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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 ...

  • Close allies urge Toronto Mayor Ford to talk about scandal

    Close allies of Toronto Mayor Rob's Ford said Friday they will release a letter that urges the mayor to address an alleged video that shows him smoking crack ...

  • Alize Cornet beats Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard in Strasbourg semi-final

    Third-seeded Alize Cornet of France edged Eugenie Bouchard of Westmont, Que., 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Friday to reach the final of the Strasbourg International.Cornet broke the Canadian teenager twice in the last set and saved six break points.Last year's runner-up will face either Flavia Pennetta of Italy or Lucie Hradecka of the Czech ...

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The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolans grim, brooding, and very nearly brilliant sequel to his 2005 reboot Batman Begins, is perhaps the most scintillating and incisive film about our current state of affairs to hit the big screen since the war on terror began. While numero ... ...

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  • RBC unveils supplier conduct code pledge on Canadian jobs

    RBC CEO Gordon Nixon speaks to the media at a press conference following their annual general meeting in Toronto, Ont. March 1/2012. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and ...

  • Canadian Stars Brent Hayden Annamay Pierse To Be Honored This Weekend

    VANCOUVER, Canada, May 24. YEARS of perseverance and dedication will be recognized this weekend when retirement ceremonies are held for Olympic bronze medallist Brent Hayden and former world record holder Annamay Pierse at the Mel Zajac Jr. International Canada Cup.For Hayden and Pierse it will be another chance to be cheered at the same University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre where they ...

  • Cuba silent on Canadians corruption trial

    Canadian businessman Sarkis Yacoubian goes to court for his corruption trial in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 24, 2013. The trial of Yacoubian, who was president of import company Tri-Star Caribbean which was shuttered in July 2011, is under way nearly two years after he was detained. President Raul Castro has repeatedly spoken of a need to root out entrenched corruption on this Communist-run ...

  • Canadian trucking company says it had permits

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -; The trucking company involved in a Washington state bridge collapse says it received a state-issued permit to carry its oversized load across the ...

  • Fast Furious 6 will keep you on the edge of your seat for as long as it can

    The Memorial Day weekend is typically where the blockbuster tentpole films go head to head and do battle for the biggest piece of the financial pie at the box offices this summer. Opening in theatres everywhere tomorrow "Fast & Furious 6" just raises the bar of action filmmaking as they go for the gusto in making as gonzo an action epic as they possible could with results the end ...

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