Tag: Canada
Norway upsets US as women's football opens Games
Norway produced an opening 2-0 upset win over the US as women's football launched the Beijing Olympics last night.[MORE]
Scientists draw detailed Arctic map
A team of scientists from Durham University in northern England say they have drawn up the first detailed map of the Arctic, highlighting areas that could be subject to territorial disputes. [MORE]
Govt appoints new UK, Canada high commissioners
The Federal Government has announced its new high commissioners for the United Kingdom and Canada.[MORE]
Bus beheader 'ate victim, kept body parts'
Canadian bus attack cannibal also pocketed victim's nose, lips and ear after beheading him, court hears.[MORE]
Five dead, two survivors in Canadian small plane crash
Five people are dead after a small plane with seven people aboard crashed in western Canada on Sunday, public television reported[MORE]
Safina wins WTA Montreal Cup
Russia's Dinara Safina steamrolled Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1 to capture the WTA Montreal Cup for her third title in her last six events overnight. [MORE]
Record heat forces closure of Canada Arctic park
A major national park in Canada's Arctic has been largely closed after record high temperatures caused flooding that washed away hiking trails and forced the evacuation of tourists, an official said.[MORE]
Jankovic squanders another chance to go top
Jelena Jankovic has been upset 7-5, 6-2 by Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter-finals of the Montreal Cup, ending her chance of replacing fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic as world number one this week.[MORE]
Canadian police charge man over bus beheading
A man has been charged over a gruesome murder on a bus in western Canada.[MORE]
'Wordscraper' spells revival of Scrabulous online wordgame
Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous has been reborn as online game Wordscraper, in a move that could help fend off a lawsuit by US game maker Hasbro.[MORE]
Kuznetsova, Safina advance in rain-hit Montreal
Russian seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina advanced to a quarter-final meeting at the WTA hardcourt tournament in Montreal with victories before rain halted play. [MORE]
Canadian tobacco companies fined $1.1 billion for contraband sales
Two of Canada's biggest tobacco companies have agreed to pay more than $1.1 billion in fines and civil payments for aiding contraband cigarette sales.[MORE]
Passenger 'beheaded, gutted' on Canadian bus
Canadian bus passenger decapitates and guts man seated next to him, then taunts Mounties with severed head, witness says.[MORE]
Massive landslide buries Canadian highway
A small tour bus narrowly missed being crushed in a massive landslide in western Canada that buried a highway that is scheduled to play a key role in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[MORE]
Major Arctic ice shelf cracks
Two chunks of ice together measuring almost 20 square kilometres have broken off an Arctic ice shelf, the biggest break-up of Arctic ice in three years, Canadian officials announced.[MORE]
Scrabulous pulled from Facebook in US and Canada
The creators of online Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous say they have pulled their application from US and Canadian Facebook pages due to a lawsuit filed by game-making giant Hasbro.[MORE]
Giant chunks break off Canadian ice shelf
Giant sheets of ice totalling almost 20 square kilometres broke off an ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic last week and more could follow later this year, scientists said overnight.[MORE]
Jumbo jet suffers 'mid-air damage' over Canada
A Cathay Pacific Boeing 747 aircraft with 363 passengers on board suffered mid-air damage while descending for a landing at Vancouver, officials said.[MORE]
Kuznetsova first through to third round at Montreal Cup
Russian fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was the first player through to the third round of the Montreal Cup when compatriot Alla Kudryavtseva retired with a shoulder injury.[MORE]
Reavie captures Canadian Open crown
American Chez Reavie won his first PGA title in Oakville this morning (Australian time), holding off countrymen Anthony Kim and Billy Mayfair over the final holes to win the $5.23 million Canadian Open.[MORE]
Nadal closes in on Federer with Toronto title
Rafael Nadal took another huge step towards dethroning Roger Federer as world number one with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Nicolas Kiefer in the Toronto Masters final overnight.[MORE]
Hundreds protest over Khadr's continued detention
Hundreds of Canadians have turned out in torrential rain in Ottawa and Toronto to protest against the continued detention of Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay.[MORE]
Nadal juggernaut out to extend Kiefer title drought
Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal will face Nicolas Kiefer for the third time in four months in the Toronto Masters final as the unstoppable Spaniard aims for a third Masters title of 2008.[MORE]
Canadian province bans police use of Tasers
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan has banned the use of Tasers - or stun guns - by regular municipal police forces.[MORE]
Fighting Nadal earns semi-final clash with Murray
Rafael Nadal recovered after a marathon tiebreak setback to book a semi-final face-off against Andy Murray with a high-tension triumph over France's Richard Gasquet at the Toronto Masters this morning (Australian time).[MORE]
