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  • 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 ...

  • Qatar withdraws bid to move UN agency from Montreal

    Qatar has withdrawn its bid to take the headquarters of a major UN agency away from Montreal.The small, oil-rich Gulf nation made a surprise bid in late April to move the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization, which sets international rules for airplane transportation - sending the Canadian government into what Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird called a "tooth and ...

  • TD faring better than other Canadian banks in sluggish economy

    ROB Insight is The Globe and Mail's exclusive feature led by a team of award-winning editors and writers who provide you with in-depth analysis on breaking business news and the issues that matter most. With additional commentary and coverage from Thomson-Reuters Breaking Views and The Financial Times, ROB Insight is a one-stop shop for time-pressed and global-minded Canadian business ...

  • Toronto works to save its postcard views

    Toronto officials are trying to keep the silhouette of Queen's Park, alongw with other landmarks, from being interrupted by highrise towers. (Fred Lum/The Globe and ...

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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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  • A legendary Canadian music producer shares his ‘bawling moments’

    Last month I wrote an article on the possible future Canadian members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in the post-Rush-induction world. The piece was only half-serious, as all discussions on official hall-of-fame anythings should be.That being said, I was wrong for not mentioning Bob Ezrin, the Toronto-raised producer who this past Wednesday was awarded an honorary fellowship at the Royal ...

  • Close encounters 13 amazing places to spot Canadian 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 ...

  • Wife defends Canadian trucker blamed for collision that brought down Washington bridge

    In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a rescue boat approaches the scene where a pickup truck and travel trailer, seen at left, and a car fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (Francisco ...

  • More Canadians Support Senate Abolition due to Scandal

    Ottawa, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The number of Canadians that favor the abolition of the Senate increased, after they knew of the fraud made by many of its members to receive payments for financial aids, such a scandal has affected the government of the prime minister Stephen Harper, according to a survey published today. The permanent poll carried out by the website Inside Bulletin News shows ...

  • Toronto Mayor Dodges Accusations Of Crack Cocaine Use

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