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  • New US meat labeling rules upsets Canada New US meat labeling rules upsets Canada

    OTTAWA - Canada has threatened "retaliatory measures" against the United States move changing the so-called country of origin labeling that would track beef and hogs through the meat processing and distribution systems, stating that it is discriminatory, a view shared by the World Trade Organisation. On Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a final modification to its ...

  • Discovery of Arctic bacterium offers clues to possible life on Mars

    The temperature in the permafrost on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic has been found to be nearly as cold as that of the surface of Mars. So the recent discovery by a McGill University led team of scientists of a bacterium that is able to thrive at -15 degree C, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, is exciting. The bacterium offers clues about some of the ...

  • Canadian Businessman on Trial in Cuban Corruption Crackdown

    The trial of a Canadian businessman who confessed to bribing Cuban officials has begun in Havana, almost two years after his arrest in a government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of Sarkis Yacoubian, originally from Armenia and the owner of import firm Tri-Star Caribbean, is expected to last two days. Lebanese citizen Krikor Bayassalian is a co-defendant. Foreign journalists ...

  • Ottawa ups financial contribution to Culture Days

    The federal government is contributing $1-million over the next two years to Culture Days, the annual three-day national celebration of arts and culture that started in 2010. Paul Calandra, Conservative MP and parliamentary secretary to Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, made the announcement Friday in Toronto before 250 delegates to the 2013 National Congress on Culture. The money will ...

  • Where can I blow my visitors’ minds with Canada’s best wildlife

    , I've been wide-eyed at Canada's animal wonders since moving from Britain in the 1990s. Wildlife watching over there mostly involves hedgehogs and pigeons, so it's no surprise Brits fall so heavily for our menagerie of photogenic ...

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Lifeboat [DVD]

Lifeboat [DVD]

Alfred Hitchcock always loved technical and narrative challenges, and in Lifeboat, his seventh American film and the first and only he made under Darryl F. Zanuck at 20th Century-Fox, he faced daunting obstacles in both. Telling the story of nine survivors of a U-Boat att ... ...

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  • Hockey Canada parts ways with head scout Kevin Prendergast

    Hockey Canada has decided to make some personnel changes within its Program of Excellence in an attempt to shake its recent downturn in form.At it's annual general meeting in Charlottetown on Friday, Hockey Canada boss Bob Nicholson confirmed head scout Kevin Prendergast and goaltending coach Ron Tugnutt have parted ways with the national governing body. Prendergast, a former assistant ...

  • With Fate of Video in Question Toronto Mayor Denies Smoking Crack

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is swarmed by reporters as he enters his offices at Toronto City Hall May 17, 2013. Ford denies allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, his lawyer told the Toronto Sun on ...

  • Fight breaks out during drug deal at Saskatoon high school

    Police cars sat outside the Shaw Centre in Saskatoon on May 23, 2013. The public facility, along with adjoining high schools Tommy Douglas and Bethlehem, were locked down after a possible gun ...

  • Whats in store for Patrick Roy NHL coach

    Will newly hired Colorado Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy, left, be more Kevin Dineen, middle, in his first season as an NHL head coach or more Randy Cunneyworth, right. Dineen guided Florida to a 94-point season in 2011-12, while Cunneyworth was a disappointing 18-23-9 in the same campaign. (Canadian Press/Getty ...

  • Raptors trying to woo top GM Masai Ujiri away from Nuggets

    Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri, left, talks with New Orleans Hornets general manager Dell Demps before a 2012-13 game. (David Zalubowski/Associated ...

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