Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia -- Mike Green's second-period goal Friday turned out to be the decisive score in Canada's 5-4 win over Sweden in the semifinals of the World Hockey Championship.

Ottawa -- Health Canada issued a warning Thursday cautioning people not to use Trophic-brand kelp and glutamic acid due to a health risk.

Ottawa -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the recall of Smith's Snack Service-brand small sub sandwiches because of possible contamination.

Ottawa -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a recall of certain ground beef products in British Columbia because of possible E. coli contamination.

Toronto -- A poll of Canadians indicates 57 percent say they want federal taxes on gasoline rolled back and 50 percent said oil companies are making excessive profits.

Montreal -- Canadian scientists say they have completed a massive survey of the network of protein complexes that maintain the fundamental processes of life.

It's time for some tough love. After all, I want you to have a comfortable retirement doing all the things you've desired.

Maybe you plan to dine in fine restaurants, travel to the Galapagos Islands to see blue-footed boobies, take your grandchildren to Hershey, Pa., to eat chocolate to their hearts' content -- and then come home to your spiffy retirement community.

Vancouver, British Columbia -- A Filipino family immigrating to Canada was so excited at a flight stopover in Vancouver, they left behind an 18-month-old toddler.

Ottawa-- Employment in Canada among immigrants rose by 52,000, or 2.1 percent in 2007 from a year earlier, the Statistics Canada agency reported Tuesday.

New York -- Jailed rapper Remy Ma reportedly was left standing at the altar of a New York prison after her fiance attempted to sneak a handcuff key through security.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -- A 64-year-old Frenchman has arrived in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan to prepare for a 25-mile skydiving jump later this month.

Like a video game of a ceaseless series of obstacles thrown at a hapless hero, Vonage (NYSE: VG) is jumping hurdle after hurdle, struggling to turn itself into a profitable enterprise; but there are major obstacles yet for the Internet telephony provider to leap.

By Zoe Van Schyndel

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