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New poll shows Alliance tumbling in Ontario
Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day says he is doing his best to reach out to the Progressive Conservatives, but Tory leader Joe Clark doesn't seem interested. F U L L   S T O R Y

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    Techs lead markets to big drop
    Weakness in the technology sector pulled stocks sharply lower across North America on Wednesday, as Nortel and JDS Uniphase were both hit by downgrades, and earnings warnings from other influential techs rattled investors. F U L L   S T O R Y


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    Expos may fire Alou: report
    The Montreal Expos are expected to fire manager Felipe Alou, possibly as early as Thursday, according to a New York Times report. F U L L   S T O R Y


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    Lawren Harris painting sells for record $2.2 million
    The painting was purchased by Canadian media mogul Ken Thomson and becomes the most expensive Canadian painting ever sold at auction. F U L L   S T O R Y

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    Montreal Dorval Weather:
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    6.6°C


    Montreal News:
    · Two charged in connection with Auger shooting
    · Mother questioned after two children killed
    O n A i r
    Stanley Cup Finals Catch all the playoff action!

    The National looks at the language fight in Montreal involving race car driver Jacques Villeneuve.

    Ideas presents Part One of Malthus and the Third Millennium.

    This Morning looks at the decree by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban that will require non-Muslims to wear yellow badges.



    A l l   H e a d l i n e s


    C a n a d a
    ·New poll shows Alliance tumbling in Ontario
    ·Vancouver transit strike a problem for city's AIDS patients
    ·Duplessis orphans were Ottawa's fault, says Landry
    ·Mother arrested after babies found stabbed to death
    ·Mistrial declared in murder case over CBC news report
    ·Alberta's Klein talks tough on energy policy before premiers meet
    ·Suspects arrested in connection with Auger shooting
    ·Canada included in Amnesty International report
    ·Cold, rains slow giant Alberta forest fire

    B u s i n e s s
    ·Cognos cuts: 300 jobs eliminated
    ·Canadian economy to be increasingly wired: TD Bank
    ·Laurentian Bank profits jump 25.7 per cent
    ·Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by 1/4 percentage point
    ·Oil patch merger: Conoco gets Gulf Canada for $9.8 billion
    ·Alcatel-Lucent merger talks called off
    ·CDNX and TSE formally approve merger
    ·CIBC profits slide amid weak market conditions
    ·Scotiabank Q2 profits rise 15.9%

    S c i e n c e
    ·N.S. teen's study published in CMAJ
    ·Vigilante worm looks for child porn
    ·Smoking rate declines for all ages in Canada
    ·Canada heading for Mars exploration
    ·The truth about cats and dogs and allergies
    ·South Koreans top online users: survey
    ·Conference looks at obesity as global threat

    C o n s u m e r s
    ·Health Canada pulls popular cold, sinus remedies
    ·U.S. agency wants baby bath seats redesigned to prevent drownings
    ·Pharmacists to charge fee for advice: association pres.
    ·Environmentalists protest Que. aerial spraying
    ·U.S. airports get runway alert system

    E n t e r t a i n m e n t
    · Lawren Harris painting sells for record $2.2 million
    · INTERVIEW: Hey Happy: Noam Gonick on his first feature film
    · INTERVIEW: PEI artist's painting graces Saddam's new novel
    · Barker's Strange Invaders heads to French animation festival
    · Musicians honour passing of Gilles Lefebvre, founder of Jeunesses musicales

    W o r l d
    ·Palestinian leader dead of heart attack
    ·Taliban forbids female foreign aid workers from driving
    ·Wahid impeachment hearing set for August 1
    ·Chinese villagers tell tale of mass HIV infections
    ·No tampering at IRA weapons dumps: report
    ·Guilty verdicts in French corruption scandal

    C P   W o r l d
    ·Indonesia's parliament passes censure demanding impeachment of president
    ·Israeli-Palestinian talks bring no result; car bomb explodes outside school
    ·NATO and EU foreign ministers meeting in Budapest discuss Macedonia
    ·Mideast peace efforts dampened by killing of settler, death of Palestinian
    ·Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia bans all female aid workers from driving
    ·Yugoslav police up number of bodies they say were in truck linked to Milosevic
    ·Hostages in the Philippines reportedly seen in grenade-laden boat
    ·Concern mounts for civilians caught amidst fighting in Macedonia
    ·Tentative deal over Iraq's oil-for-food program struck by world powers
    ·Bush's daughter tried to buy alcohol with fake ID, say police in Austin, Tex.

    S p o r t s
    ·Corkum shares career goal
    ·Chisox slide by Blue Jays
    ·Vazquez vanquishes Braves
    ·Sixers squeak by Bucks
    ·Malone, Krzyzewski, Chaney are Hall of Famers
    ·Ferrero makes it look easy at French Open
    ·Williams sisters withdraw from doubles
    ·Hasek, Sabres discuss future
    ·CART still superior to IRL
    ·Tiggle retires after accident

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