Leaders of the canadian pack - calgaryherald.com
28 May 2012, 2:17 am
Inspired by her father, Lisa Avery of Orillia, Ont., remembers running her first marathon at the age of 17. “I was always a runner, but really slow. I could be last in the 100 metres, but I could run forever,” said Avery, who has spent more than half ...

canadian Cyclist Ryder Hesjadal Wins the Closest Giro D'Italia In Years - YAHOO!
27 May 2012, 11:33 pm
Team Garmin teammate Christian Vandevelde kept the watts pegged on his Garmin Edge 500 up the lower portion of the climb of Passo de Stelvio in Italy Saturday according to the Heart Rate Watch Company. A monster of a climb nearly 13 miles long, containing ...

canadian retailers rebel against cross-border shopping - montrealgazette.com
27 May 2012, 8:48 pm
The stakes in the battle over cross-border shopping, already a multi-billion-dollar business, are about to be raised when duty-free limits go up June 1. After years of watching canadians line up to cross the border seeking cheaper prices ...

Is the canadian government backing Jesse Jackson Jr.’s third airport plans? - Chicago Sun-Times
27 May 2012, 7:51 pm
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. calls his south suburban airport plan a fully funded package. He pushed that theme again when he rolled over fellow Democrat Debbie Halvorson in the March primary. “We’ve got the money — $700 million,” Jackson said on ...

canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal comes from behind to win Giro D’Italia - Toronto Star
27 May 2012, 6:25 pm
It is a matter of survival and smarts, having the ability to push oneself physically and mentally to almost the limits of human endurance, to reap the benefits of years of hard work and perseverance. And when it is over, when history has been made and one ...

Broward a hotspot for canadian homeowners - Sun Sentinel
27 May 2012, 5:13 pm
As South Florida home values plummeted over the past six years, canadians swooped down like a northern cold front and snatched up properties by the thousands. More than 18,000 canadians own homes — many of them beachfront condominiums — in ...

canadian Ryder Hesjedal wins Giro d'Italia - Globe and Mail
27 May 2012, 4:30 pm
canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal has triumphed at the Giro d’Italia, clawing back crucial time in the final stage through the streets of Milan to win the three-week race by 16 seconds. The victory Sunday, the first by a canadian in any of cycling’s ...

canadian Suzanne Clement wins Best Actress at Cannes sidebar competition - montrealgazette.com
27 May 2012, 1:17 pm
CANNES, France — canadian Suzanne Clement has been awarded the Best Actress prize in the Cannes Film Festival’s sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard. The Quebec actress claimed the prize for her role in Xavier Dolan’s cross dressing ...

Missing canadian kids found in Mexico - United Press International
27 May 2012, 11:44 am
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 27 (UPI) -- Two canadian children reported missing by their mother in 2008 were found living in Mexico, the canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Private investigator Wilhelm von Mayer told the broadcaster he had located ...

canadian bank earnings may be ‘as good as it gets’ - Financial Post
25 May 2012, 11:11 am
For canadian banks, ranked the world’s soundest, it may not get any better than this. Domestic banking profit growth will slow in the second half of the year as household debt rises and concerns about a crisis in Europe curb demand for loans ...