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Canada pulls out of UN drought convention
Canada said Thursday it is pulling out of a UN convention that fights drought, mostly in Africa, becoming the only nation to walk away from a pact that Ottawa says is a waste of money.
30 March 2013
BlackBerry shows signs of life in transition quarter
Showing signs of fresh life, smartphone maker BlackBerry eked out a small profit in a transition quarter in the midst of its rollout of a make-or-break platform to challenge Apple and Android.
29 March 2013
Figure Skating: Denis Ten was best in World Championship: Ten’s first coach
"Denis had a very difficult season, his injury bothered him, but he braced himself and showed everything he could," Denis Ten's coach said.
22 March 2013
Figure Skating: Kazakhstan national team ranked 5th thanks to Ten’s silver medal
Kazakhstan figure skating team, consisting Denis Ten and Abzal Rakimgaliyev, shares the fifth place with Germany and Italy.
20 March 2013
Figure Skating: Kazakhstan's Denis Ten in Top-10 world best figure skaters
Kazakhstan's figure skater Denis Ten won the silver of the Worlds and made it into the Top-10 of the world best figure skaters.
19 March 2013
My dream has come true: Kazakhstan silver skater Denis Ten
Denis Ten scored 266.48 points and won the silver medal that has become the first award in figure skating over the history of Kazakhstan.
19 March 2013
Figure Skating: Chan hangs on to claim third world title
Canada's Patrick Chan won his third consecutive men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships on Friday, even though it was Kazakhstan's Denis Ten who captured the free skate final.
19 March 2013
Figure Skating: Denis Ten of Kazakhstan wins silver at World Championship
Kazakhstan's Ten finished the short program second, then won the free skating finals, but Canada's Patrick Chan still got the gold.
19 March 2013
Canadian astronaut floats through chat with kids
The Canadian commander of the International Space Station delighted schoolchildren in a live question and answer session conducted from space on Friday.
16 March 2013
Figure Skating: Kazakhstan's Denis Ten second after short program at World Championship
Canada’s Patrick Chan is the leader of the short program men’s competition with a record setting score of 98,37 points.
14 March 2013
Figure skating: Chan leads with record-setting score
Patrick Chan is well on his way to defending his title after producing one of the greatest short programmes of his career at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships.
14 March 2013
'Canadian Psycho' in court for pre-trial hearing
The most high-profile Canadian criminal case in years lands in a Montreal court on Monday as a former porn actor appears to face charges of slaying and dismembering a Chinese student.
11 March 2013
Sex abuse victims list 'dirty dozen' papal candidates
Clergy sex abuse victims listed a "dirty dozen" potential papal candidates Wednesday and urged the Roman Catholic Church to "get serious" about protecting children, helping victims and exposing corruption.
08 March 2013
US suggests Keystone pipeline won't harm environment
The US State Department suggested Friday that a $5.3 billion Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline would have no major impact on the environment, but stopped short of recommending it be approved.
03 March 2013
Figure skating: Denis Ten in the new season
The World Championship is the most important tournament for Denis Ten, because he needs two spots for the Sochi Olympic Games.
01 March 2013
Volunteering good for the heart: study
Volunteer work has long been touted as good for the soul, but the practice is also good for your heart, according to a study out Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
26 February 2013
Chinese oil giant CNOOC buys Canada's Nexen
The Chinese oil giant CNOOC completed its $15.1 billion purchase of Canada's Nexen energy group on Monday, in what analysts have said is China's largest foreign investment.
26 February 2013
Hockey: Barys breaks contract with Jon Mirasty
The tough guy has changed more than 10 hockey clubs over his professional career and participated in countless ice fights.
21 February 2013
Canadian papal contender not a prophet in own land
Canada's Cardinal Marc Ouellet, a mainstream conservative churchman who once said becoming pope "would be a nightmare", is now widely seen as the North American candidate for the job.
18 February 2013
Skiing: Kazakhstan athlete third at Freestyle Skiing World Cup stage
Kazakhstan’s Yuliya Galysheva won the third place in women's parallel mogul skiing.
12 February 2013