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updated Sat, 09 Dec 2006 | 7:02:59 PM ET

Pickton pleads not guilty as jury selection begins: Robert Pickton pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree murder on Saturday as the jury selection process for his trial got under way in New Westminster. more »

Health ministers tell Clement to cough up on wait times: Health ministers told their federal counterpart Tony Clement on Saturday that Ottawa must put its money where its mouth is on guaranteed wait times for medical care treatment. more »
Woman swept overboard in mid-Atlantic: A search is underway in the mid-Atlantic for a woman who fell overboard Friday night after a wave washed over a Nova Scotia-based tall ship. more »
Bad weather could halt Discovery launch again: High wind and bad weather could ground the space shuttle Discovery again before its planned Saturday night launch. more »
Media giants unite to develop YouTube rival: Fox, Viacom, CBS and NBC Universal are in talks to create an online video-sharing website that would rival Google's popular YouTube. more »

Antiques Roadshow: Michael Aspel and his team search through household items and heirlooms for rare and highly valuable pieces.; 8:00 p.m. EST on CBC Newsworld

Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap: It's Guitar 101 this week on Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap.; 7:00 p.m. EST on CBC Radio One

Hockey Night in Canada: Watch CBC-TV for all the action at 3 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET.

Abbas considers election call to end impasse with Hamas: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to call early elections because of stalled unity talks with the Hamas-led government, his aides said on Saturday.
Russian investigators off to London for Litvinenko probe: Russian dissidents close to Alexander Litvinenko said Saturday they were worried about coming face-to-face with Moscow investigators who plan to visit London over the ex-Soviet spy's death from radiation poisoning.
Arson suspected in deadly Moscow hospital fire: Investigators say arson may be the cause of a hospital fire in Moscow that killed 45 women, many of them young recovering addicts.

Pickton pleads not guilty as jury selection begins: Robert Pickton pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree murder on Saturday as the jury selection process for his trial got under way in New Westminster.
Health ministers tell Clement to cough up on wait times: Health ministers told their federal counterpart Tony Clement on Saturday that Ottawa must put its money where its mouth is on guaranteed wait times for medical care treatment.
Woman swept overboard in mid-Atlantic: A search is underway in the mid-Atlantic for a woman who fell overboard Friday night after a wave washed over a Nova Scotia-based tall ship.

Hospitals eye prostate surgery robot that some call 'a toy': Canadian hospitals are planning to spend millions on robots to remove prostates less invasively, but the benefits of the expensive technology have yet to be proven.
Jury out on value of mammograms for under-50s: Routine mammogram screening for women in their 40s does not significantly reduce deaths from breast cancer, a review suggests.
Health ministers plead for funds to meet wait time guarantees: Canada's health ministers are looking for more federal funding to meet guaranteed wait times for patients.

Churchill painting expected to fetch more than $500,000: A recently discovered painting by Sir Winston Churchill, given to U.S. Gen. George Marshall in 1953, is going on the block and is expected to sell for more than half a million dollars.
Media giants unite to develop YouTube rival: Fox, Viacom, CBS and NBC Universal are in talks to create an online video-sharing website that would rival Google's popular YouTube.
Krall and Costello's newest collaboration: twins: Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall and her musician husband Elvis Costello have announced the birth of twin boys.

Ebola killed over 5,000 gorillas: study: An estimated 5,500 gorillas have died in Gabon and the Republic of Congo since 2001 after an outbreak of a strain of the Ebola virus, researchers said.
Nintendo game controller sparks patent lawsuit: A U.S. electronics device maker has filed a lawsuit against Nintendo of America Inc., alleging the motion-sensitive controller for the video game company's new console infringes on its patent.
YouTube adds video recording feature: Video-sharing website YouTube quietly launched a new service Friday that allows members to instantly record a video to the site rather than having to pre-record a clip and upload it.

Scotiabank annual profit reaches record $3.55B: Earnings at Scotiabank reached a $3.55 billion last year, topping the $3.18 billion the bank made last year. It also boosted its dividend by almost eight per cent.
Domestic banking boosts Q4 earnings at TD: TD Bank Financial Group's fourth-quarter earnings rose to $762 million on strong growth in its domestic banking business.
Non-profit sector accounts for billions in economy: study: Non-profit organizations in Canada generate billions in economic activity every year, a study by Statistics Canada concluded on Friday.

First Nations leader slams Canadian diamonds: A First Nations group has raised questions about the Canadian diamond trade, saying the jewels are mined at the expense of its people.
Volkswagen recalls 62,000 Passats in Canada, U.S.: Volkswagen of America is recalling about 62,000 of its Passat sedans and wagons in Canada and the U.S. because of a braking problem.
N.L. Hydro delivers pre-holiday reprieve on rate hikes: Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has scrubbed plans to impose new rate increases, giving consumers a break as winter weather settles in.

Rangers hold off Senators: The Ottawa Senators failed in their bid to rally from a two-goal deficit, dropping a 3-1 decision to the New York Rangers Saturday at Scotiabank Place.
Rempel skates to long-track win: Winnipeg's Shannon Rempel earned her first career win on the long-track speed skating World Cup circuit Saturday by finishing first in the women's 1,000 metres in Nagano, Japan.
Slumping Leafs roll into Detroit: Mired in a six-game losing skid, the Toronto Maple Leafs will try to win their first game in two weeks when they take on the Red Wings in Detroit Saturday (CBC, 7 p.m. ET).

NJ principal honours deal with pupils who met reading challenge by roofing it
Stephen Colbert's 'truthiness' is pronounced the Word of the Year for 2006
Waitresses dressed as naughty nurses at Ariz., restaurant rile real nurses

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