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01 October 2007, Washington (By Larry London) -- One of the most recent musical success stories is the comeback of the band Nickelback. In 2001, they achieved major success with their album, Silver Side Up, with 10 million copies sold worldwide. In 2005, Nickelback released All The Right Reasons, which recently reached eight million in worldwide sales. VOA's Larry London talked with Nickelback lead singer Chad Koreger about the band's latest tour and next album.    » read more »

- "Kenny vs. Spenny" Created by and Starring Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice
- "South Park" Creators Join Executive Team for New Episodes
- Network Licenses 10 All-New Episodes And Acquires 10 All-Time Classic Episodes

Multi-platform offerings include critical pennant race matchups over final days of regular season

09/27/2007, NEW YORK -- MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, announced today that its exclusive postseason subscription package, which includes the viewing of every postseason game live and on-demand outside of the United States, Canada, South Korea and Japan, is available now at:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index_ps.jsp.    » read more »

09/05/2007 -- Toronto FC announced Wednesday that 3 of their players have been called up to Canada's National Team. Canada will face Costa Rica Wednesday September 12th in a friendly at BMO Field.

Captain and midfielder Jim Brennan, midfielder/defender Chris Pozniak, and goalkeeper Kenny Stamatopoulos were all named to the Canadian squad named by Head Coach Dale Mitchell.

"I'm happy for them to go", said Toronto FC Head Coach Mo Johnston, "hopefully they can play 90 minutes and get a good game under their belt."    » read more »

Toronto, ON (September 4, 2007) – The results of a clinical trial, published in late August in the Journal of Pediatrics, indicates that, when used as part of routine therapy, high-dose ibuprofen is safe, and effective in slowing down lung disease in children with cystic fibrosis (CF).

Headed by Dr. Larry Lands, Director of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine at Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, the multi-centre study monitored 142 children aged six to 18 with mild lung disease over two years.    » read more »

The scientific community is just starting to appreciate the importance of pH regulation in normal vision.

Canadian "bedside manner test" a reliable predictor of patient complaints

4-Sep-2007 -- Physicians who score poorly on patient-physician communication skills exams are far more likely to generate patient complaints to regulatory authorities, says a new study led by McGill University's Robyn Tamblyn and published in the September 5 issue of JAMA.    » read more »

02 September 2007 (VOA Sports) -- The United States has won the women's eights race on the final day of the world rowing championships in Munich, Germany while Canada took the men's version of the event.

The United States led from the start Sunday to defend its women's title (6:17.20), edging Romania (6:18.33). Britain placed third (6:19.66).    » read more »

August 29, 2007 -- LANSING - Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today sent a letter to the governors of the Great Lakes states as well as to the premiers of Ontario and Quebec, urging them to follow Michigan's lead in protecting the Great Lakes from aquatic invasive species by enacting legislation that regulates ballast water discharge from ocean-going ships.

Granholm's letter follows a recent federal court decision that upheld legislation she signed into law that regulates ballast water discharges in Michigan.    » read more »

Toronto, (August 23, 2007) – The Futura Loyalty Group Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with MBNA® Canada Bank to issue the new Futura Rewards MasterCard® credit card. The launch is currently being planned to coincide with the wind down of the Citi™¹ KidsFutures® MasterCard this fall.    » read more »

New Blood Glucose Meter to Provide Advanced Therapy Options for People with Diabetes Beginning in Canada and Europe

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and industry partner L-3 Communications MAS, Inc., delivered Monday the first modernized Phase II CF-18 fighter to the Canadian Department of Defense.

Phase II of the CF-18 modernization program adds a data link system, a helmet-mounted sight system, new color cockpit displays and a new chaff- and flare-dispensing electronic warfare system to 79 CF-18 Hornets. The program is expected to be completed in March 2010. Phase I, completed in August 2006, upgraded the Canadian Hornet fleet's avionics, radio and weapons capabilities.    » read more »

August 20, 2007 -- MR. FISK: Good afternoon; good to see a number of faces again. Some of you I guess got your wish today -- you get to see me again. (Laughter.)

Anyway, let me give you a brief overview of both bilateral meetings; I'll do them in chronological order. First, the President's meeting with Prime Minister Harper, that was the first meeting.    » read more »

Security and Prosperity Partnership to be discussed by nations’ leaders

17 August 2007 -- Washington -- A trilateral partnership among the United States, Canada, and Mexico is undergoing intense scrutiny as President Bush prepares to meet August 20-21 with Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.    » read more »

08/15/2007 -- Paul Godfrey, President & CEO, Toronto Blue Jays:    » read more »