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Treason! (Hamilton Spectator)
(Jul 2, 2009) - A team at McMaster University has uncovered a historical glimpse of Canadiana -- a bill of treason connected to the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.

Bill of treason from Upper Canada Rebellion found at McMaster University (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
HAMILTON, Ont. - A historical glimpse of Canadiana - a bill of treason connected to the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 - has been found among the archives at McMaster University.

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-29 12:58 PRESS DIGEST - Canada - June 29 (Interactive Investor)
June 29 (Reuters) - The following are top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL: - Angry striking municipal workers say the city reneged on a deal to not hire private contractors for the Pride parade cleanup, which they delayed for hours last night by forming a human blockade around the ...

Alaskan oversees federal support for gas line (Anchorage Daily News)
Beyond its $30 billion cost, there are thousands of steps on the path to the proposed pipeline that will take North Slope natural gas 1,700 miles through Alaska and Canada. One small federal agency headed by an Alaskan is overseeing the effort.

Liberals, Conservatives battle for Jewish support in next election (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
OTTAWA - The fact Liberal MP Anita Neville is Jewish just didn't seem to hold as much sway with her Winnipeg community last election.

Customer Service (Brandon Sun)
OTTAWA - The fact Liberal MP Anita Neville is Jewish just didn't seem to hold as much sway with her Winnipeg community last election. Neville watched as some of her formerly faithful Jewish supporters left for the Conservative party, impressed by its unequivocal pro-Israel stance.

Campaign for bilingual signs picks up steam (Telegraph-Journal)
Two federal politicians have signed on to a proposed French language sign bylaw in the province's fastest growing francophone community.

Attack ads prevented a summer election: Harper (CTV British Columbia)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggests his party's recent ad campaign, with controversial attacks against Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, may have done Canadians a favour.

Former Ont. premier supports full-day kindergarten (CTV Toronto)
Former Ontario premier Bill Davis, whose reign in politics is often linked to his contributions to the educational system, said Thursday that he supports a report calling for full-day kindergarten in the province.

Found: piece of Canadian history (PhysOrg)
Archivists in the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections recently re-discovered a bill of treason dating back to the Rebellion of 1837.

Chronic Health News

THE DOCTOR IS IN: Sleep is key to good health (Suburban Journals)
I recently came across a statistic from the SSM Center for Sleep Disorders: "It's estimated that more than 40 million Americans don't get the sleep they need and experience chronic health problems as a result." That's a lot of people who are burning the midnight oil when they should be snoozing.

30 Canadian deaths associated with H1N1 virus (CTV Toronto)
Ontario is now reporting 11 deaths associated with the swine flu for a national total of 30. An 81-year-old Toronto woman and a 41-year-old Hamilton woman who had chronic health problems both tested positive for the virus.

Child Abuse and Neglect - Childhood Disability (BellaOnline)
Children with disabilities experience childhood abuse and neglect at least as often as their mainstream peers, but may deal with delayed rescue or assistance due to communication challenges, exclusion from ordinary classrooms and programs, or different expectations of their behavior and development.

Eight cases of H1N1 in Wilson County (The Wilson Times)
The numbers of Wilson County residents with swine flu or H1N1 continue to climb. As of Thursday, there are eight confirmed cases in Wilson, but no pending cases and no deaths. Tammra Morrison, Wilso ...

Rise in Swine Flu Death Toll (AM640 Toronto Radio)
Ontario is now reporting 11 deaths associated with the swine flu. An 81-year-old Toronto woman and a 41-year-old Hamilton woman who had chronic health problems both tested positive for the virus. Ministry of Health officials say the elderly woman had been in hospital in intensive care for some time. Ontario now has more than 3,150 confirmed cases of H1N1 and 138 people have been hospitalized ...

Health care officials point to pain from Pawlenty budget cuts (Brainerd Dispatch)
Area health officials told state lawmakers Thursday how their institutions will be affected by the March 1 elimination of a state medical assistance program for low-income patients without private insurance.

Health officer requests parents keep kids home from camps if sick (Echoes-Sentinel)
LONG HILL TWP. -- The Bernards Township Health Department, which provides health department services for Long Hill Township and six other municipalities in the area, is requesting that all summer day camps strictly enforce a ?Stay Home When You?re Sick? policy.

Learn to live / South Ogden man helping others living with celiac sprue (Standard-Examiner)
SOUTH OGDEN -- Kyle Anderson knows how hard it is to go grocery shopping when you have a chronic health condition, so he's trying to make it easier on others suffering from the same problem.

Japan was Jackson's other Neverland (The Japan Times)
Last Friday I watched the second half of the two-hour tribute special to Michael Jackson on Fuji TV and after it was over started surfing to see if there were any others. NHK's BS-2 channel was airing a retrospective of performances by the late singer Hibari Misora, and it occurred to me that June 24, the day before Jackson died, was the 20th anniversary of Misora's own death at the age of 52. ...

2 More Die From Heat (KPRC Local 2 Houston)
HOUSTON -- Two more people have died from heat-related illnesses, bringing the total number of victims to three in the Houston area this summer, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.