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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 ...

  • Vancouver whittling down pedestrian and cyclist corridor options

    A cyclist makes his way along Point Grey Road in Vancouver, where cyclists and pedestrians say it is dangerous. (Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and ...

  • The jellyfish take Vancouver

    Vancouver Aquarium Senior Biologist Mackenzie Neale poses for a photograph with a display filled with spotted jellyfish at the aquarium in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday May 23, 2013. (DARRYL ...

Movie Review

Fighting

Fighting

Pretty much everything you need to know about this by-the-numbers clunker is summarized in the one-word title Fighting. Yes, there is plenty of fighting of the underground, bare-knuckle-brawl variety, but because the film was cowritten and directed by Dito Montiel, whose feature debut w ... ...

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  • Boil-water advisory lifted in Montreal

    A man pretends to drink water out of a fire hydrant while his friend, not seen, takes a picture in Montreal on May 22, 2013. Montreal has issued a boil-water advisory to a large swath of the city affecting over one million residents after a water-filtration station broke down. (PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN ...

  • Officials under pressure as Montreal’s water woes test public’s patience

    Chantal Morissette, director of water services for the city of Montreal, speaks at a news conference on May 23, 2013, with Christian Dubois, the city councillor with responsibility for public safety. (GRAHAM HUGHES FOR THE GLOBE AND ...

  • Drivers escape death as Washington state bridge on route to Canada collapses

    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 ...

  • Canada to allocate C$53m to Peru-focused mining and energy initiatives

    Canadian mining executives hope Prime Minister Stephen Harper's meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala will generate better use of C$4 billion in unspent mining royalties in government ...

  • Swept up in a Toronto summer

    Getting there: Flights from South Florida to Toronto take just over three hours. American, WestJet and Air Canada fly nonstop from Miami; WestJet and Air Canada fly nonstop from Fort ...

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