New York/Waterloo  - Stephen Hawking, 66, the internationally known theoretical physicist, is to serve as guest professor at a Canadian university after he reached retirement age from Britain's Cam

Montreal  - Barely six weeks after Canadians elected a minority Conservative government, opposition parties Friday vowed to bring down the Tories.

Elder statesmen from the left-of-centre Liberal Party and the socialist New Democratic Party were discussing a possible coalition government, with former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien and NDP leader Ed Broadbent engaged in talks about a deal.

All three opposition parties - the Liberals, the NDP and the separatist Bloc Quebecois from the French-speaking province of Quebec - have angrily rejected the Tories' economic plan that contained no stimulus package for Canada's slumping economy.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 28 -- Mike Cammalleri's first career hat trick followed by Curtis Glencross's game-winner carried Calgary to a 4-3 win over Vancouver Thursday.

HANLEY, Saskatchewan, Nov. 27  -- Canadian authorities said they charged a man who proposed building a pharmaceutical plant in Hanley, Saskatchewan, with fraud Thursday.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Gordon Carl Summers with five fraud-related counts plus other charges, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

Summers, also known as Gordon Summer, was arrested after a months-long probe of his company, Vigor Biopharma, the CBC said.

The drug company had said last year it was ready to develop a $2.5 billion-a-year business by making a cancer drug from yew trees.

Ottawa (Canada), Nov. 28 : Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has condemned the terrorist strikes in Mumbai, which have so far claimed 127 lives and caused injured to 327.

Washington/Toronto  - The death of Kenny MacLean, the former Platinum Blonde bassist, was likely due to heart problems, the Toronto Star reported Tuesday.

MacLean, who was 52, was found by his sister Monday in the living quarters of his studio clutching a toothbrush, according to a friend quoted by the newspaper.

Platinum Blonde had hits during the 1980s including Hungry Eyes and Crying Over You.