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Wings notch key win
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 - 12:43pm A missed penalty shot, an ineffective power play, and a late Detroit goal cost the Calgary Flames a chance to move into a playoff position in the tightly-contested Western Conference.
Tomas Holmstrom scored his 20th goal of the season on a deflection with 1:19 left in the third period as the Red Wings earned an important 2-1 road victory over the Flames last night.
Business
PepsiCo to stop selling sugary drinks from schools worldwide by 2012
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 - 8:13am NEW YORK — PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity.
The company said Tuesday it will remove full-calorie, sweetened drinks from schools in more than 200 countries by 2012, marking the first such move by a major soft drink producer.
National
Police intercept boat loaded with cocaine
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 - 12:49pm PORT HARDY, B.C.—Two men have been charged after a sailboat packed with cocaine was seized at Port Hardy on Vancouver Island earlier this month.
Police found more than 1,000 kg of the drug aboard a 16-metre boat called “The Huntress” after it arrived from Panama on March 4.
Technology
Internet program cuts put squeeze on groups
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 - 12:44pmOTTAWA—The Conservative government quietly is cutting funding to hundreds of community groups and even hospitals that provide free Internet access to Canadians who might not otherwise have a chance to get online.
Health & Wellness
Feds start talks with industry, provinces on next pandemic flu vaccine contract
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 - 8:11amTORONTO — The federal government wants to explore options for Canada’s next pandemic flu vaccine contract, telling industry it will consider whether it is feasible and worthwhile to have a back-up deal with a company other than its main supplier.
International
Authorities seek motive in 3 slayings after US consulate party in Mexico; drug gangs suspected
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 - 7:55am CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children’s birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world’s most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America’s safest.
Neither made it.
Science
Doctors embracing literature as tool to better connect with their patients
Monday, 15 March 2010 - 1:44pm Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers are tapping into their inner Tolstoys to better connect with patients.
With increasing regularity, they’re meeting in monthly book clubs to discuss medical-themed literature.
Humanities courses are now required in many medical schools.
People
Online daters who fib motivated by a need to be liked, online and off: study
Friday, 12 March 2010 - 8:36am TORONTO So, you were expecting someone who looked like Colin Firth and he turned out to be more like George Costanza.
But the guy you met through an online dating service probably misled you because he wanted so very much for you to like him.
Life
Women look at whether biology reality meshes with financial, educational goals
Friday, 12 March 2010 - 8:34am Amanda Daniels never thought she’d be worried about her fertility as her 30th birthday approached.
“I figured I would be married with kids by now,” says the 29-year-old marketing assistant, who wonders if she’ll be able to have children into her 40s like her mother did.
“It would take a lot of pressure off me if I knew how much time I had left.”
