17.05.2012

Where are the grown-ups during Quebec strikes? Many are right on the front lines

MONTREAL - With scenes of student unrest in the streets of Quebec, one might be tempted to ask: Where are the grown-ups?

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17.05.2012

Criticism prompts museum to raise age of admission for sex exhibit

OTTAWA - Canada’s Science and Technology Museum has abruptly raised the age limit for a controversial sex exhibit amid calls to have the exhibit shut down.

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17.05.2012

Federal study suggests relocating EI recipients to regions with labour needs

OTTAWA - A new study from the Human Resources Department suggests Ottawa is looking at ways to get people receiving employment insurance to move to other regions with more jobs.

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17.05.2012

Japan economy grows at 4.1 per cent annualized rate January-March amid disaster recovery

TOKYO - Japan's economy grew an at annual rate of 4.1 per cent in the first quarter amid a gradual recovery from last year's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

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17.05.2012

Purple, Red and Yellow Wiggles to leave popular Australian preschool band at end of year

SYDNEY - Three members of the children's music quartet The Wiggles will be hanging up their colorful outfits and leaving the Australian band this year, with the Blue Wiggle the lone original member left dancing.

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17.05.2012

Doctors ditching the prescription pad as more than a third of prescriptions now are electronic

WASHINGTON - Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count.

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