I like that the new search engine by some ex google people has CKA on the 1st page for "canadian news" search.
http://www.cuil.com/search?q=canadian+newswww.searchme.com isn't really useful as an actualy search engine, the results arn't that good. but it is cool looking. It is also kidna useful to find other sites mentioning your name or sitename, like a search for "canadaka".
Its too bad there search results weren't as good as google with.
For non tech news all I really check is Digg.com and CKA.