QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Rafael Correa is celebrating his second re-election as Ecuador's president after an exit poll showed him leading by a wide margin. Official results have still not been released. A timeline of queue-jumping allegations heard by an public inquiry in Alberta
EDMONTON – A Timeline on of alleged queue jumping at Calgary’s Forzani and MacPhail Colon Cancer Screening Centre, based on testimony to date at Health Services Preferential Access Inquiry:
Top 100 arms makers' arms sales fall in 2011: study
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Arms sales by the 100 biggest weapons makers fell for the first time since the mid-90s in 2011 as economies slowed and military equipment purchases were reduced for operations in Afghanistan a nd Iraq, a leading think-tank said on Monday. Sales totaled $410 billion, a 5-percent fall adjusted for currency swings, from $411 billion in 2010, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which carries out independent research on international security, armaments and disarmament said in a statement. … Airlines say flights delayed due to power failure at Calgary airport
CALGARY – Airlines are apologizing to customers for delayed flights through Calgary that they say are due to power failures at the city’s airport.
Exit poll: Ecuador leader wins easy re-election
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Ecuadorean voters appeared set to elect President Rafael Correa to a third term Sunday, with an exit poll giving a wide margin of victory to the polemical economist who has raised living standards for the lower classes and widened their social safety net while being widely criticized as intolerant of dissent. Canadian pipeline project draws ire of climate change protesters in Washington
WASHINGTON – Thousands of people gathered in the U.S. capital on Sunday to urge U.S. President Barack Obama to honour his recent climate change vows, with TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline the protest’s most popular whipping boy.
Ecuador leader appears headed to easy re-election
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Ecuadorean voters were expected to give a third term Sunday to President Rafael Correa, a polemical economist who has raised living standards for the lower classes and widened their social safety net while being widely criticized as intolerant of dissent. Lion dancers and federal NDP leader celebrate Chinese New Year in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Lion dance teams, marching bands and martial artists wove through Vancouver’s Chinatown on Sunday to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
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