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  • Enbridge oil not expected to reach Lake Michigan – Oil that spilled from an Enbridge pipeline into a southern Michigan waterway is not expected to reach Lake Michigan, U.S. officials say.
  • BP prepares to plug damaged well – A procedure intended to ease the job of plugging BP’s blown-out Gulf of Mexico well for good could start as early as the weekend, the U.S. government’s point man for the spill response says.
  • B.C. ends sex tests as researcher charged – The B.C. government has cancelled a program that tested the sexual responses of young sex offenders by attaching sensors to their genitals, after it learned one of the researchers has been charged with a sexual offence.
  • Frenchwoman charged in baby deaths – A Frenchwoman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter.
  • Slash salt intake, Canadians advised – Canadians should consume half the sodium they’re now taking in from foods and drinks as part of a multi-pronged approach to cutting salt intake, according to new federal guidelines.

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  • BP prepares to plug damaged well – A procedure intended to ease the job of plugging BP’s blown-out Gulf of Mexico well for good could start as early as the weekend, the U.S. government’s point man for the spill response says.

  • Frenchwoman charged in baby deaths – A Frenchwoman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter.
  • Enbridge oil not expected to reach Lake Michigan – Oil that spilled from an Enbridge pipeline into a southern Michigan waterway is not expected to reach Lake Michigan, U.S. officials say.
  • Ex-Nazi camp guard, 88, charged in youth court – A former guard at the Belzec death camp who is accused of participating in the killings of more than 430,000 Jews during the Second World War has been charged in youth court.
  • Global warming signs unmistakable: report – A new report by 300 scientists has flagged the past decade as the hottest on record and compiled 10 ‘unmistakable’ indicators the world is getting warmer. But the scientists mostly stayed away from discussions about the cause.
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    Canadian News

  • Lightning sparks 165 new B.C. wildfires – Lightning strikes caused an estimated 165 new wildfires in B.C.’s Interior overnight Wednesday, prompting officials to issue two new evacuation orders and call in aerial reinforcements as hot, dry weather continued.
  • DND computers used to change Wikipedia site – A Defence Department spokesperson confirms computers at the department’s research agency were used to alter a Wikipedia site on the Joint Strike Fighter jet.
  • B.C. ends sex tests as researcher charged – The B.C. government has cancelled a program that tested the sexual responses of young sex offenders by attaching sensors to their genitals, after it learned one of the researchers has been charged with a sexual offence.
  • Woman accused of killing sons fit for trial – An Alberta woman accused of killing her two sons is mentally fit to stand trial, a provincial court heard Thursday.
  • Ford to lay off 388 at Windsor engine plant – CBC News has learned Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont.

    • Financial News

  • Budget deficit could be gone a year early – The federal government should be able to eliminate the annual budget deficit by 2015, a year ahead of schedule, the Conference Board of Canada says.
  • Google shares fall on China blocking report – Google shares fell 1.4 per cent in after-hours trading Thursday after the company said people in mainland China are being blocked from using its internet search engine.
  • Telecom took in $41B in 2009 – Canada’s communications industry took in $55.4 billion in revenue in 2009, the CRTC said Thursday, a 2.1 per cent increase from the previous year’s level.
  • Toyota recalls Avalon and Lexus models – Owners of Toyota Avalons and Lexus LX 470s may be getting a recall notice soon as the carmaker moves to fix a steering problem.
  • WTF? Goldman bans email profanity – Goldman Sachs workers are likely wondering WTF is appropriate anymore after the New York investment bank informed employees that profanity is no longer acceptable in electronic messages.
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    British Columbia News

  • B.C. ends sex tests as researcher charged – The B.C. government has cancelled a program that tested the sexual responses of young sex offenders by attaching sensors to their genitals, after it learned one of the researchers has been charged with a sexual offence.
  • Lightning sparks 165 new B.C. wildfires – Lightning strikes caused an estimated 165 new wildfires in B.C.’s Interior overnight Wednesday, prompting officials to issue two new evacuation orders and call in aerial reinforcements as hot, dry weather continued.
  • Police identify woman in Abbotsford homicide – Homicide investigators have identified a woman who was shot to death in Abbotsford, B.C., early Wednesday morning as Mandy Astin Johnson, 22, of Langley.
  • Greenpeace protesters arrested in Vancouver – Four Greenpeace protesters who chained themselves in the Vancouver office of the Enbridge pipeline company have been arrested and released by police.
  • Racist graffiti defaces Richmond mall parkade – Members of the Lower Mainland’s Chinese community are expressing shock at racist graffiti painted on the walls, the ceilings and the stairwell of a shopping mall parkade.

    • Health News

  • Slash salt intake, Canadians advised – Canadians should consume half the sodium they’re now taking in from foods and drinks as part of a multi-pronged approach to cutting salt intake, according to new federal guidelines.
  • Coroner orders review of drowning deaths – Ontario’s acting chief coroner has ordered a review of all drowning deaths in the province since May following the death of a 2½-year-old-boy in a backyard swimming pool in the Ottawa region.
  • N.L. medical labs lack expertise: report – A review of Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest medical labs has found dysfunctional relationships among staff and a lack of expertise in complex areas of medical testing.
  • Ontario tackles ER wait times with $45M more – The Ontario government is expanding its effort to reduce emergency-room wait times across the province.
  • Stem cells grow replacement joints in rabbits – Rabbits were able to regrow a leg joint using their own stem cells, say scientists exploring the cells’ potential to replace artificial joints in human patients.
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