Stampeders receive warm reception in Calgary
The Calgary Stampeders kicked off their Grey Cup celebration party with about 400 people turning up at McMahon Stadium for the team's arrival Monday.
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Man who claimed $135,000 win with misprint ticket gets 'payment' but not dream
TORONTO - An Ontario man hoping to cash in on misprinted scratch-and-win lottery tickets won't be showing off his happy dance after all.
- Family of woman found hanged in Philippines awaits probe decision
- IED blast north of Kandahar city kills Canadian soldier, wounds three others
- MPs see only modest travel-claim cut, even though gas prices plunged
- Prison spy registry in works to better protect 'inside' sources
- Soldier accused of murder in Afghanistan freed from custody
- Man from Almonte, Ont., identified as second victim in Quebec plane crash
- Canada donates $4m to humanitarian relief in Gaza
- Former boxing champ Dave Hilton Jr. acquitted of new charges
- No report from Mulroney probe until year's end
Senate committee expected to confirm Hillary Clinton as secretary of state
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton is on her way to becoming the top U.S. diplomat, with Democrats expecting a favourable Senate committee vote on her nomination next week and even Republicans singing her praises.
- IED blast north of Kandahar city kills Canadian soldier, wounds three others
- Obama agrees on need to fix Burris controversy amicably: Democratic official
- Sri Lanka reimposes ban on Tamil Tiger rebels, ruling out peace talks
- Obama hails 'extraordinary' moment with presidents past and present
- Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine amid cold snap
- Burris expects to join Senate 'very shortly;' Obama stays above fray
- 12 deaths blamed on snow, cold across Europe; travellers face delays
- Israel eyes ceasefire proposal, halts attacks briefly for civilian aid
- U.S. Congressional Budget Office projects $1.2 trillion deficit in 2009
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Serbia bids farewell to the Yugo
The last Yugo, once the pride of communist Yugoslavia's automobile industry, will roll off its Serbian production line Thursday in the central town of Kragujevac. It will be missed here in Serbia - but probably not in America.
Life & Tech
YouTube queen rules
Jordan's Queen Rania has received YouTube's first Visionary Award for a daily video webcast and blog in which she sought to challenge stereotypes of the Arab and Muslim world.Full story »
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Arts & Celebrities
A new 'accolade'
Novelist John Updike, who has a long and graphic history of detailing coupling on the page, won a lifetime achievement award Tuesday from judges of Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize.Full story »
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