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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 ...

  • Video Prepare for more hurricanes than usual Canadian Hurricane Centre says

    The Canadian Hurricane Centre is telling residents in the Atlantic provinces they should prepare for an active hurricane season. The centre's program supervisor says la Nina conditions could spark more storms than ...

  • Host team booted from hockeys Memorial Cup playoffs

    Knights needing a win to stay alive in the fight to hoist The Cup. They lost. They were hammered, thrashed, thumped, crushed, routed, banged-up and generally embarrassed by the Knights, losing by a final score of 6 to 1. The Blades scored their only goal of the game after London had pumped 6 shots into the Saskatoon net. Now, the tourney is a three team affair, with the Portland (Oregon) ...

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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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  • Avril Lavigne gets help from Marilyn Manson on new album

    Radio.com , the Canuck punk-pop princess received inspiration and lead vocal assistance from the veteran shock rocker on a duet titled "Bad Girl," a track from her upcoming fifth studio album. The "Sk8terboi" hitmaker reveals she recruited the singer via a last minute text, saying, "I was sitting there at the board thinking Manson would be perfect on this track, so I ...

  • Epic isnt anywhere close to living up to its name

    Epic tells the story of an ongoing battle between the forces of good, who keep the natural world alive, and the forces of evil, who wish to destroy it. When a teenage girl ...

  • ‘RHOBH’ star Lisa Vanderpump says she deals with shenanigans at SUR

    Lisa Vanderpump may be the star of the show, but she is also busy filming her spin-off show, "Vanderpump Rules." The show isn't so much about Lisa. It is more about her employees and their personal drama that is playing out as they are working on the show. The first season was so successful that Bravo decided to make a second season of the show. And perhaps they are filming now, ...

  • ‘Teen Mom’ star Chelsea Houska denies thinking about Adam

    Chelsea Houska hasn't dated one single man on the show over the several years the show has been airing. But she has always talked about Adam. He gave her a promise ring, which seemed to give her some sort of hope, but now that he has gotten another girl pregnant, she may have given up for good. But it sounds like her followers may not believe her. According to a new tweet released on May ...

  • Bethenny Frankel gets support from Ellen ‘I’m so proud of Bethenny’

    Bethenny Frankel has been working hard to fulfill her dream before she started a family and met Jason, as she was doing everything from selling her own belongings online to baking all night to sell cookies on the streets of New York. She chronicles all of this in her book, "A Place of Yes." However, it was her idea of the Skinnygirl margarita that really put ...

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