The union representing Canadian Blood Services workers has clarified that the current shortage in the blood supply is the direct result of job cuts and changes in the service's blood collection system.

"They are cutting jobs and shortening hours," Allen said Monday. "These cuts are having a negative impact on how our members are doing their jobs. We don't want to slam our employer, but they are doing too much, too fast and it's not working."

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Washington  - A Canadian broadcast reporter held for nearly a month by kidnappers in Afghanistan was released on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed.

Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, congratulated Barack Obama on telephone.

The two leaders "emphasized that there could be no closer friends and allies and vowed to maintain and further build upon this strong relationship."
The leaders also discussed about the global financial crisis as well as the strong friendship between Canada and the U.S. Obama and Harper also touched on the upcoming G-20 leaders' summit in Washington on Nov. 15.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Mariposa Meats issuing a public warning have asked for ham products distributed in Ontario to be recalled, as they could be contaminated with listeria.

According to the federal agency, the only product affected by the recall is Old Style brand's Thin Sliced Honey Ham that is sold in 450-gram packages with a best-before date of 17th November 2008 and UPC symbol 6 28292 50001 7.

According to the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, the immigrants who come to Canada for the better life have the higher risk of death due to stress of settling down in a new country.

Researchers from the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver conducted a study on 618 Canadian residents, in which 460 were immigrants. The narrowing of artery was compared by the researchers and they found that most of the migrants, who stayed longer in Canada, started building more plague in their arteries.