5 injured during protest in Iceland over economic meltdown At least five people were injured in Iceland's capital Saturday during a protest over the country's economic meltdown. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:40:52 EST

U.S. strike in Pakistan kills wanted British militant: reports Rashid Rauf, a British militant with al-Qaeda links, was killed along with an Egyptian by a suspected U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, Pakistani television channels and intelligence officers said. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:02:26 EST

Endeavour astronauts complete hardest spacewalk Astronauts have completed the most challenging of the four spacewalks on NASA's latest mission to the International Space Station. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:10:59 EST

Snowstorm restricts travel, causes power outages in Maritimes Thousands of Maritimers were without electricity Saturday and many roads and highways were closed after a storm dumped up to 30 centimetres of snow in some areas. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:42:15 EST

Budget deficit 'essential' if economic stimulus needed: Harper Budgetary deficits may be an inevitable reality for countries that use financial stimulus packages to revive their economies, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:03:53 EST

Indonesia rocked by powerful earthquakes No tsunami warning has been issued in the aftermath of a series of powerful earthquakes Saturday off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:47:03 EST

Haircuts, housing info on offer at Calgary homeless event More than 1,000 people turned out to stock up on winter clothes and housing information Saturday at a daylong event organized for Calgary's homeless and those at risk of losing their homes. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:39:27 EST

P.S. I Love You: Vatican newspaper to Beatles The Vatican's newspaper, Osservatore Romano, has come out lauding the Beatles while forgiving a remark by John Lennon declaring the Fab Four more famous than Jesus Christ. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:41:26 EST

Obama plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011 U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has announced a plan aimed at creating 2.5 million jobs by January 2011. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:18:21 EST

Students running underground junk food trade donate profits to charity Two high school students from Burnaby, B.C., who made headlines in September for selling junk food out of their lockers are hoping to do some good with their earnings. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:05 EST

Stampeders wrap themselves in underdog mantle The Calgary Stampeders are working hard to build the idea they are huge underdogs in the Grey Cup game against the hometown Montreal Alouettes. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:31:38 EST

Montreal museum director tapped to be National Gallery head: report Marc Mayer, currently the head of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal, is set to be appointed director of the National Gallery of Canada, according to Le Devoir. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:34:22 EST

Blast injures 8 Canadian soldiers north of Kandahar Eight Canadian soldiers were injured in Afghanistan after their armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Kandahar city. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:57:18 EST

20 B.C. students sent home for kicking red-haired classmates Twenty students from a Vancouver Island school were sent home Thursday after they kicked red-haired schoolmates as part of what an internet site declared "Kick a Ginger Kid" day. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:10:54 EST

Auto dealers call for government help The industry group representing Canada's automobile dealers said Canadian politicians must take immediate steps to increase liquidity in the car markets. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:40:57 EST

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