http://www.ecanadanow.com Keeping Canada Connected Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wednesday's second leg World Cup qualifier between Ireland and France ended in controversial fashion, leaving the Irish on the outside looking in as the French head to next year's World Cup in South Africa. The two teams were in the midst of a two-legged playoff match, with the winner awarded ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/sports/2009/11/20/after-seeing-thierry-henry-replay-ireland-cries-foul-demands-rematch/ Designer Irina Shabayeva is this seasons winner of the fashion design competition Project Runway. The 27-year-old New York City based designer took home top honors on Thursday's sixth season finale of Runway, praised for her "cohesive" and "modern" Fashion Week collection. Shabayeva, who beat out finalists Althea Harper and Carol Hannah Whitfield, ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/entertainment/2009/11/20/who-won-project-runway-season-6/ Retailers Across Canada and the US are getting ready for the holiday season with doorbuster deals and major promotional campaigns in hopes that shoppers will open their wallets and seize the opportunity to save. Both U.S.-based retailing giant Wal-Mart and Sears Canada have unveiled lower prices, particularly on bigger ticket items ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/lifestyle/2009/11/20/black-friday-doorbuster-deals/ Millions of fans gathered together last night in Vancouver to see late night screenings of New Moon, the second installment in the wildly popular Twilight saga. Many fans have been hanging on to their New Moon tickets for up to a month before the film's release. New Moon is the ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/entertainment/2009/11/20/twilight-fever-hits-vancouver-are-you-on-team-edward-or-team-jacob/ Miley Cyrus Bus Overturns in Deadly Crash On Friday, November 20, at around 8:15 AM a tour bus for Miley Cyrus carrying nine people overturned on Interstate 85 in Virginia. Miley Cyrus was not on the bus at the time of the accident. As a result of the crash, one person died ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/entertainment/2009/11/20/miley-cyrus-not-hurt-in-deadly-bus-crash/ Procter & Gamble has issued a recall for for three lots of Vicks Sinex nasal spray. The company has voluntarily recalled approximately 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray  after finding the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia in a small amount of the product, Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC), or simply Burkholderia cepacia is a ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/health/2009/11/20/vicks-sinex-nasal-spray-recalle/ According to reports,  James Van Der Beek and his actress wife Heather McComb are heading for divorce. The  "Dawson's Creek" star filed for divorce on on Friday, November 13. He cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the separation. Friends suspected a divorce was brewing when the couple sold their $2.5 million home ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/entertainment/2009/11/20/james-van-der-beek-and-heather-mccomb-to-divorce/ First waffles and now pumpkin pies. With the holidays just around the corner the traditional pumpkin pie that many families enjoy are about to become more expensive. What happened was Nestle announced that heavy rains at their farm in Morton, Illinois made it difficult for them to bring in the pumpkin crop. As ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2009/11/20/pumpkin-pie-shortage-expected/ A researcher at McGill University in Montreal, discovered the fossil of three new prehistoric crocodiles, as part of excavations sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Professor Hans Larsson and his colleague Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago, made these discoveries in northern Africa. A new crocodile kaprosuchus saharicus, measuring six meters ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/canada/2009/11/20/canadian-researchers-find-ancient-crocodile-fossils/ Defense Minister Peter MacKay stated the testimony of a top diplomat's claims of torture and rape committed against Afghani detainees are not credible and said calls for an inquiry will not be followed up. Dismissing information from Richard Colvin, once in command of the most large scale insurgencies over the past ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/canada/2009/11/20/harper-government-rejects-tortuary-inquiry-requests/