My Big Fat Diet: The Lens
Airing: Tuesday January 6 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld -- The town that went on a diet. B.C. community replaces sugars and carbs with an experimental high fat diet that fights obesity and diabetes.
Stranded flyers deserve compensation, consumer group urges
The president of the Consumers' Association of Canada plans to press Transport Canada for improved protection for airline passengers after hundreds of travellers were left stranded over the holidays.
Fast-growing fish farming can help the environment, researcher says
Fish farming has had a bad rap, but will continue to grow quickly, may be the only way to meet rising demand for seafood and isn't necessarily an environmental problem, a U.S. scientist says.
U.S. inaugurates massive new embassy in Baghdad
The United States dedicated its new embassy in Baghdad on Monday, a fortress-like compound that is the largest embassy ever built by the superpower.
The Scene: Rachel's Wedding
Entertainment review with Jelena Adzic: Anne Hathaway's dysfunctional wedding. Oct 3/08
Insomnia costs Quebec billions annually, study says
Insomnia costs Quebec about $6.5 billion a year, mostly through lost productivity among those who can't sleep, according to a new study.
Quebec mother charged in deaths of children, husband
A Quebec mother accused of killing all of her children learned from her hospital bed Monday that she had been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
Spend billions to boost economy: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Ottawa should spend $32.9 billion, or 2.1 per cent of GDP, in 2009 to stimulate the Canadian economy in 2009, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggests. It says the economy would get a three per cent boost and 407,000 jobs would be created.
Crystal, china maker Waterford Wedgwood files for bankruptcy protection
Waterford Wedgwood PLC, the maker of classic china and crystal, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after attempts to restructure the struggling business or find a buyer failed.
Caisse boss quits after short tenure
Only five months after he was named to the job, the head of Quebec's Caisse de dépôt et placement is quitting.