[November 27, 2009] The Canadian Press Budget for Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 (Canadian Press DataFile Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The following is a complete list of coverage plans for top news from The Canadian Press. If you have any questions, contact CP's National Desk at 416-507-2150. Copy moves by 18:00 ET unless otherwise noted; all times ET. OTTAWA _ David Mulroney, a former top official on Canada's Afghan file, appeared before a special a Commons committee today to rebut claims that the government tried to hush up talk of torture in Afghanistan. 600 words. By Murray Brewster. See Photos, Video. BC-Afghan-Cda-Abuse. Moved. OTTAWA _ Prime Minister Stephen Harper has done an about-face and will attend the Copenhagen climate-change meeting next month. Canada has come under fierce criticism internationally for reneging on the Kyoto climate protocol and for refusing to sign on to a new deal limiting greenhouse gases unless developing nations are included. 450 words. By Bruce Cheadle. See Photos. BC-Climate-Harper. Moved. QUEBEC -Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says Canada must immediately start working on a cap-and-trade system that's compatible with the U.S. plan to reduce greenhouse gases _ even if no U.S. system doesn't actually exist yet. But even as the Liberal leader was outlining a variety of green policies in a wide-ranging speech, Stephen Harper stole his thunder by letting it be known that he would attend the global conference at Copenhagen alongside U.S. President Barack Obama. 500 words. By Andy Blatchford. BC-Ignatieff-Environment. Moved. VANCOUVER _ The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door to a wider appeal for serial killer Robert Pickton, expanding the chances of a new trial for the B.C. man convicted in the gruesome murders of six women.The high court announced Thursday that it will hear the expanded appeal, allowing Pickton's lawyers more legal grounds to argue that his convictions should be overturned when the case is heard in March of next year. 762 words. By Terri Theodore. Pickton-Appeal. Moved. VANCOUVER _ An extra 750 police officers will be standing by for the 2010 Winter Games in case the H1N1 flu pandemic thins their ranks.While the plan for the Olympics always included a staff contingency in case of a major emergency, the head of Games security says those officers could also be called in if the flu becomes a major issue. 500 words. By Stephanie Levitz. OLY-Flu. Moved. OTTAWA _ The Harper government introduced legislation Thursday to make it tougher for Canadians imprisoned abroad to serve out their sentences in Canada. But critics dismissed the move as an ideological exercise that won't do anything to make Canada safer. 450 words. By Joan Bryden. BC-Prisoner-Transfers. Moved. NAIROBI, Kenya _ Freed after 15 tortuous months in captivity in Somalia, Canadian freelancer Amanda Lindhout and another foreign journalist arrived Thursday in neighbouring Kenya amid claims that a $700,000 ransom was paid for their release. A spokesperson for Lindhout's family said the journalists have been safely reunited with family members in Nairobi and that Amanda's parents are overjoyed. 800 words. By Mohamed Olad Hassan and Tom Odula. BC-Somali-Cda-Journalist. Moved World (W) and General (G). CALGARY _ Hours after Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped by armed gunmen along a crumbling road in war-torn southern Somalia, a local reporter set out to track her down. Ahmed Mohamed says he was approached by a former colleague of Lindhout's. That request pulled Mohamed into a weeks-long investigation in which he says he became a conduit between Lindhout's abductors and the governments seeking her freedom _ a dangerous role that eventually made him fear for his own life. By Shannon Montgomery. 900 words. BC-Somali-Cda-Negotiations. Moved. OTTAWA _ Canadians are becoming more pessimistic over the strength of the economic recovery and what it will mean for their finances and job security, a new consumer confidence survey shows. The monthly Conference Board of Canada survey shows even as economists say they think the recession has ended, many Canadians are not so sure. They got further bad news on the jobs front Thursday when industrial giant Bombardier and cable TV company Rogers Communciations cut more than 1,600 jobs between them. 507 words. By Julian Beltrame. Moves Business and General. BC-Economy-Confidence. Moved. HALIFAX _ One of the world's most endangered marine mammals might get a little help from a group of Canadian fishermen who are trying to reduce one of the greatest threats posed to the animals. Lobster fishermen on the East Coast are altering their gear and will set traps away from North Atlantic right whales as they pass through the Bay of Fundy in a bid to reduce the number of entanglements. 500 words. By Alison Auld. BC-Gear-Entangled-Whales. Moved. HALIFAX _ Experts say transcript of what is believed to be a diary kept by a British soldier in 1755 offers a different view of the deportation of Acadians from the Maritimes in the 18th century. The transcript of the diary was filed and forgotten at Saint Mary's University, which displayed them publicly on Thursday after they were recently found by chance by one of the school's archeologists. 500 words. By Krista Armstrong. BC-Deportation-Diary. Moved. EDMONTON -- The final figure is an improvement, but the arithmetic on how the government got there remains murky. Alberta's fiscal update shows Premier Ed Stelmach's government is retooling revenue projections and trimming spending, but is still predicting a record $4.3-billion deficit -- down from earlier projections that had put that number at nearly $7 billion. 650 words. By Jim Macdonald. BC-Alta-Fiscal-Update. Moved. TORONTO _ A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows that the number of active doctors in Canada has increased over the last five years, and the rate of increase is greater than the rate of population growth. Dr. Cal Gutkin, executive director and CEO of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, says it's a start in the right direction and shows that Canada has woken up in the last few years to the fact that there's a significant shortage of physicians. 650 words. By Anne-Marie Tobin. Moved. TORONTO _ How long you will be able to get an H1N1 shot at a public clinic in Ontario depends on where you live. Hamilton has set a date to close its public clinics while other regions are extending dates for their clinics. The variations come as the number of lab-confirmed deaths from swine flu continues to mount in the province. 500 words. By Pat Hewitt. BC-Ont-Flu. Moved. TORONTO _ Health Minister Deb Matthews says she's trying to tackle a ``dramatic'' increase in out-of-province visits covered by Ontario health insurance. She says the government is focused on bringing the number of visits back down after a reported 450 per cent increase over the past decade. 400 words. By Maria Babbage. BC-OHIP-Outside-Visits. Moved Regional (C). VICTORIA _ Premier Gordon Campbell's Liberals are looking for a big snow bank to bury and forget their final load of bad news before gleefully sliding into an Olympic Games party that put the emphasis on fun and games during a hard-times recession. The Liberals end a fall legislative session that saw the government pass a record deficit budget that included deep cuts in grants to social, sport and volunteer organizations. 700 words. By Dirk Meissner. Campbell's-Liberals. Moved. TORONTO _ The Ontario government is refusing to release the contract of a special prosecutor hired to handle criminal charges against former attorney general Michael Bryant, saying the contract is a prosecution-related document and cannot be made public. Veteran Vancouver lawyer Richard Peck has been retained by Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General to prosecute Bryant in the death of a cyclist. 600 words. By William Campbell. BC-Bryant-Cyclist-Killed. Moved. TORONTO _ All forestry players will now have a chance to access wood supply previously held by several of the major forestry companies after the government opened the timber up to a competitive bidding process in hopes of creating jobs for the struggling sector. 550 words. By Romina Maurino. BC-Ont-Wood-Competition. Moves Regional (C). TORONTO _ Ontario's legal aid boycott could be expanded to include all offences amid growing pressure to ramp up the months-long protest, The Canadian Press has learned. 500 words. By Romina Maurino. BC-Ont-Legal-Aid. Moved. CP is also following: OTTAWA _ Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives in Trinidad and Tobago today to attend the Commonwealth leaders' summit. The meeting is to focus on the global economy and the promotion of democracy, human rights and good governance. But two hot-button issues _ gay rights and climate change _ could cause a stir and highlight divisions. BC-Harper-Commonwealth. CALGARY -- Finance Minister Iris Evans and Treasury Board President Lloyd Snelgrove release Alberta's second-quarter fiscal update. Copy develops from 10:30 a.m. news conference. FOR THE WEEKEND OTTAWA _ If six months is a lifetime in politics, then the past year was that and a reincarnation rolled into one for Stephen Harper. The prime minister went from spinning the government into full-blown crisis last November with an inflammatory and nearly suicidal economic statement, to being reborn at the top of the polls a year later. 650 words. By Jennifer Ditchburn. For use any time but intended mainly for weekend editions. BC-Harper-Crisis-Year-Later. Moved. MONTREAL _ It was a meaningless game in mid-November and, outside the old Forum, turbulent political tides were rocking Quebec. The province would make international news that night by electing, for the first time, a separatist government. Even on this night in 1976, in this split society, hockey fans cheered together as they always had for their victorious Montreal Canadiens _ and demonstrated yet again how this team, more than anything else over the last 100 years, has united a divided city. 1,600 words. By Alexander Panetta. See Photo. For Use any time but intended mainly for weekend editions. HKN-NHL-Habs-100th-Quebec. Moved Sports (S) and General (G). Editors: Note 100th anniversary is Dec. 4. Separate sports copy will move on the anniversary through next week, starting Monday. VANCOUVER _ An upscale bistro on Vancouver's Granville Island will feel a lot like Switzerland during the 2010 Winter Olympics, serving authentic dishes from the Western European country, chocolate fondue and, of course, Swiss cheese. The House of Switzerland is just one of the many so-called hospitality houses that will take over bars, restaurants or temporary structures at the Games, staged by competing countries, sports teams and sponsors to shmooz with VIPs and, in a few cases, invite in the public. It's big business, with countries and sponsors spending millions of dollars for the presence at the Games, and it's become an integral _ if mostly private _ part of every Olympics. 800 words. By James Keller.For use any time but intended mainly for weekend editions. BC-OLY-Countdown-Hospitality. Moved Sports and General. WORLD MUMBAI, India _ Black-clad commandos rappelled down a building and Mumbai's police showed off their new gear Thursday in a show of force, a year after a terrorist attack across the city killed 166 people. Activists fear the security upgrades are not enough to prevent a repeat of the attack that laid siege to luxury hotels, turned a train station into a scene of carnage and paralyzed India's commercial heart for 60 hours. 700 words. By Erika Kinetz. See Photos. AS-India-Terror-Anniversary. Moved. See also: _ AS-India-Shooting. Moved. AMPATUAN, Philippines _ Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country's worst election violence. Andal Ampatuan, a town mayor, maintains he had nothing to do with the ambush of a convoy carrying his political rival's family, supporters and at least 22 journalists. 900 words. By Aaron Favila and Jim Gomez. See Photos. AS-Philippines-Hostages-Killed. Moved. MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia _ Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, a day after torrential rains that killed at least 77 people. The hardest hit was Jidda, about 60 kilometres away from the holy city of Mecca and its surrounding sacred sites where the three million Muslims from around the world were performing the rites of the pilgrimage. 700 words. By Hadeel Al-Shalchi. See Photos. ML-Saudi-Hajj. Moved. DUBLIN, Ireland _ The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse committed by priests because bishops wanted to protect the church's reputation at the expense of victims, an expert commission reported Thursday after a three-year investigation into previously secret church records. 750 words. By Shawn Pogatchnik. EU-Ireland-Catholic-Abuse. Moved. WASHINGTON _ Michaele and Tareq Salahi like a good party, a lawyer who knows them said Thursday, and maybe that's why the couple from Virginia's horse country didn't look out of place at the White House state dinner for the Indian prime minister. They were all smiles as they rubbed shoulders with Vice-President Joe Biden, CBS News anchor Katie Couric and others. Now the Secret Service is investigating the party crashers. 600 words. By Douglass Daniel. See Photos. US-State-Dinner-Uninvited-Guests. Moved. ALICE SPRINGS, Australia _ Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies. The Northern Territory government announced its plan Wednesday for Docker River, a town of 350 residents where thirsty camels have been arriving daily for weeks because of drought conditions in the region. 500 words. See Photos. AS-Australia-Thirsty-Camels. Moved. HIGHLIGHTED ON THE GENERAL BUDGET The following stories, which carry foreign placelines but are of specific interest to Canadian readers, move on both the World (W) and General (G) wires and are highlighted on the General (G) budget: _ Somali-Cda-Journalist. BUSINESS MONTREAL _ Bombardier Aerospace (TSX:BBD.B) says a lack of new orders will forced it to lay off an additional 715 workers at its Montreal-area facilities next year as it reduces production of its CRJ regional jets. 650 words. By Ross Marowits. BC-Bombardier, 4th Writethru. Moved. LONDON _ World stock markets were rattled Thursday as uneasy investors fretted over debt problems at Dubai World, a government-owned investment company that wants permission to postpone payments on billions of dollars of debt. 750 words. BC-Dubai-World-Markets, 3rd Writethru. Moved. Will be Updated. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates _ Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills _ causing a drop on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment. 1,000 words. By Barbara Surk. BC-ML-Dubai-Desperate-Times, 5th Writethru. Moved. TORONTO _ Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) says it's laying off about 900 employees across Canada, mostly in executive and management positions, in an effort to streamline operations as it grapples with intensifying competition. By David Friend. BC-Rogers-Layoffs, 3rd Writethru Budget. Moved. TORONTO _ Steel producers applauded a decision by Ottawa to slap a duty on some Chinese steel imports after a preliminary determination that the metal was being dumped and subsidized in the Canadian market. However, similar measures in the U.S. provoked a strong rebuke from China, and could hurt trade relations between the two countries. 700 words. By Kristine Owram. BC-China-Steel-Dumping, 1st Writethru. Moved. TORONTO _ Condominiums have soared in popularity for a number of reasons, including the chance for empty-nesters to downsize, ideally for a lower price than owning a standard house. But the lower price doesn't tell the whole story since since condos have one aspect that houses do not _ monthly fees. These fees go towards the upkeep of the building and vary widely. 700 words. By Malcolm Morrison. BC-Money-Monitor. Moved. MONTREAL _ When a consumer turns on a mobile phone, his identity has to be verified to determine if he's allowed access to a carrier's wireless network. Ottawa's Bridgewater Systems has developed software to do this and has 140 clients globally, including Bell Canada. Bridgewater also sells mobile services that allows service providers to capture profiles of their users, manage billing, and has a commercial application for iPhones and BlackBerrys that allows users to know how much bandwidth they've used to keep their monthly bills in line. 550 words. By LuAnn LaSalle. BC-Bridgewater-Mobile. Moved. UNDATED _ Now that Lululemon Athletica (TSX:LLL) has outfitted the yoga mom generation in trendy workout wear, the chain is reaching out to their daughters with Friday's launch of the Ivivva brand, part of a brand strategy to lock in the next generation of loyal Lululemon shoppers. The Black Friday launch comes after better than expected third-quarter sales and the Vancouver-based chain says it's cautiously optimistic about holiday shopping sales. By Sunny Freeman. 600 words. Lulu-Tween-Launch. Moved. FRANKFURT _ General Motors Co. said Thursday it will not close its Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, England, and doesn't expect job cuts there as part of its restructuring of European operations. 500 words. By George Frey. BC-EU-Germany-GM-Opel. Moved. UNDATED _ Oil prices slipped towards $77 a barrel on Thursday as a sharp slide in stock markets raised worries about the pace of recovery in the global economy and demand for crude. By Barry Hatton. BC-Oil-Prices, 1st Writethru. Moved. BEIJING _ China's stimulus spending has fuelled massive overexpansion in industrial capacity that could drive a surge in low-priced exports amid weak global demand, possibly igniting a protectionist backlash abroad, a European business group warned Thursday. By Joe McDonald. BC-AS-China-Economy, 1st Writethru Budget. Moved. TOKYO _ Toyota is slashing bonus pay for managers as the Japanese automaker tackles a massive recall in the U.S. and deep losses for the second straight fiscal year. 400 words. By Yuri Kageyama. AP Photos. BC-AS-Japan-Toyota. Moved The Canadian Press is also following: TORONTO _ The Toronto stock market closed sharply lower Thursday amid news from Dubai that the government's flagship investment company is in deep financial trouble.The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 200.1 points to 11,436.8 after the Dubai government said it would restructure Dubai World, which has developed a slew of extravagant real estate projects and is thought to have debts totalling around US$60 billion. It also announced a six-month standstill on repayments of its massive debt. 731 words. By Malcolm Morrison. Dollar-Markets. MONTREAL _ Montreal La Presse has reached a contract agreement with the last of its eight unions, ensuring the survival of the 125-year-old newspaper. BC-CRAFT-La-Presse, 3rd Writethru. Moved Business (B) and General (G). MONTREAL _ BV! Media Inc. (TSXV:BVM) has scrapped a $1 million cash purchase of a private online advertising and email marketing company after failing to close its financing options on the recently announced deal. BC-BV!-Media, 1st Writethru. Moved. MONTREAL _ A change in cost structure and stringent cost-control measures allowed Odesia Group Inc. (TSXV:ODS) to turn a year-ago loss in a net profit in the third quarter. BC-Odesia-Group, 1st Writethru. Moved. OTTAWA _ Canada's international travel deficit widened to a record high $3.3 billion in the third quarter from $3.2 billion in the second. BC-StatsCan-Travel, 1st Writethru. Moved OTTAWA _ Non-farm payroll employment increased by 15,900, or 0.1 per cent, in September. Statistics Canada reports that 170 of 305 industries surveyed, or 55.7 per cent, posted gains _ the largest number of industries adding to their payrolls since July 2008. BC-StatsCan-Payrolls, 1st Writethru. Moved. OTTAWA _ Mosaid Technologies Inc. (TSX:MSD) said Thursday it earned $5 million or 49 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Oct. 31 compared with a loss of $3.4 million or 33 cents per diluted share a year ago. Revenue in the quarter totalled $17.3 million, up from $13.8 million. BC-Mosaid. TORONTO _ An Ontario court has dismissed an appeal from a union representing Nortel Networks, as well as laid off and retired workers who are seeking payments from the insolvent company. 450 words. By David Friend. BC-Nortel, 2nd Writethru. Moved. TORONTO _ Three big Canadian gold miners are criticizing a private member's bill that, if passed, would govern the activities of Canadian companies operating in developing countries. By Kristine Owram. BC-Cda-Mining-Bill, 2nd Writethru. Moved TORONTO _ Priszm Income Fund (TSX:QSR.UN) reaches deal with Yum! Restaurants International (Canada) that will extend several franchise agreements covering a number of quick service and other restaurants across Canada. BC-Priszm-Yum!. TORONTO _ Route1 Inc. (TSXV:ROI) managed to narrow its net loss from year-ago levels in the third quarter as its contracts with large enterprise customers boosted revenue, the technology company announced Thursday. BC-Route1, 2nd Writethru. Moved. TORONTO _ Merchant bank GC-Global Capital Corp. (TSXV:GDE.A) said Thursday that a jump in the value of its investments boosted third-quarter revenues and sent profits significantly higher. BC-GC-Global-Capital, 1st Writethru. Moved. TORONTO _ Twelve General Motors of Canada Ltd. dealers _ one of whom represents a family that sold GM vehicles for more than 100 years _ have launched a lawsuit against the auto maker in a bid to keep their dealerships open.The Globe and Mail reported that the dealers are among about 240 who were sent termination notices by GM in May as its parent company was approaching Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. The auto company is making announced massive cuts to its dealer network as part of a strategy to get rid of four of the eight brands it operated in the U.S. and Canadian markets. 322 words. GM-Canada-Dealers. TORONTO _ Toyota Canada Inc. said Thursday that an investigation into potential problems with its floor mats that forced a recall of four million vehicles in the United States, does not affect its Canadian vehicles.``There is no risk of accelerator pedal entrapment when compatible Toyota and Lexus Canadian-designed all-weather floor mats are properly used in the affected models as they are different in design and material composition from the Toyota-supplied mats in the U.S.,'' the company said. 356 words. Toyota Floor Mats. CALGARY _ Pan Orient Energy Corp.'s (TSXV:POE) third-quarter profits were up despite an almost 50 per cent cut in revenues, the junior oil and gas company said Thursday. BC-Pan-Orient, 1st Writethru. Moved. CALGARY _ Canadian Energy Services L.P. (TSX:CEU.UN), a Calgary based oilpatch services company, says it has struck a deal to acquire Champion Drilling Fluids Inc., an Oklahoma-based private drilling fluids service company for oil and gas operators in the U.S. midcontinent region. BC-Canadian-Energy-Services. Moved. CALGARY Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd.'s (TSXV:PPY.A) has reported an improvement in third-quarter revenues, but it wasn't enough to prevent the junior oil and gas company from sliding into the red. BC-Painted-Pony, 1st Writethru. Moved. CALGARY _ Artek Exploration Ltd., a privately held Alberta-based oil and gas company, agrees to a reverse takeover of Costa Energy Inc. The companies will be amalgamated to form a new corporation to carrying on Artek's current business under the name Artek Exploration Ltd. BC-Costa-Artek. VERNON, B.C. _ A northern Alberta sawmill is again closing indefinitely, throwing roughly 290 of its employees out of work.Tolko Industries Ltd., based in Vernon, B.C., has announced that its lumber division in High Level, Alta., is closing. 110 words. Alta-Forestry-Cuts. LANGLEY, B.C. _ Bevo Agro Inc.'s (TSXV:BVO) revenues more than doubled in the first quarter, helping slash its loss substantially. Bevo had a loss of $103,690 or less than a penny a share for the period ended Sept. 30. That compared with a loss of $717,161 or three cents a share in the same period a year ago, the company announced late Wednesday. BC-Bevo-Agro, 1st Writethru. Moved. BURNABY, B.C. _ Photon Control Inc. (TSXV:PHO) says it earned $343,340 in the third quarter compared with $37,793 last year. Profits in both periods were equal to less than a penny a share. Revenues climbed to $1.5 million from $1.1 million. BC-Photon-Control, 2nd Writethru. Moved. VANCOUVER _ Ryland Oil Corp. (TSXV:RYD) announced Thursday it plans to acquire Denver-based Eternal Energy Corp. in a deal valued at $6.42 million. BC-Ryland-Oil, 1st Writethru. Moved VANCOUVER _ Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) says its Canadian division is selling seven Caterpillar mining trucks and tractors to Shell Canada Energy. The equipment will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2009. No value was put on the sale. BC-Finning, 2nd Writethru. Moved. VANCOUVER _ Owner of the mineral rights to La Bodega property in Colombia launches legal action to invalidate an options agreement with Ventana Gold Corp. (TSX:VEN) subsidiary CVS Explorations Ltda. BC-Ventana-Lawsuit. VANCOUVER _ SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSXV:SVL), a Vancouver-based gold and silver miner, says it has signed a definitive project financing deal with Macquarie Bank Ltd. on a US$12.5 million loan to finance development of its Santa Elena project in Sonora, Mexico. BC-Silvercrest-Mines. VANCOUVER _ Sonic Technology Solutions Inc. (TSXV:SNV), a Vancouver-based company that focuses on heavy oil upgrading technology, says it has entered into an agreement with Energy Invest Group Ltd. to sell its Terra-Kleen soil cleanup business for $1.5 million plus future royalties. BC-Sonic-Terra-Kleen. VANCOUVER _ Ventana Gold Corp. (TSX:VEN) said Thursday the owner of a mineral mine in Columbia has launched legal action in an attempt to invalidate a deal with Ventana's subsidiary, CVS Explorations Ltda. BC-Ventana-Lawsuit, 1st Writethru VANCOUVER _ Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. (TSX:SBB) announces bought-deal share issue to raise $6,350,000 for exploration of projects in Nunavut. Under an agreement with Dundee Securities Corp. and other underwriters it will issue five million shares worth $1.27 apiece. BC-Sabina-Gold. Moved BLAINE, Wash. _ Century Mining Corp. (TSXV:CMM) said Thursday it will raise up to C$4 million in a non-brokered private placement of units to fund underground drilling at its Lamaque project in Val-d'Or, Que.The company said it will issue 20 million units at an issue price of 20 cents per unit consisting of one share issued on a flow-through basis and half of a share purchase warrant exercisable at 30 cents for 18 months. 188 words. Century-Mining. SPORTS FOOTBALL CALGARY _ The CFL honours its best individual performers Thursday night at its annual awards banquet. Anthony Calvillo is favoured to capture the big prize of outstanding player for the second straight year. 600 words. By Dan Ralph. See Photos. FBO-CFL-Awards. Awards show starts at 10 p.m. See also: _ FBO-CIS-Awards. First hit moves at 10 p.m. CALGARY _ He's the architect of a Saskatchewan Roughriders team making its second Grey Cup appearance since 2007 but general manager Eric Tillman isn't here to bask in that glory. Instead, he remains in Regina on paid administrative leave awaiting to stand trial in January on a charge of sexual assault involving a 16-year-old girl in August 2008. 600 words. By Dan Ralph. See Photo CPT114. FBO-CFL-Grey-Cup-Tillman. Moved. CALGARY _ The Montreal Alouettes had the CFL's top defence this season and while it all starts with a monster defensive line, it also features Canadian middle linebacker Shea Emry and a converted back at linebacker Chip Cox. 600 words. By Bill Beacon. FBO-CFL-Grey-Cup-Als. Moved. See also: _ FBO-CFL-Grey-Cup-Notebook. Moved. CALGARY _ In order to beat the Montreal Alouettes in Sunday's Grey Cup, the Saskatchewan Roughriders will have to get continued offensive production from their talented receiving corps. Dubbed as the Canadian Air Force, receivers Andy Fantuz, Chris Getzlaf and Rob Bagg all hauled in touchdown catches as the Riders qualified for the CFL final by downing the Calgary Stampeders at home in Regina last Sunday. By Laurence Heinen. 600 words. FBO-CFL-Grey-Cup-Roughriders. Moved. PITTSBURGH _ Ben Roethlisberger plans to play Sunday against Baltimore despite sustaining his fourth concussion in four years last weekend against Kansas City. He's been cleared to play, and he's apparently not worried about the risk of taking the field so soon after yet another head injury. 600 words. By Alan Robinson. FBN-Roethlisberger's-Risk. Moved. ST. JOSEPH, Miss _ His team trailing 46-0, Matt Ziesel scored a touchdown. A single play, one of thousands across high school fields this fall and meaningless to the final score, brought tears of joy to fans in a Missouri stadium and went viral on the Internet. 1125 words. By John Marshall. See Photos KSCR101-108. FBH-Matt's-Touchdown. Moved. UNDATED _ Notre Dame practically sells itself to recruits, what with its rich tradition, national name and facilities that are second-to-none. Its fan base is as devoted as any in sports. Throw in its own TV network, and ND should be college football's premier powerhouse, year in and year out. Right? Yet here the Irish are again, dragging into late November with a mediocre record and an all-but-lame-duck coach. If Notre Dame hires another, that'll make five in the past decade (including that guy out of ``central casting'') _ the kind of instability normally reserved for Hollywood marriages. 1169 words. By Nancy Armour. See Photo. FBC-Irish-Stew. Moved Datafile only. GAINESVILLE, Fla. _ This will be a Senior Day that Florida coach Urban Meyer will never forget. Meyer welled up with tears and had to compose himself several times when talking about quarterback Tim Tebow's home finale. Imagine how he'll react when he joins 90,000 fans in saying goodbye to one of college football's greatest players. 600 words. By Mark Long. FBC-T25-Tebow's-Home-Finale. Moved Datafile only. OLYMPICS CALGARY - The Canadian alpine ski team lifted the veil Thursday on what had been a secret project to make them faster. STEALTH is GPS tracking that shows the skiers the fastest line down the Olympic course in Whistler and also tells them which ski and was combinations work best. 900 words. By Donna Spencer. See Photos. BC-OLY-Ski-Stealth-Project. Moved. LAKE LOUISE, Alta. _ For the members of Canada's men's alpine team the message leading up to the 2010 Games is clear: win and you're in. ``If you win a downhill race between now and the Olympics, you're going to start in the Olympics,'' said Paul Kristofic, team manager for Alpine Canada. 900 words. By Sunny Dhillon. OLY-SKI-Tight-Competition. Moved. See also: _ OLY-SKI-Family-Pursuit. Moved Datafile only. WHISTLER, B.C. _ As he hurtled head-first down the icy track at the Whistler Sliding Centre, the main thing on Paul Shore's mind wasn't whether he'd make it to the bottom in one piece. Instead, he was plotting how to sell the exhilarating experience to tourists.When all that's left of the 2010 Winter Olympics are a few forgotten toques and red mittens, it will be up to Shore and a team of experts at Whistler 2010 Sport Legacies to prevent the multimillion-dollar Games venues in the resort community from becoming derelict monuments. 642 words. By Kim Thompson. See Photo CPT109. OLY-Countdown-Whistler-Legacies. One in a series of Olympic features. Moved Datafile only. See also: _ OLY-Countdown-Hospitality. Moved Sports (S) and General (G). CALGARY _ Sam Edney sat woozily in the bloodstained ward of a Latvian hospital that was redolent of antiseptic and death, trying to explain that the X-ray of his smashed, throbbing hand captured the intact bones but missed the shattered ones. ``It was a horrifying experience. Straight out of the USSR,'' the 25-year-old Olympic luge slider recalled with a laugh. 1,256 words. By Dean Bennett. See Photo CPT108. With QuickSketch. OLY-LUG-Profile-Edney. One in a series of athlete profiles. Moved. COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. _ The money goes where the medals are _ one of those Darwinian truths that often undercuts the oft-told Olympic fairy tale about the journey being as important as the result.Chris Klug and his band of snowboarders know all about it. 918 words. By Eddie Pells. OLY-Snowboard-Rebels. Moved Datafile only. HOCKEY EDMONTON _ As bad a things are today for the Edmonton Oilers after a 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings Wednesday, circumstances suggest that things could get a lot worse before they get better. 700 words. By Robin Brownlee. HKN-Oilers-Struggle. Moved. UNDATED _ Pavel Bure is already feeling a little anxious about the men's hockey tournament at the Vancouver Olympics. For the first time since NHLers started going to the Games, the Russian Rocket will be stuck on the sidelines like everyone else. 500 words. By Chris Johnston. OLY-HKO-Bure. Moved. OTHER SPORTS TORONTO _ The Toronto Blue Jays are planning for a future without free agent Marco Scutaro, signing Alex Gonzalez to serve as their starting shortstop in 2010 instead.The deal comes a day after backup shortstop John McDonald agreed to a $3-million, two-year deal and general manager Alex Anthopoulos said talks had stalled with Scutaro, who was one of the team's best players last season. 500 words. By Shi Davidi. BBA-Jays-Gonzalez. Moved. FRANKFURT, Germany _ German police have questioned two players from the Fortuna Duesseldorf soccer club Thursday in connection with the widening match-fixing scandal in Europe.The two play for the reserve side of the club, which competes in the fourth-tier league. The main Fortuna team is in the second division. 626 words. By Nesha Starcevic. SOC-Germany-Match-Fixing. Moved. VANCOUVER _ Canada's national rugby team could have its hands full in Saturday's Test match against Russia. The Russians have a professional league back home, are ranked No. 16 in the world, just two places behind Canada, and are considered one of the most improving nations in the sport. 600 words. By Jim Morris. RGU-Russia-Canada. See also: _ RGU-International-Preview. Moved Datafile only. ENTERTAINMENT TORONTO _ Masterworks by Lawren Harris and Tom Thomson are to be auctioned off at the Heffel fine art auction. 500 words. By Michael Oliveira. BC-ART-Heffel. Copy moves by 10 p.m. TORONTO _ Naomi Klein says her next book will examine the environmental movement that has galvanized young people the same way the anti-corporate movement did a decade ago.The journalist and activist documented that time in her seminal book ``No Logo,'' which is celebrating its 10th birthday. 500 words. By Cassandra Szklarski. BOOKS-Klein. Moved. UNDATED _ Not that long ago, Kelly Blatz worked at a Starbucks in Burbank, Calif., fetching coffee for executives who worked at the neighbourhood TV and film studios. As he puts it, ``I used to serve all the people I work for now.'' Blatz just wrapped production on a second season of the Disney XD series ``Aaron Stone. '' He was in Toronto earlier this week to promote his latest project, the sci-fi 'tween drama ``Skyrunners.'' 664 words. By Bill Brioux. Brioux-on-the-Box. Moved. TORONTO _ Star choreographer Mia Michaels is going through an extreme makeover on her life that has her in the doctor's office nearly as much as the dance studio. The Emmy Award-winning talent will be in Montreal on Saturday to guest judge the Season 3 auditions for CTV's ``So You Think You Can Dance Canada.'' 500 words. By Victoria Ahearn. TV-Mia-Michaels. Moved. TORONTO _ There's good news for holiday shoppers who have spent previous years waiting in hours-long lineups, making frantic calls to stores, and being extorted by profiteering gadget scalpers while searching for that must-have gift. It appears there is no Nintendo Wii or Wii Fit, limited supply iPhone, or other tech toys this year that are expected to be overwhelmingly in demand and impossible to find in stores. 833 words. By Michael Oliveira. Tech-Holiday-Shopping. Moved. GENEVA _ Roman Polanski will be moved from jail to house arrest at his Alpine chalet as soon as he posts $4.5 million bail and meets other conditions set by a Swiss court, the Justice Ministry said Thursday.The ministry said it would not appeal a decision by the Swiss Criminal Court to release the 76-year-old director, adding that he can leave jail after his pays bail, surrenders his identity documents and has an electronic monitoring system installed and tested. 696 words. By Bradley S. Klapper. See Photo. EU-Switzerland-Polanski. Moved. LIFESTYLES Eds: In addition to the following budgeted copy moving Lifestyles, stories slugged Doctors-Supply and Stem-Cells-Lungs are highlighted in BC-Budget-Canadian and are moving both General (G) and Lifestyles (L). TORONTO _ The resurgence of musicals targeting teens has brought a new group of young, inspired, spotlight-searching fans to the genre. From the popularity of the hit television show ``Glee,'' to the massively popular tween sensation ``High School Musical,'' it seems the theatre geek is no longer lurking behind the curtains. 698 words. By Ciara Byrne. See CP Photo CPT306. GenY-Theatre-Geeks. Moved. TORONTO _ Red and green may still reign supreme as go-to hues for holiday decor, but the colour spectrum _ much like the boundaries of design _ are broadening beyond the traditional. Style experts say while colourfully trimmed trees and decorative wreaths are still are very much part of the festive season, items evoking sophisticated glam as well as more scaled-back looks also have their place in holiday decor. They offer suggestions on ways to spruce up your home for the holidays and do-it-yourself ideas for the cost-conscious. 700 words. By Lauren La Rose. See CP Photos CPT303-305. BC-Holidays-Decking-The-Halls. Moved. NEW YORK _ Zhu Zhu Pets are this year's must-have toy. The $10 robotic hamsters are selling out before they hit store shelves. To nab one online, the price has jumped to $40 or more. The mania is putting the tiny upstart company that makes the rodents to the test. 930 words. By Mae Anderson. See AP Photos. Hamster-Mania. Also moved Business. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. _ This year, compulsive hoarders are in the spotlight. Books, movies and TV's ``Hoarders'' _ a popular A&E reality show that begins its second season Nov. 30 _ have all brought the disorder out of its shame-filled past. 1225 words. By Tamara Lush. See CP Photos CPT300-302. Year-of-the-Hoarder, Advance. Also moved Entertainment. (c) 2009 The Canadian Press [ Back To the Online Project Management Community's Homepage ]