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Look seals cash and equipment deals for high-speed push Unique Broadband invests $5 million By Wojtek Dabrowski canadian press Unique Broadband Systems Inc. is pumping about $5 million into Look Communications Inc. in a move that will help Look target the high-speed Internet access market...

Arafat calls on Canada for help Pressure U.S. to end Israeli occupation, Palestinian chief asks JERUSALEM (AP-CP-Reuters) — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is urging Canada to pressure the United States to bring about an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, Montreal's La...

We were suspicious a few months back when US Senator Joseph Biden (Democrat, Delaware) introduced proposed legislation with Senator Fritz "Hollywood" Hollings (Democrat, South Carolina) to protect emblems of authenticity for digital media, such as holograms, with the same tough laws that...

More than 200 Internet-based radio stations have shut down because of a royalty fee that takes effect in September, and more are closing daily.Most of the estimated 10,000 radio Webcasters are expected to follow suit, "with the exception of Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft and other deep-pocketed...

Our troops return from Afghan mission 280 of 800-odd soldiers involved in combat mission arrive home By Tim Cook Canadian Press EDMONTON (CP) — With yellow ribbons tied to trees and hand-painted signs in storefront windows, the city welcomed home the first wave of Canadian troops returning...

Here's the current poll results from www.canadiancontent.net How do you feel about the bitcaps imposed by Sympatico? Switching ISPs: 64.71% I'm boycotting Bell: 26.47% No worries: 8.82% less than 10% of all persons who answered the question voted in favour of Bell Sympatico. 26% even...

Deals have eluded Internet provider By KEITH DAMSELL MEDIA REPORTER Friday, June 14, 2002 – Print Edition, Page B5 TORONTO -- The Canadian arm of AOL Time Warner Inc. delivered a stinging critique of this country's cable and telecommunications players yesterday, alleging incumbent...

Natives face strict code in tougher Indian Act By ALLAN WOODS Globe and Mail Update Legislation introduced in the House of Commons that overhauls the 126-year-old Indian Act will give native bands the "modern tools necessary to build a society," Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault said...

Thursday, June 13, 2002 – Page A17 Jean Chrétien, in proposing new ethical guidelines for his government, dealt with what was urgent more than with what is important. Or, to put matters differently, what was important to him became urgent; what is important to Canadian politics can wait, at...

By JOHN DOYLE Thursday, June 13, 2002 – Page S7 DAEJEON, SOUTH KOREA -- About two weeks ago, I was predicting that this World Cup would showcase African soccer and we'd all be enjoying that lithe, lovely style of Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal and South Africa for weeks. Pay no attention. I also...

By Rachel Ross Technology Columnist There are two simple rules high-tech companies should note when dealing with customers - don't ask them what they think unless you really want to know and, above all, never ask them anything publicly. You have to wonder just what Sympatico was thinking when...

Think twice before downloading Sean O'Shea Global Television Wednesday, June 05, 2002 High speed Internet service. It's a premium priced product with virtually no limits. Surf as much as you like and download as many files as you want. But change is on the horizon, thanks to something...

At least one dead in Russian soccer riot Soccer fans celebrate in front of a burning car in Moscow on Sunday, after Japan defeated Russia 1-0 at the World Cup. Photo: Maxim Marmur/AP Associated Press Moscow — Russian soccer fans rampaged near the Kremlin and one man was killed after Russia...

Federal audit shows lax parole system Parole officers fail to keep tabs on high-risk offenders, survey reveals By Dean Beeby Canadian Press OTTAWA ? Federal parole officers are not adequately monitoring high-risk offenders who've been released from prison, says a newly released audit. Only...

CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — Rebuffing calls from Arab leaders, U.S. President George W. Bush said Saturday he is not prepared to offer a political timetable for the creation of a Palestinian state. "We're not ready to lay down any specific calendar, except to say that we have to get started quickly...

Nortel investors pay the price By FABRICE TAYLOR From Saturday's Globe and Mail ANALYSIS: If there was ever any doubt, it should be laid to rest now: Nortel's shareholders are the sacrificial lambs in the company's struggle for redemption. The company that issued hundreds of millions of...

Here's the news you might be waiting for... Liberal leadership vote to begin in November Canadian Press Rank-and-file Liberals across the country will start voting in mid-November on the fate of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien under leadership review rules established by the party executive...

Show them some of their own medecine. Fight back and get back at thes liberals idiots and your foe Jean Cretien!

PM faces angry caucus critics Some MPs tell Chr?tien he should consider quitting By Les Whittington and Allan Thompson Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA Ñ Liberal backbenchers angrily confronted Jean Chr?tien yesterday over his firing of former finance minister Paul Martin, some telling the Prime Minister...

Israeli tanks level Arafat buildings MORE BLOODSHED: Israeli police collect bodies from the burnt-out shell of a bus after it was blown up by a car bomb. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops shelled Yasser Arafat's headquarters early today, blew a hole in his bedroom wall and destroyed...