Top Story	Thu Aug 17, 2:06 pm

Tom Kennedy reports for CBC TV and Bill Gasperini reports for CBC Radio

Russian TV reports deaths likely in sub disaster

Russian state television is reporting some of the crew trapped in a nuclear submarine under the Barents Sea probably died last weekend.

The RTR television reports are the first from the site. No other reporters have been allowed near the area. <Full Story>

Alberta	Thu Aug 17, 1:10 pm

Airport Employee Suspended

A senior security officer has been suspended for five days, after a potentially dangerous move, at Edmonton International Airport. The officer was filling in for a striking airport support worker, and <Full Story>

Provinces	Thu Aug 17, 1:57 pm

Michelle Guenard reports for CBC TV

Top native leader says Mi'kmaq have right to lobster

The Chief of the Assembly of First Nations had a message for the federal Minister of Fisheries Thursday morning: "Call off your troops."

Matthew Coon Come said the First Nations people must have a fair share of the resources in Canada. "Our people are the poorest of the poor," he told a news conference in Burnt Church. <Full Story>

Canada	Thu Aug 17, 2:02 pm

Phonse Jessome reports for CBC TV

Russian sailors jump ship, want to stay in Canada

Canadian immigration officials are trying to sort out a labour dispute on a Russian fishing vessel in Halifax. Several sailors, literally, jumped ship and have refused to re-board.

Seven sailors jumped off the Bizon yesterday into the harbour. Three were picked up by the coast guard while the rest were fished out by crew members and returned to their ship. A few hours later, five men on the s <Full Story>

United States	Thu Aug 17, 12:55 pm

Verizon Says Contract Pact May Be Reached Soon

Local telephone company Verizon Communications said Thursday it believes it can reach a labor agreement with its unions by midnight, putting an end to a 12-day strike by 87,000 telephone operators and <Full Story>

International	Thu Aug 17, 1:39 pm

David Halton reports for CBC TV Kelly Lynch reports for CBC Radio

Gore makes surprise appearance on convention stage

Tonight will be Al Gore's night as he accepts the Democratic Party's nomination for the Nov. 7 U.S. presidential election, but he apparently couldn't resist putting in an appearance last night before the crowd who officially wrote his ticket.

The U.S. vice-president was nominated by his college roommate, actor Tommy Lee Jones and Lois Deberry, a longtime friend and speaker of the Tennessee Ho <Full Story>