Suicide ranked as the ninth leading cause of death in Canada in 2009, but among young people aged 15 to 34 it was the second leading cause, preceded only by accidents.
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Cancer, the leading cause of death in Canada, was responsible for 30% of the 238,418 deaths in 2009. Heart disease was the second leading cause of death, followed by stroke.
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DENVER, Colorado (USA) – Twelve people have been killed Friday in a Denver suburb when a masked gunman opened fire and killed 12 people at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. According to reports, at least fifty other persons have been injured.
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The Pentagon will send a large floating base to the Middle East, The Washington Post said. The plan comes amid rising tensions with Iran, al Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates.
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KAMLOOPS, B.C. – British Columbia curler Corryn Brown will proudly carry the Maple Leaf into the Opening Ceremonies of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck.
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RESTON, VA – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 56 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season.
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Iranian students have stormed the UK embassy in Tehran, chanting "death to England" and bringing down the British flag. Students clashed with riot police as they climbed over the embassy's gate, rushed into the building and started throwing documents from the windows.
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Muammar Gaddafi is dead, Libya's new leaders said, killed by fighters who overran his hometown on Thursday October 20, 2011.
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The value of foreign-controlled assets, revenues and profits in Canada all declined at a faster rate than those under domestic control in 2009. As a result, the share of foreign control in the Canadian economy declined in the case of all three measures.
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Prices for commercial computers decreased by 0.5% from July 2011 to August 2011, while consumer computer prices declined by 0.6%. In the case of computer peripherals, monitor prices increased by 0.3% while printer prices decreased by 2.0%.
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