

Grim oilpatch anxiously awaits cold weather

TSX record defies slump (Post)

CBC announces renewed focus on local TV news (Globe)

B.C. premier's Asian trade dream includes $6 billion from Ottawa

Dinning takes shots at rival during leadership debate

B.C. surplus doubles, but predicted health costs threaten rosy picture

B.C.'s surplus nearly doubles to $2.1 billion (Province)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2006

Slap sales tax on junk food, panel urges (Times Colonist)

35% pay hike for councillors (Ottawa Sun)

Our wettest month ever (V Sun)

Foes underrate him, 'then I rip their throat out' (V Sun)

Largest passenger plane visits YVR (V Sun)

$1-billion fund urged to mend last-resort medical waits (Globe)

Urgent-care clinic under close watch (Globe)

Group says citizens losing out on oil sands (Globe)

Send addicts to country, MLA urges (Globe)

Baltovich author gets support from press groups (Globe)

Notions of nation distract from economy: McGuinty (Star)

Morton comes to the debate with ancient grievances ... not much else (Bell)

Unhealthy trend (Brodbeck)

Western sends sale signal (Post)

More damage than blizzard of '96 (Times Colonist)

Wait for it: queues still far too long (Post)

No use crying over spilt Sorbara (Blizzard)

N.S. premier supports recognizing Quebec as a nation within Canada

Ontario minister, a raw milk fan, urges province to consider legalization

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Police nab 18 in gang sting(Calgary Herald)

Eighteen charged after two-year city drug probe (Edmonton Journal)

City record 'abysmal' in sewage treatment (Windsor Star)

Game attack nets guilty plea (Lond. Free Press)

Ontario ahead — in food bank use (Star)

Thorsell wins board of directors' trust (Globe)

Election meeting kept secret (Star)

Pontiff reaches out to Muslims (Star)

UN action on native rights deferred (Star)

Alberta contest a 'wild west show' for business (Globe)

Judges give political ads ticket to ride public transit (Globe)

Canadian art proves it has a hot market (Globe)

Wind power projects left up in the air (Globe)

Rural rumblings spell trouble for McGuinty (Urquhart)

Baltovich author ordered to hand over research notes (Globe)

Name calling a risky business (Calgary Herald ed)

Waking up to Alberta's vicious circle (Libin)

Former N.L. cabinet minister implicated in spending scandal resigns from seat

Fear grips Alberta Tory party as Morton continues charge from the right

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Federal Tories fight for Morton (Calgary Herald)

Storm eases, big chill begins (Times Colonist)

Into the deep freeze (V Sun)

'I will not impose' (Edmonton Sun)

Dinning scrambles to shore up support in Alberta runoff (Globe)

Michigan takes a back seat to Ontario (Globe)

Water advisory in Vancouver finally lifted (Globe)

The Falconbridge, Inco payoffs (Corcoran)

Amend information laws, Ontario court urged (Globe)

`Don't ask' policy on illegals under fire (Star)

Right-wing populist stands chance (Walkom)

A battle for Tory souls (Stanway)

Let the mud fly (Waugh)

O'Brien appoints tough tax fighter Robinson to chief of staff position (Citizen)

B.C.'s offshore resources would 'transform' province (V Sun)

House confirms child advocate (Times Colonist)

Alberta's ideal leader (Post ed)

Tokin' Tory (Ottawa Sun)

NL premier prepared to campaign against Tories over equalization

Premier Gordon Campbell announces plan to improve health of B.C. aboriginals

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2006

A wild winter wallop (Times Colonist)

Cold snap might be too late to kill pine beetles (V Sun)

'We're finding there's less services' (24 Hours Vancouver)

Stelmach bid boosted (Calgary Sun)

Ted carefully (Edmonton Sun)

Tories eye new course (Edmonton Journal)

Flaherty brings little joy for provinces (Urquhart)

No clear fault lines (Levant)

Maybe Stelmach's our man (Bell)

Campbell: Declare natives a nation (Globe)

Miller eyes parking lot tax (Star)

Glimmer of light for newcomers (Goar)

Can Alberta's moderate Tories take to 'Premier Ted Morton'? (Globe)

Natives get upper hand, say casinos (Post)

Conservative blue surge (Calgary Herald ed)

Campaign advice for Alberta's race (Gunter)

B.C. patient seeks help with U.S. bill (V Sun)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2006

Tory race down to final three (Calgary Herald)

City opened arms to water refugees (Ottawa Sun)

Dignity isn't much to ask (Blizzard)

Opium found in furniture crate (Star)

Jim Dinning leads 1st-round balloting for Alta premier; criticizes opponent

Federation of Canadian Municipalities calls for N.L. ferry upgrades

Results of Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership vote

Canadian's downhill silver good as gold (Calgary Herald)

Man found dead in cold (Calgary Herald)

Foreign workers ease desperate labour shortages (Calgary Herald)

It's anything but a landslide in this race  (Bell)

Victoria council increasingly urged to ban fireworks (Times Colonist)

UVic aims to double graduate student population

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2006

Tories bundle up to select leader (Edmonton Journal)

Pals dub Klein people premier (The Calgary Sun)

City opens crisis shelter for 300 (Calgary Herald)

Ottawa plagued by knife violence (Ottawa Sun)

Meet the A-Team of stem-cell science (Globe)

McGuinty to play rich man-poor man card? (Star)

More muscle for mortgage fraud law (Star)

The leader chosen to fight cancer (Globe)

No secret who backs Dinning business (Edmonton Journal)

Max Keeping shortlisted for lieutenant-governor job (Citizen)

B.C. private urgent-care clinic charges $199 fee (Times Colonist)

Pattison purchase of city rock stations approved (Times Colonist)

B.C. mulls legal action for proposed private clinic (Globe)

Ferry log lost during sinking, official says (Globe)

Boil-water advisory to stay in place through the weekend, officials say (Globe)

Four hurt in mishap near school (Globe)

Balloting begins for Klein heir (Globe)

Ralph Klein says Cheers! to his true friends (Bell)

Thinking about life after Ralph (Walkom)

Women rule Aboriginal Music Awards (Star)

Appeal court overturns disabled-children's suit (Globe)

Judge sternly dresses down Peel police over traffic case (Globe)

Ancient remains return from 'journey' (Globe)

ER for hire: X-rays $50, casts set for $70 (Globe)

Riopelle painting nets $1,667,500 (Globe)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2006

Talk about climate change! (Edmonton Journal)

22 grow-ops in city highrise (Star)

Health cash crunch worsening (Times Colonist)

Auditor reveals massive fraud at AADAC (Calgary Herald)

We stand on guard for life, property (V Sun)

PM points to local fugitive (Lond. Free Press)

City on track for lawsuit? (Ottawa Sun)

`Nation' talks shrugged off (Star)

Candidates frank about Tory flaws (Edmonton Journal ed)

Ontario 'failing' cancer patients (Globe)

Alberta Tories mute on Quebec question (Globe)

Lack of screening program 'very short-sighted' (Globe)

Legal aid in danger (Star ed)

Oil price slide seen cooling off rich deals in Alberta (Globe)

Massive scam revealed (Bell)

B.C. Liberals accuse NDP of contriving scandal over internal documents 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2006

U of A researcher helps trace birth defects to genetic flaws (Edmonton Journal)

Time to get tough (Edmonton Sun)

Dinning, Morton virtually tied in Tory race (Calgary Herald)

Cop czar's about-face (Toronto Sun)

Now It's up to the judge (V Sun)

NDP accuses Liberals of coverup (Times Colonist)

Patients wait as PET scans used in animal experiments (Globe)

Parts makers hit by foreign onslaught (Globe)

Fur flies in legislative session  (Globe)

Saskatchewan moves to sue tobacco firms for health-care costs (Globe)

Saskatchewan lists high-risk offenders on public website (Globe)

Dog bites, strays a public health problem threatening children (Picard)

NDP alleges 'blatant abuse' of FOI Act (Globe)

B.C. Premier stirs pot over ban on sea drilling (Globe)

Igali vows to continue Nigerian charity work (Globe)

`Unfair burden' lifted off disabled (Star)

City politicians' group rails against minister (Ottawa Sun)

Ted Morton wins my vote (Corbella)

E. coli found in B.C. water (Globe)

Public should have confidence in lotteries despite new allegations: Premier

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2006

Cold snap a wild card in Tory leadership vote (Edmonton Journal)

Residents' health tied to neighbourhoods (Star)

Casino revenue falls 33.8% (Windsor Star)

The richer the street, the healthier its residents (V Sun)

Young workers stay put (Lond. Free Press)

Spreading the 'spirit' (Winnipeg Sun)

Three B's short of passing grade (Calgary Sun)

Ontario road plan seeking federal aid (Globe)

Ninety years in, poet turns another page (Globe)

Autism school has royal approval (Globe)

Rural doctor not hurt by own campaign gaffes (Globe)

Criminal courts on brink of collapse, judge says (Globe)

Legal Aid Ontario reining in runaway costs (Globe)

Alberta mayor wants oil sands delay (Globe)

Carleton president says departure 'unexpected' (Citizen)

Carleton looks for leadership (Citizen ed)

Tell us where the money was spent, Mr. Doer (Brodbeck)

Is life good in your NEIGHBOURHOOD? (Globe)

Man wants law society to hear request publicly (Globe)

Police chief seeks federal funds (Edmonton Journal)

Ontario delegation looking to invest in red-hot Alberta (Edmonton Journal)

MDs should tell parents if child obese, 80% say (Citizen)

Officials knew risk of muddy water in '90s (Globe)

Cancer trials and tribulations (Globe)

Post reporter wins award for series on child porn (Post)

Olympics a magnet for sex traffickers (Star)

Dirty water costing us millions (V Sun)

BC Hydro in secret Alcan pact (V Sun)

NDP's James responds to criticism (24 Hours Vancouver)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2006

Vow broken on cancer wait times (Globe)

Creation of drug program imperative: Romanow (Globe)

Feeding an obesity epidemic (Citizen)

Drivers catch break (Winnipeg Sun)

Carleton chief quits after clash with board (Citizen)

Olympic site gets $69M for expansion (Calgary Herald)

City big winner: Vanier Cup spending tallied into the millions (StarPhoenix)

170 auto jobs saved in last-minute deal (Windsor Star)

Loyal donors retrieve help-dog agency from brink of oblivion (Ed Journal)

Murky water may last for weeks (V Sun)

Citizens appalled by street disorder (Province)

Sportscaster's killer receives discharge (Ottawa Sun)

Cops crack Native contraband ring (Ottawa Sun)

Grits accused of 'muzzling' minorities (Ottawa Sun)

MPPs face battle over Runciman censure (Star)

Tory unveils plan to cut barriers for immigrants (Star)

Reasons to probe OSC (Corcoran)

Fired banker seeks $100M (Post)

Boys and girls at B.C. school are in a class by themselves (Globe)

Teacher on 'power trip,' prosecutor tells court (V Sun)

Tories play down 2010 security concerns (V Sun)

B.C.'s offshore drilling plans remain afloat (V Sun)

Vast amounts of timber wasted (V Sun)

Praise, flak for NDP pot resolution (StarPhoenix)

Boil-water advisory staying put (Globe)

Winter sports facility gets $69-million push (Globe)

While many provinces struggle with waiting times, Manitoba bucks trend (Globe)

Bar hearing delay sought by Crown witness (Globe)

Crown says teacher's 'insatiable' desires harmed students, society (Globe)

Park board commissioner blasts Sullivan as 'puppet' (Globe)

Injection site hasn't led to crime, study finds (Globe)

Energy juniors rethink plans (Globe)

Being a grouchy Liberal a firing offence (Thomson)

Splits appear in native group opposed to northern gas route (Ed Journal)

Income trust ruling may kill mergers (Ed Journal)

Tory race down to the wire (Stanway)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Straitjacket for cop corruption probe (Toronto Sun)

B.C. finishes off fantastic season with Cup title (Winnipeg Sun)

Stem cells core of more cancers (Globe)

Leadership hopefuls in mad dash for votes (Calgary Herald)

Officials warn of flu vaccine shortage (Globe)

Same-sex marriages are on the rise, study says (Globe)

MedicAlert launches child program (Globe)

A 'dark horse' in deep Tory blue (Globe)

Boil-water advisory remains as storm stirs up reservoirs (Globe)

Les rois Lions...

Manley and Bélanger should have backed Chiarelli, says McGuinty

The killing cost of drug treatment (Globe)

Winnipeg's cold comfort (Post)

'Super-Obese' weighing on health care system (Post)

50% failure rate in study of overseas transplants (Post)

Ellison trial resumes today (Province)

Morton surprises observers, ruffles feathers in Alberta Tory leadership race

17 years of `temporary' service (Goar)

No answers on coal (Star ed)

Troubled before they were born (Star)

Israeli, Palestinian groups clash outside fundraiser (Globe)

Shell seeks aid for CO{-2} storage (Globe)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2006

Lougheed backs Dinning (Calgary Sun)

Help came too late for boy mauled to death  (Edmonton Journal)

Now for the kickoff (Winnipeg Sun)

Legislature land dispute settled at last (Times Colonist)

Peter's choice (Edmonton Sun)

Council rookie behind bars (Lond. Free Press)

Aboriginals to drop B.C. legislature ownership lawsuit in $31.5 million deal

The curse of ambition and other political myths (Gordon)

Human rights system needs more tinkering (Star ed)

$200M airport expansion unveiled (Edmonton Journal)

Morton Alberta's best choice for leader (Gunter)

Alberta Tories invoke Lougheed's name to unite provincial party (Pratt)

Edmonton is expected to gain 83,000 residents by 2011 (Edmonton Journal)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2006

Miller's moment to take a stand (Star)

Wild dogs plague area where boy mauled to death (Ed Journal)

Beyond the veil (Post)

Cancer: A day in the life (Globe)

Killer driver gets seven years  (Calgary Sun)

Shelters team up for war on drugs (Ottawa Sun)

Dad who killed son may be freed (Toronto Sun)

'Water fight' takes on new meaning in stores (V Sun)

Premier's message: We're a vital link (V Sun)

World will end in 2 to 3 generations, 72 per cent of us fear (V Sun)

'Be afraid,' pedophile cautions London (Lond. Free Press)

Hold these Star editors to account (new Star line-up)

B.C. enters third day with water troubles (Globe)

Ground broken for 2010 Olympic Oval (Globe)

Paper mills to get break on hydro bills (Globe)

Coffee culture grinds to a halt as shops adjust (Globe)

It's not about making passes (Post)

New twist in long-running issue of funding for faith-based schools (Urquhart)

Helping the Innu help themselves (Star)

Where tragedy falls off Canada's map (Star)

Premiers of B.C., Quebec bet wine and cider on Grey Cup outcome

Canadian oil royalties too low, economist argues (Edmonton Journal)

Morton Tory leadership campaign showing surprising strength (Thomson)

Being hooked on commodities 'a dangerous situation,' Saul warns (Ed Journal)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Klein spends oil cash his way (Edmonton Journal)

Protecting kids one @f!x%x at a time (Toronto Sun)

Two million told: Don't drink the water (V Sun)

Roadblock to trash? (Lond. Free Press)

Cup fever sweeps province (24 Hours Vancouver)

Get up for the Cup (Winnipeg Sun)

Boil-water advisory hits two million in Vancouver (Globe)

Saskatchewan told to update privacy laws that expose residents to risk

Saying 'sorry' won't have legal consequences once Saskatchewan law amended

N.L. minister breaks silence on scandal; insists he will be vindicated

Museum set to receive $200-million upgrade (Edmonton Journal)

UN agency criticizes Ontario colleges decision

Island communities reel in wake of fierce storm (Times Colonist)

Shocking sentences  (Star ed)

Fantino urges war on drunk drivers (Star)

Ottawa, province deliver snub to city (Star ed)

Cancer drug claim rejected by OHIP (Star)

Grits' reckless promises (Blizzard)

The elephant in the room (Stanway)

Riches await us (Byfield)

Trusts mull sweeter deals to keep staff on board (Post)

Blackburn's writing brought war home (Lond. Free Press)

First Olympic venue ready to go (Globe)

Delay sought in hearing on Crown witness in raid case (Globe)

Consider legalizing drug use, panel says (Globe)

Legislators recalled to appoint watchdog for children (Globe)

McGuinty admits he made bad call on coal plants (Globe)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Job plan bypasses Ontario (Star)

Province $300M richer (Leader Post)

Coal bed concerns catch industry's ear (Calgary Herald)

Jim Dandy (Calgary Sun)

Premier seeks gun crackdown (Star)

Survey: City lags in solving crime (Star)

McGuinty shifts blame for broken vow on coal (Globe)

Whale hunters set for grim mission of mercy (Globe)

B.C. politician slammed over Pickton meeting (Globe)

Sex-crime sentence sparks anger, silence (Globe)

Wild B.C. weather leaves 200,000 without power (Globe)

Albertans making more money create tax windfall for Canada's richest province

Klein hands Alberta a last big gift (Globe)

Rivals lay out their visions for Alberta (Globe)

Imperial's oil sands project under attack before regulator (Globe)

Lawsuit threatened over hospital bill (Globe)

Doer cites prosperity in election Throne Speech

No cheque, mate (Waugh)

The economics of schooling (Watson)

Weather blows out power for 200,000, leaves trail of destruction (V Sun)

Disappearance of ferry's log investigated (V Sun)

Groups hoping for share of $320M (Calgary Herald)

Klein spree rankles Tories (Calgary Herald)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Klein to pull out an early $930-million Christmas present (Calgary Sun)

Ontario urged to build coal until 2014 (Star)

Outrage at sentences (Winnipeg Sun)

O'Brien off to study Mayoralty 101 (Citizen)

Prosecutors forced to defend themselves (Leader Post)

Thatcher seeking full parole (Leader Post)

Student jailed for bank heists (Windsor Star)

What lies beneath (Calgary Herald)

Bus fares set to rise by 25 cents, taxes by $20 (Times Colonist)

5 cops face criminal probe (V Sun)

Probe follows police photo session (24 Hours Vancouver)

LRT review on track (Ottawa Sun)

RCMP version of standoff questioned (StarPhoenix)

Pair held teen girls as sex slaves (Globe)

McGuinty puts light rail in doubt (Citizen)

B.C. squeeze play (Koch)

Sask. issues still on radar, Flaherty says (Leader Post)

Court quashes criminal case against OPG in dam deaths (Globe)

Alberta Tory knows about beating the odds (Globe)

Judge orders RCMP to open its room of secret documents (Globe)

Hollinger to try again to freeze Radler's assets (Globe)

$50,000 rewards offered in 40-year-old Ontario cold cases (Globe)

Kidnappers get 12, 14 years in prison (Globe)

Alberta must invest in oil sands area: board (Globe)

An 'important first spike' for energy grid (Globe)

McGuinty's pollution pledge under new cloud (Globe)

Miller's sales-tax pitch gets cool reception (Globe)

Liberals work to avoid `train wreck' (Star)

Tough week on by-election front (Star)

Ottawa's justice fiasco (Star ed)

Small tax cut carries hefty price (Goar)

Ottawa set to share Caledonia costs, Ramsay says (Star)

Reserve residents want to move: Poll (Star)

Campbell should heed voter trend to end the divine right to rule (D Martin)

Debt-plagued diocese pays back faithful (Times Colonist)

101 new social workers added to B.C.'s roster (Times Colonist)

Capital idea for Albertans (Corbella)

Sun rises on new papers (Ottawa Sun)

New mayors win on green hopes (Star)

He's bigger than Jesus! (Goldstein)

The quagmire in Caledonia (Blizzard)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2006

Oilsands water threat (StarPhoenix)

Miller's 'true new deal' (Globe)

Miller's challenge (Star)

Runaway train Ottawa has voted for change (Citizen)

Miller time again: Re-elected Mayor wants share of GST, PST (Post)

60 B.C. municipal cops guilty of misconduct since January 2005 (V Sun)

DeCicco-Best takes it in a romp (Lond. Free Press)

Job's a blast, or not (24 Hours Vancouver)

New, old in team '06 (Windsor Star)

Child-welfare agency boss faces charges (Globe)

Cameco workers secure rich labour deal (Globe)

Political elbows out for Alberta's Dinning (Globe)

No date set for workers to be back on the job at Hershey's plant (Citizen)

'Bomber' will create fireworks at city hall (Denley)

Let's see what the CEO can do (Citizen ed)

Klein could always cut to the chase (Bell)

The looming candidate cull (Stanway)

Gold rush at Bear Mountain (T Colonist)

Put tolls on all local bridges and tunnels, engineers say (V Sun)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2006

B.C. man survives shark attack in Hawaii (Globe)

His final words (Winnipeg Sun)

B.C. Ferries invited media on early flight after sinking (Times Colonist)

Water turns red after shark bite (Province)

Lions fans high-fiving Sask.'s 45-18 thumpin' (Province)

Children and penguins turn trio into kingpins (Globe)

Service pays tribute to Nichola (Calgary Herald)

PR was a priority after ferry sinking (Province)

Kashechewan's future (Star ed)

Controversial bill back on agenda (Urquhart)

WHAT'S THAT HISSING SOUND? (Globe)

Northern residents fuming over smoking ban (Globe)

Has Ontario found 'THE NEW MESSIAH' of cancer research? (Globe)

Timmins bound (Post ed)

Creative tobacco giants focus on image (Gazette)

NDP to reveal plans (Winnipeg Sun)

NDP paints false economic picture (Winnipeg Sun ed)

York U charts new course (Star)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2006

What really counts (Star)

He made a difference (Winnipeg Sun)

Threats won't help with integration (Times Colonist)

Taming the wild Walrus beast (Star)

Ralph Klein's Stronach quip a hit on YouTube (Citizen)

Jim Dinning's winning ways (Jackson)

Silver Cross mom still struggles with loss (Times Colonist)

Departing this life with dignity (Williamson)

Let’s blame Dalton for gun crime (Goldstein)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2006

Legion closing on day we mark vets' sacrifice (Windsor Star)

`Brothels in the sky' (Star)

Mineral-rights fears raised (Globe)

Psychiatric-review panel ordered to reconsider treatment of inmate (Globe)

Trouble ahead for McGuinty? (Star)

Court rules government didn't consult Dene Tha' over Mackenzie gas pipeline

Man acquitted, woman fears for her life (V Sun)

Killers will soon be free, grieving families claim

MD's Giller-winning book to become TV series (Globe)

Ontario honours its fallen soldiers (Star)

VANCOUVER'S SENSUAL SIDE (Globe/Richler)

OSC 'disappointed' with Rankin decision (Globe)

Court denies Globe bid to unseal Black files (Globe)

Steel reels from Big 3 production slowdowns (Globe)

Onex goes big with first plunge in steel (Globe)

Court makes 'huge' ruling on pipeline (Globe)

Alberta burgeoning, but starving for service workers (Post)

Pushing environment onto the radar (Urquhart)

What's wrong at OSC? (Corcoran)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Stolen laptop had 1,000 medical files (Calgary Herald)

2nd ex-cop faces child-porn probe (V Sun)

Paparazzo says he called Richards a 'home-wrecker' and she flipped (Province)

DeCicco-Best poised for a three-peat(Lond. Free Press)

Net pervert jailed (Winnipeg Sun)

Half of T.O backs burning (Toronto Sun)

Muslim youths joining 'gang' (Calgary Herald)

Belinda's comeback doesn't exactly sting. Ralph says a roast’s a roast. (Bell)

Political shenanigans (Stanway)

Overturned Rankin conviction deals setback to OSC reputation (Globe)

La couronne désire obtenir une évaluation psychiatrique de Nathalie Gettliffe

Retiring Alberta premier says he's considering offer to promote nuclear power

Ottawa should restore literacy funding to all provinces, says Sask. premier

Critics fear for future of remote reserves (Globe)

Hundreds prepared to serve as Pickton jurors (Globe)

New lottery rules to boost trust (Star)

Dana plans to close eight plants (Globe)

B.C. funeral home gave families wrong ashes (Post)

CUPE backs 26 bids for school trustee (Post)

Warm glow for uranium (Post)

Movie star fails to apologize for incident (V Sun)

Ribald joke at roast shows Klein hasn't lost his touch (Edmonton Journal)

Sexist humour is destructive (Gazette ed)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006

Liberals bound for 2nd majority (Windsor Star)

Igali recovering from stab wounds (Province)

Growth computes (Ottawa Sun)

Rich-poor health gap shocking (StarPhoenix)

Procreation vacations are all sex, all the time (Leader Post)

CREST radio system draws ire of police, mayor (Times Colonist)

Globetrotting municipal politicians take their hits (Times Colonist)

Hughes retires as Edmonton publisher  (Times Colonist)

All's fair game at a roast -- and premier's quip rightly hit the funny bone (Bell)

MPP dumps on Grit lobby link (Ottawa Sun)

Pickton judge lays out rules for spectators (Globe)

Heavy rains, flash floods spell trouble for salmon (Globe)

Racism by police real and can't be ignored, Ontario court says (Globe)

Radler's lawyers assail Hollinger 'hearsay' (Globe)

RIM probed by OSC over stock options (Globe)

Why voters support Miller (Star)

Doctor-author offers his literary diagnosis (Star)

Energy savings pay off (Star)

Mayor fuming over reserve `bombshell' (Star)

Spousal murders up in B.C. (Province)

Aquilinis take 100% control of canucks, GM place (V Sun)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006

'The water's all out, but it's full of mud' (Times Colonist)

Lawyer blasts cops, media (Lond. Free Press)

Crime voters' top worry (Toronto Sun)

Severe weather's here to stay, scientists say (V Sun)

'Silent pandemic' among children blamed on toxins (Citizen)

Ticat's binge may mean hiked car premiums (Star)

Troubled reserve could move (Star)

Commuters say they enjoy the ride (Star)

Retired JPs to put the brakes on scofflaws (Star)

B.C. cutbacks blasted in aftermath of floods (Globe)

Radler seeks lift of court freeze on his assets (Globe)

Pattison eyes CHUM TV assets (Globe)

Magna hit by auto slump at Big Three (Globe)

Alberta to lead nation in Christmas shopping (Calgary Herald)

Problems we can live with (Calgary Herald ed)

Natural gas spike seen (Post)

T.O. doctor wins Giller (Star)

Planner wants Ottawa to take five steps beyond 'quite attractive' (Citizen)

Vancouver's 4 a.m. bars create havoc for police (Globe)

Keeping the faith (Citizen ed)

Jackie Parker inspired a city with his talent (Edmonton Journal ed)

Central Canada to suffer another year (Times Colonist)

Ignoring Canada's conservative readers (Kay)

RCMP reopens probe of illegal-sex allegations against firefighters (V Sun)

Schad's millions boost ROM plans (Globe)

Premier Klein questions poll showing Albertans would support carbon tax

War brides arrive in Halifax to warm welcome from crowds

Klein reacts to 'bozo' comments

Wanna know something that will drive Alberta motorists crazy? (Bell)

What PM, premier discussed at secret talks (Urquhart)

Ports open to terror threat  (Ottawa Sun)

Forces gear goes AWOL (Ottawa Sun)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006

Wild weekend turns resort into frat house (Edmonton Journal)

Miller way ahead: Poll (Toronto Sun)

Beacons to keep troops safe from friendly fire (Citizen)

Growth hurting quality of life (Calgary Herald)

NDP wants to scrap mandatory retirement law (Leader Post)

A record-breaking deluge (Times Colonist)

it's a rainfall record (V Sun)

Oilsands boom strains energy hotbed to limit (Calgary Herald)

Van carrying suspect attacked by protesters (Calgary Herald)

Stealing policies sure sign of battle for political middle (Mandryk)

E-health is a tough sell in Ontario (Star)

Oberg pushes hot buttons (Stanway)

Four Seasons strikes deal to go private (Globe)

Kinross bid for Bema set to put miner over the top (Globe)

'Global nuclear revival' sends hedge funds piling into hot uranium (Globe)

Trusts may slash spending (Post)

Private sales feed diversification concerns

Morgan victor in EnCana struggle? (Cattaneo)

New Brunswick NDP leader quits; says can't continue in unpaid position

N.S. government seeks public input on French-language services

Saskatchewan people no longer to be forced out of workplace at age 65

Stabbing of U.S. sailor - leaving pregnant fiancee - stirs debate about bar closing

The hidden cost of 'choice' (Mrozek)

Gag me with a Champagne flute (Kay)

Restaurants allowed smoking patios (V Sun)

Victoria in step with smoking, but needs to chew over junk food ban (V Sun ed)

Top energy agency warns of 'dirty' future (V Sun)

Search warrant served on slain teacher's house (V Sun)

Conversation one-way, health workers insist (Times Colonist)

Ban on junk food sends right signal (Times Colonist ed)

The legacy of Frank Calder (Times Colonist ed)

Can balmy Churchill live with new climate? (Globe)

Ontario secrecy on nuclear costs raises spectre of rate shocks (Globe)

B.C. warns Indo-Canadian investors about fraud (Globe)           

B.C. Premier's U-turns have left me feeling dizzy (Mason)

Feds set to OK Limebank deal (Ottawa Sun)

Incentives planned to retain B.C.'s best (Globe)

A forum for contentious debate (Star ed)

Crown witness in raid case to face Ontario law society (Globe)

Cape Breton U. receives major Asian-art donation (Globe)

Husky empire mogul funds ROM centre (Star)

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