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www.cbc.ca — U.S. journalist Amy Goodman was stopped at a Canadian border crossing south of Vancouver on Wednesday and questioned for 90 minutes by authorities concerned she was coming to Canada to speak against the Olympics.

www.cbc.ca — Al-Jazeera English, the English-language service of the Qatar-based broadcaster, has been approved for distribution via satellite in Canada.

www.cbc.ca — The cellphone system access fee is all but extinct. Bell Canada has quietly axed the charge, joining rivals Rogers and Telus.

www.cbc.ca — A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook.

www.cbc.ca — All detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely tortured by Afghan officials and many of the prisoners were innocent, says a former senior diplomat with Canada's mission in Afghanistan.

www.cbc.ca — Two earthquakes struck off the coast of British Columbia on Tuesday morning, shaking houses and scaring some residents throughout the North Coast region.

www.cbc.ca — NASA announced it found a significant amount of water on the moon as a result of the LCROSS impact last month.

www.cbc.ca — The huge investments governments made into swine flu pandemic planning might not have been justified, a public health official says.

www.cbc.ca — A fire has destroyed several businesses near the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in Vancouver, throwing flames 10 metres into the air, knocking out power and blocking traffic for several blocks.

www.cbc.ca — Vancouver police have a new crowd control device capable of emitting painfully loud blasts of sound, just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics, CBC News has learned.

www.cbc.ca — Montreal's Jewish General Hospital says a full-disclosure policy regarding mistakes made during patient care is responsible for a 50 per cent drop in adverse incidents over the past three years.

www.cbc.ca — Public health officials and journalists have overstated the importance of the swine flu, a former Ontario chief medical officer of health says.

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www.cbc.ca — The brother of Iranian-Canadian Blogfather Hossein Derakhshan, who has been imprisoned in Iran without trial for nearly a year, is warning foreign-born Canadians not to rely on their Canadian passports.

www.cbc.ca — The National Post newspaper will cease operations unless a Toronto court approves a new ownership structure for the paper by Friday, Canwest says.

www.cbc.ca — Jennifer McQuire, general manager and editor in chief of CBC News, on what people can expect from the wholesale renewal of the public broadcaster's news service.

www.cbc.ca — An Ontario law has come into effect Monday making it illegal for drivers to use hand-held cellphones, BlackBerrys and other electronic devices while behind the wheel.

www.cbc.ca — A man in Gatineau is facing hundreds of dollars in fines after trying to pass off a teddy bear as third passenger while driving in a carpool lane.

www.cbc.ca — An ice-skating bear with a Russian circus turned on its trainers on Wednesday, killing the circus director and seriously wounding another man during a rehearsal in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan.

www.cbc.ca — CBC is launching a new 10-minute late night local newscast and a 10-minute online version of The National as part of a sweeping set of changes to take effect next Monday.

www.cbc.ca — Big telecommunications companies such as Bell and Rogers can only interfere with internet traffic as a last resort, the CRTC says. Instead, they should use economic measures such as new investment and usage limits to combat congestion.

www.cbc.ca — We're in the age of News 2.0. The tools of journalism are no longer the exclusive preserve of journalists. What do blogs, wikis, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and video sharing sites like YouTube mean for the future of journalism

www.cbc.ca — Roman Polanski has been moved from his Zurich jail for medical treatment, his French lawyer says.

www.cbc.ca — A Louisiana justice of the peace has drawn criticism for his refusal to marry an interracial couple.

www.cbc.ca — Testosterone is what drives men's desire to own fast cars, according to a study published in the journal Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes.

www.cbc.ca — Canada has some of the poorest high-speed internet service in the developed world and is an example of what not to do from a policy perspective, according to a study by Harvard University.

www.cbc.ca — An experimental, homemade balloon is back on the ground in Colorado after drifting away Thursday, prompting a hunt for a six-year-old boy who was originally thought to have been on board.

www.cbc.ca — The official medals for the 2010 Winter Olympics were unveiled Thursday morning in Vancouver, featuring original West Coast aboriginal designs of an orca and a raven.