Canada Healthcare Plans

Read the fine print on colleges' healthcare plans  Limited coverage can mean that parents will be stuck with huge bills if students get sick.

Canada to consult allies on relations with Moscow: report   Canada was "very troubled" by Russia's actions in Georgia and will consult its NATO and G8 allies over future relations with Moscow, a foreign ministry official said in Canadian media Sunday.

Hickey to make unusual run for Sequoia Healthcare District board  n Jack Hickey plans to run for a seat in the health care district with two years left on his own

Critics: Canada's oil boom an environmental bust  Extracting oil from Canada's open-pit mines poses unacceptable risks to the region's rivers and forests, critics of the projects say.

Canada ups ante for Arctic resources  Canada is stepping up its efforts to stake a claim in the oil-rich Arctic Ocean basin that receding ice sheets are opening up to exploitation.

"Thunder" al frente en la taquilla de EEUU y Canadá  LOS ANGELES - La comedia de acción "Tropic Thunder" continuó en el primer sitio en las taquillas de Estados Unidos y Canadá por segunda semana consecutiva, logrando 16,1 millones de dólares en boletería, según cálculos de un estudio divulgados el domingo.

Houston firm plans revival of Hotel Niagara's splendor  Houston-based Amidee plans to revive the original splendor of the property which opened as Hotel Niagara in 1924.

No Plans To Develop Agriculture And Biofuel Projects On Wakaf Land  KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 Bernama -- The government has no plans to develop agriculture and biofuel projects on wakaf land trust property, Dewan Rakyat was told Monday.

West Indies win tri-series cricket title in Canada  KING CITY, Ontario - Captain Chris Gayle's first one-day international century since 2006 steered West Indies to defeat Canada by seven wickets in Sunday's tri-series cricket final.

Canada looking to improve on Beijing medal binge  He was an Olympic marathon man these past two weeks, dashing from venue to venue as Canada's most impassioned cheerleader. And with 18 medals when the torch was extinguished yesterday at the Bird's Nest, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO Chris Rudge had seen enough to declare these Games a success.

Cost impeded Lakeshore YMCA plans  The YMCA has scrapped plans for a long-anticipated Lakeshore Park facility, just as it announced the donation of land for a new Farragut Y, with construction to begin soon.

Reuters Canada Business Summary  TORONTO Reuters - Maple Leaf Foods Inc said on Sunday it expects a direct cost of about C$20 million $19 million from a recall of contaminated meat linked to an outbreak of food poisoning that has killed at least four people in Canada.

Canada traces bacterial outbreak to meat from one farm  Listeria strain is found in recalled meat from Maple Leaf Farm. More cases are feared. Public health officials in Canada said Saturday that they had linked a deadly bacterial outbreak that killed four people to recalled meat products from Maple Leaf Foods.

Reuters Canada Business Summary  CALGARY, Alberta Reuters - Two cases, coming in less than a week, show that investors need to be wary as Canada's income trusts, with their tax breaks set to end, convert themselves back into corporations.