How France hid its own mad cow disease epidemic. The scale of France's mad cow disease epidemic has been laid bare in a report from scientists. The revelation that BSE was rife in France in the early 1990s comes a decade after its illegal ban on British beef drove many UK farmers into bankruptcy. [News Source]

Shifting Seas Part 5: The challenge facing consumers. Mislabelling raises issues of public health, consumer fraud, and environmental sustainability. And the increasing globalization of seafood makes it all the more difficult for consumers to know what they're getting. [News Source]

North Vancouver school board chair apologizes for drunk driving charge (CBC) The chair of the North Vancouver school board has apologized for not telling the public about a drinking and driving charge he was facing. [News Source]

Employment growth flat in October (CBC) The Canadian unemployment rate for October edged up 0.1 percentage points to 6.2 per cent, driven up by an increase in the number of people looking for work. [News Source]

CityArts complex to run in the red on city subsidies (Orlando Sentinel) CityArts Factory, downtown Orlando's 2-year-old gallery-and-office complex, is expected to continue to run in the red in the coming fiscal year, according to a budget adopted Thursday by its parent organization, the private, not-for-profit Downtown Arts District. [News Source]

Sault Ste. Marie lands 2010 Hearts (CBC Toronto) The Tournament of Hearts is headed to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., in 2010. [News Source]

Flames prevail over visiting Predators (CBC) Craig Conroy scored twice as the Calgary Flames beat the Nashville Predators 7-6 on Thursday night. [News Source]

Luongo, Canucks shut down Coyotes (CBC British Columbia) Roberto Luongo earned his second straight shutout to guide the Vancouver Canucks to a 1-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night at General Motors Place. [News Source]