Today News Summary

CNN International - Tom Watkins - ‎54 minutes ago‎Alpharma, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., will suspend the sales voluntarily in the United States, the FDA said. A company spokesman would not say how profitable the drug is. The announcement that the FDA plans to suspend US sales of the drug came after ... Arsenic in US chicken halts sale of Pfizer poultry-pumper AFP...

Toronto Star - Vanessa Lu - ‎29 minutes ago‎Turning up the pressure, Canada Post announces it is moving to three times a week delivery in most cities because rotating strikes have slashed mail volumes in half. Video: Postal Workers on the Picket Lines /A\ News Vancouver Island Canada Post cuts mail delivery to 3 days a week...

Toronto Star - Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew - ‎2 hours ago‎The province's stock market watchdog has launched an investigation into Sino-Forest Corp., the TSX-traded Chinese forestry company that is accused of exaggerating its sales and assets. Regulator probes Sino saga National Post (registration) Muddy Waters Pre-Marketed Sino-Forest Report to Hedge Funds, Dundee Says Bloomberg CTV.ca - Globe and Mail -...

Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - ‎47 minutes ago‎Globalive Communications Corp. won a court appeal that secures the wireless carrier's right to continue operating in Canada to compete with larger operators including Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI/B) ... Court Restores Decision Allowing Globalive To Operate In Canada Wall Street Journal Court ruling lets Wind Mobile continue offering wireless service Toronto Star National Post -...

Vancouver Sun - Hugo Miller - ‎47 minutes ago‎Canadian wireless carriers charge their customers more for wireless data outside their home country than phone companies in any other market, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and ... Canada's data-roaming charges some of the highest in the world Canada.com Canadian roaming fees among world's highest, international survey finds Guelph Mercury News1130 -...

Montreal Gazette - ‎59 minutes ago‎MONTREAL - Home construction in the Greater Montreal Area soared 10 per cent last month, year over year, fueled by an unprecedented level of condo starts, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. More homes built in May, but high prices, glut of supply signal downturn The Canadian Press Canada May housing starts up more than expected Reuters Winnipeg Free Press - Bloomberg -...

Winnipeg Free Press - ‎41 minutes ago‎VANCOUVER - The Nature Conservancy of Canada is stepping into the sale of carbon credits, earning $4 million with the largest forest carbon-credit project in North America. Video: The Nature Conservancy of Canada Darkwoods Carbon Pilot Project CNW Group North America's largest forest carbon...

Reuters Canada - Claire Sibonney - ‎1 hour ago‎TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index marked its seventh straight loss on Wednesday, falling to its lowest level since early January as fears over the global economy intensified and metal prices weakened. Worries about US economic slowdown push TSX lower; oil prices surge The Canadian Press Shadow of Sino battle looms over other Chinese companies National Post (registration)...

PCWorld - Ed Oswald - ‎1 hour ago‎One day after security firm Sophos alerted Facebook users that Facebook may be using facial recognition to identify them in pictures, the social networking site said on Wednesday that it could have handled the ... Video: Facebook Expands Facial Recognition for Photo Tagging, Triggering Privacy...

Reuters - Liana B. Baker, Edwin Chan - ‎19 minutes ago‎LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The world's biggest video game publishers, in a surprise move after years of rocky relations with Nintendo, threw their weight behind the Japanese company's new Wii U console this week. Video: Nintendo Unveils Wii U, Investors Dump Stock The Associated...

Toronto Star - Lesley Ciarula Taylor - ‎9 hours ago‎A dream born at the height of the Cold War is becoming a reality as the rarified world of pure chemistry declares the discovery of two new elements. New elements for periodic table BBC News New Heavy Elements Need Geeky Names Wired News Register - Fox News - TIME - Online Journal...

Computerworld - Sharon Gaudin - ‎1 hour ago‎Computerworld - With only a few hours left to go on World IPv6 Day, Facebook, the world's largest social network, reported that it hasn't had any trouble. 10 Things to Know About the Move to IPv6 PCWorld No need to panic about World IPv6 Day CBC.ca...

News1130 - Dan Burritt - ‎Jun 7, 2011‎VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Poor, first-time mothers in BC can soon be partnered with a public health nurse to guide them through the first two years of their child's life. Provincial government launching new moms program CKNW News Talk 980 Government to Launch Nurse-Family Partnership French Tribune...

Vancouver Sun - ‎Jun 7, 2011‎Shoppers Drug Mart is one distributer - Loblaws is the other - that has had to pull some medicines from its shelves after a recall was announced Tuesday. Kids' acetaminophen tablets recalled due to faulty child-resistant caps The Canadian Press Children's drug recall News1130 healthzone.ca - French Tribune - The Imperfect Parent - CJAD...

St. Catharines Standard - Grant LaFleche - ‎23 minutes ago‎The phone calls have become more frequent as news is reported on the C. difficile outbreak at the St. Catharines General Hospital. C. difficile hits 22 at St. Catharines, Ont., hospital; 16 are in isolation The Canadian Press Update on C. difficile outbreak at St. Catharines General CKTB Niagarathisweek.com - CHCH News - French Tribune...

Elliot Lake Standard - Kevin McSheffrey - ‎56 minutes ago‎The Spanish medical team completed their laps in the Heart and Stroke Foundation s annual big bike ride in Elliot Lake in first place for the third consecutive year on Saturday. Big Bike Ride spoke volumes 100 Mile House Free Press Cyclist pedals for Heart and Stroke Foundation Mississauga The Barrie Advance - Minto Express...