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(AP) - Bob Halstead, 51, watches for trick or treaters, while fixing his tombstones at his home on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Halstead has been putting on a huge Halloween display for 22 years. (AP PHOTO/CP,Nathan Denette)

(AP) - Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper poses for a photo with some kids as he and his wife Laureen greet trick-or-treaters at 24 Sussex Dr. in Ottawa, Canada on Tuesday Oct. 31, 2006. (AP PHOTO/CP,Tom Hanson)

(AFP/File) - Canadian magician Dean Gunnarson throws off a strait jacket as he frees himself during the finale of the World Magicians Convention in Udupi in 2001. Gunnarson marked the 80th anniversary of the death of magician Harry Houdini by escaping from a sealed glass and metal box containing two tonnes of wet cement, according to reports.(AFP/File)

(AP) - Barbra Streisand performs in Toronto, in this Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006 file photo. Super diva Streisand had a drink lobbed at her in a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. suburb, Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 after a skit with a George W. Bush impersonator that poked fun at the president. (AP Photo/CP, Adrian Wyld)

(AP) - Governor General Michaelle Jean, her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond and daughter Marie-Eden greet trick-or-treaters at Rideau Hall in Ottawa Tuesday Oct 31, 2006.(AP PHOTO/CP,Tom Hanson)

(AP) - Jay Manuel poses for a photograph in Toronto, Canada Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. Before the high fashion photo shoots and hobnobbing with Tyra Banks, Manuel, the new host of ‘Canadas Next Top Model,’ was running the show in the hallways/runways of his Toronto-area high school. (AP PHOTO/CP,Adrian Wyld)

(AP) - Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty holds a news conference to announce a Tax Fairness Plan in Ottawa,Canada October 31, 2006. (AP PHOTO/CP,Fred Chartrand)

(AP) - Lionel Richie poses for a photograph in Toronto, Canada Tuesday Oct. 31, 2006. Eighties chart-topper Richie is back with a new album that shows hes still the smooth-sounding crooner that made him a star decades ago.(AP PHOTO/CP,Adrian Wyld)

(AP) - Nav Canada’s president and CEO John Crichton is seen in this file handout photo. In the 10 years since responsibility for Canadas air navigation system was turned over to the private sector on Nov. 1, 1996, Nav Canada has been largely successful in improving its operating efficiency and reducing the fees it collects from airlines and other customers while maintaining its safety record. However, the de facto monopoly still faces calls to do even better in the years ahead. (AP PHOTO/CP, NAV Canada-HO,File)

(AP) - A cargo ship leaves the Jebel Ali port about 40 kms south of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in this file photo from June 22, 2006. Dubai’s state-run port operator, Dubai Ports World, is looking at acquiring terminals in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada says a Canadian Senator. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili-File)

(AP) - A cargo ship uploads containers at the Jebel Ali port about 40 kms south of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in this file photo from June 22, 2006. Dubai’s state-run port operator, Dubai Ports World, is looking at acquiring terminals in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canada says a Canadian Senator. (AP Photo/ Kamran Jebreili-File)

(AP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is presented with a teddy bear from Colton Schmidt, 11, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, while meeting with children from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. (AP PHOTO/CP,Tom Hanson) CANADA

(AP) - Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands in the House of Commons during Question Period, on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. (AP PHOTO/CP, Fred Chartrand)