Canada - Reuters

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Conservatives have moved into a small lead in public opinion, a poll released on Thursday showed, as the Liberals mull whether to try to bring down the minority government this autumn.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines Ltd said on Thursday it has struck a deal with Air France-KLM that lets passengers board the European carriers' planes and travel to a final destination in WestJet's Canadian network with a single ticket.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A letter believed linked to six pipeline bombings in northeast British Columbia is demanding EnCana Corp start phasing out its operations in that region of Western Canada.

TORONTO (Reuters) - The province of Ontario moved on Wednesday to reduce the sticker shock of plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles by offering rebates of between C$4,000 ($3,570) and C$10,000, starting July 1, 2010.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will hold off launching any more space shuttles until it understands why strips of insulating foam peeled off the fuel tank used by shuttle Endeavour, the U.S. space agency shuttle program manager said on Thursday.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Nine relatives of September 11 victims witnessed the controversial Guantanamo war court in action on Thursday and called on U.S. President Barack Obama to keep the remote detention camp and war crimes trials open.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A group of female ski jumpers said on Thursday they will appeal a court ruling that dismissed their bid to force Olympic organizers to let them compete in next year's Winter Games in Vancouver.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Quebec could raise up to C$9.5 billion ($8.5 billion) a year by reversing the flow of three northern rivers to generate power and export water to the United States, according to a report released on Wednesday.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Taking advantage of investor appetite for renewable energy projects, four geothermal firms said on Wednesday they plan to combine forces to form a single, larger company that will be able to raise funds more easily to develop "green" power projects.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's spy agency failed to a pay enough attention to the age of a young Canadian terrorism suspect when it interviewed him at Guantanamo Bay, an oversight committee found on Wednesday.