Canada’s military exports have more than tripled over the past seven years, a CBC News investigation has learned.

HIV entered U.S. through single immigrant from Haiti: scientists
HIV entered the United States through a single infected immigrant from Haiti, scientists said Monday.

Funding flap keeps native boy out of Winnipeg school
An aboriginal woman living in Winnipeg says a city school division advised her to hand her grandchild over to Child and Family Services as a means of registering him for school.

Girl, 3, lone survivor of Golden plane crash
A three-year-old girl is recovering in an Alberta hospital Monday after search and rescue teams found her strapped into a car seat in the wreckage of a small plane.

Walking in the city
A conference on walking was held recently in toronto. The idea was to find ways to get people out of their cars and on their feet. Some of the ideas were interesting: ‘scramble’ crossings, fewer car lanes, wider sidewalks. One expert even outlined how in some areas of The Netherlands city’s have removed all stops signs, speed signs, red lights, anything that separated cars from pedestrians! Does anything need to be done to make toronto more walkable? What’s your view?

Mountie shoots man in northern Manitoba
An RCMP officer shot a man in the leg after a confrontation in the remote northeastern community of Shamattawa, Man., on Sunday.

Is smog getting to you?
The Ministry of the Environment issued the advisory saying in a statement on its website “the southwesterly flow with hot, hazy and humid conditions is forecast to spread over all forecast regions” in southern and central Ontario. The smog alert covers regions from Windsor to Kingston and extends as far north as Muskoka. People are advised to avoid strenuous exercise during the day. They are also asked to conserve electricity by setting their air conditioners to higher temperatures. Temperatures in toronto are expected to reach the high 20s or low 30s on Thursday, with similar temperatures forecast for Friday. Thursday’s extreme hot weather means toronto and much of southern Ontario are once again under a smog alert.

High demand crashes Beijing Olympics ticket website
Overwhelming demand caused the computer system selling tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to crash on Tuesday.

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