Flaherty considers additional tax reductions (CTV Winnipeg)

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Ottawa and Canada's banks will create a working group to loosen tight consumer credit, which has been the "number one concern" voiced during pre-budget consultations.

Tiny science makes socks that don't smell (CNews)

They're tinier than ants in your pants, smaller than specks of dirt on your living-room window.

Israel to open 'humanitarian corridor' into Gaza (CTV.ca)

Bowing to growing international pressure, Israel will create a "humanitarian corridor" into the Gaza Strip so that food and medication can be sent into the embattled area.

Canada to free Syrian terror suspect after 7 years (Las Vegas Sun)

Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (12:03 a.m.) A Canadian federal court judge Friday ordered the conditional release of a Syrian terror suspect who has spent more than seven years in custody without being formally charged.

A revolution in the air (The Globe and Mail)

Robert Hornung is on a one-man mission to turn Canada into a wind-energy superpower.The head of the Canadian Wind Energy Association, Mr. Hornung says he doesn't see why Canada can't follow in the footsteps of European countries that generate a substantial slice of their electricity from wind: 20 per cent in Denmark, 13 per cent in Spain, and just under 10 per cent in Germany. ...