CALGARY – Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi (nah-HEAD’ NEHN’-shee) says he’ll honour a Grey Cup wager even though his Toronto counterpart has been ordered out of office.
Chrysler to showcase new glam minivan this week
DETROIT (Reuters) – Chrysler Group LLC , which popularized the minivan segment nearly 30 years ago, will showcase an upscale version of its Chrysler Town & Country family minivan at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. The 2013 Town & Country S includes a standard Blu-Ray DVD player as well as a black chrome grill and black interior. The minivan is the third Chrysler model to join the automaker's "S" lineup after the 200 and 300 sedans. Earlier this month, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne told reporters that the automaker was "more or less" on track to launch a resigned minivan by 2014. … Jimmy Carter returns to Haiti to build houses
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Monday urged donors to honor the billion-dollar pledges they made to help Haiti rebuild after its devastating 2010 earthquake. Opposition sides with military ombudsman on access to cabinet secrets
OTTAWA – The federal Opposition is accusing the Harper government of obstructing the work of the military ombudsman following reports Pierre Daigle was recently refused access to cabinet documents.
Sources say NJ Gov. Christie files papers to seek re-election next year
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has filed papers to seek re-election next year, while enjoying a popularity surge due to his hands-on response to Superstorm Sandy, the worst natural disaster in state history.
Egypt's Islamists cancel protests
A spokesman of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says it has canceled a planned mass rally in support of President Mohammed Morsi's assumption of sweeping powers. Lawyers for Big Tobacco want expert witness barred from Canadian trial
MONTREAL – Lawyers for three of Canada’s largest tobacco firms are attacking the credibility of a prominent witness in a massive class-action lawsuit against the industry.
Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout
Officials say a 20-year-old state beauty queen has been killed in northern Mexico during a running gun battle between soldiers and the gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with.
Organizers: Las Vegas marathon runners will see changes
including strict sanitation rules and a contractor supplying water to runners.
EU wants investor compensation for health and environment changes: documents
OTTAWA – Newly obtained documents show the European Union wants Canada to agree to compensate companies for any losses that stem from changes in health, environment or safety rules.
Boeing says more work needed before launch of stretch 787
(Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Monday it was moving ahead with plans for a stretch version of its fuel-efficient 78 7 Dreamliner but added that more work is needed before it obtained approval for an official launch. Boeing has said it has been talking with airlines and leasing companies to define specifications for the 787-10, which would be the biggest version of the revolutionary plane and a powerful rival to the Airbus A330. … CP Railway plans Calgary HQ move to cut costs, say unions, source
(Reuters) – Canadian Pacific Railway is planning to relocate much of its head office from downtown Calgary, union officials and a so urce close to the company said, under a restructuring plan that its new chief executive will detail to investors in early December. Chief Executive Hunter Harrison told U.S. union leaders and a Canadian union president that Canada's second-biggest railroad will move employees out of its glass-towered headquarters as part of an ambitious cost-cutting plan. … Nigeria Boko Haram member sends letter offering dialogue
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A purported senior member of Islamist militant group Boko Haram has distributed a letter requesting talks with the government, a day after a double suicide bombing blamed on the sect killed at least 11 and wounded 30 in an army barracks. The letter was signed by Sheik Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, a man known by local security sources to be a sect member but considered to be a moderate. …
Ancient Microbes Found in Buried Antarctic Lake
Beneath the icy surface of a buried Antarctic lake, in super-salty water devoid of light and oxygen that is also cold enough to freeze seawater, researchers have now discovered that a diverse community of bacteria has survived for millennia. Online shopping surges in US holiday season; Cyber Monday likely to be busiest day of year
expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third straight year.
IOC to hold hearings for positive retests of 2004 Athens samples
LONDON – The IOC will hold hearings next month for the athletes whose doping samples came back positive in retests from the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Indebted Caribbean tax havens look to tax foreign investors
For a territory of just more than 56,000 people, the Cayman Islands boasts an impressive corporate roster: From some of the favorite US brands like Coca-Cola and Federal Express to the world's richest sports franchise, English football club Manchester United.
Strauss-Kahn awaits word on French sex inquiry
PARIS (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn finds out on Wednesday whether the last sex offence case against him in France will be dropped, 18 months after rape accusations ended his presidential ambitions. The 63-year-old has asked a court in northern France to halt a judicial inquiry to determine whether he should stand trial on pimping charges related to sex parties attended by him and by prostitutes. … 
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