Canadian fest honors 'Fifty Dead Men'
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The movie "Fifty Dead Men Walking" from director Kari Skogland has won the Western Canada film award, Vancouver International Film Festival officials say.

Grizzly pays penalty for human death
BERGEN, Alberta, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A female grizzly bear believed to be the killer of a Canadian hunter was shot and killed in Alberta.

Canada pumps $25B into mortgages
OTTAWA, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Canada will put $25 billion cash into mortgage-backed securities to shore up banks and lenders, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Friday.

Afghan war cost causes Canada uproar
OTTAWA, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Days before Canada's federal election, there is a political uproar over the country's inability to provide a cost for the country's combat role in Afghanistan.

Canadian military air crash kills 2
MOOSE JAW, Saskatchewan, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Two people were killed when a jet belonging to Canada's military aerobatic Snowbirds team crashed in Saskatchewan, military officials said.

Farmers plagued by Canadian elk relocation
GUELPH, Ontario, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Canadian farmers in Central Ontario are complaining a provincial relocation of wild elk from Alberta is out of control and costing them thousand of dollars.

Poll: Canadian voters think economy first
OTTAWA, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Party allegiance has taken a back seat to economic concerns among Canadian voters less than a week away from an election, a poll published Thursday indicated.

Canada denies another U.S. deserter
TORONTO, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The Canadian government has ordered another U.S. war deserter and his family to leave the country by the end of the month, border officials said.

Another 460 auto-related Canadian jobs go
TILLSONBURG, Ontario, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Another 460 job layoffs hit Canada's embattled auto-related manufacturing sector in southwestern Ontario, surpassing 1,000 jobs in the past week.

Canadian building permits fall in August
OTTAWA, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Canadian housing permits issued in August fell 13.5 percent in value in August to $5.6 billion, Statistics Canada reported Monday.

U.S. credit squeeze freezes Canada
TORONTO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Canadian homeowners and business owners are finding that the economic woes of the United States are spilling across the border.

Canadian voters find their debate a yawn
OTTAWA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Debates among leaders of the parties contesting the Canadian election did little to change voters' minds, a poll indicates.

Cop, joyriding teen have cell phone chat
NORTH BAY, Ontario, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A Canadian police sergeant ended a chase of a joyriding teenager in North Bay, Ontario, by chatting with him on the youth's cell phone.

Economy dominates second Canadian debate
OTTAWA, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The second and final debate among Canada's five political leaders in Ottawa focused again on the economy and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plan.

Record canola harvest forecast
OTTAWA, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Canadian farmers expect to harvest 10.9 million tons of canola, smashing last year's 9.5-million-ton record, Canada's statistics bureau said Thursday.

2M Canadians register for Do Not Call List
OTTAWA, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Canada's Do Not Call List is back at full speed, registering nearly 2 million people in its first 60 hours, telecommunications regulators said Thursday.

TB fears for Canada-U.S. Greyhound riders
WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Canadian health officials in Ontario issued a call Thursday for 27 Greyhound bus passengers who rode with a tuberculosis-infected passenger to come forward.

Canada won't deport students for absences
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- An internal government review of the Canadian student-visa system says foreign students won't be deported even if they don't attend their classes.

Economy dominates Canadian leaders' debate
OTTAWA, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The first of two debates among Canadian political leaders before the Oct. 14 federal election targeted Prime Minister Stephen Harper's economic policies.

Woman arrested over $3.5M lottery prize
WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman and her daughter have been arrested by Ontario Provincial Police in connection with cashing a disputed $3.5 million lottery ticket.

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