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Anthrax hits Saskatchewan bison herd
Anthrax has killed a third of a bison herd in southern Saskatchewan, provincial officials confirmed Tuesday. As of Friday, 30 bison from the 90-animal herd at a Weyburn-area farm were dead, officials said.
With whiff of election, Greens delay leadership vote
OTTAWA�The top job in the Green party isn�t up for grabs � yet. The party will not hold a leadership race at its convention in Toronto later this month. Green party members overwhelmingly approved a motion delaying a leadership review until after th
Ontario antes up for online gambling
Legalized online gambling is coming to Ontario and the cash-strapped Liberal government is betting it could mean an additional $400 million a year in revenue.
Four men feared drowned in Idaho reservoir after joke gone awry
BOISE -- Anxious family members watched today from a nearby hill as dive teams searched an Idaho reservoir for four missing men who may have gone overboard during a prank gone awry. The men were feared drowned during a boating trip, leaving five young ch
Tasered man an off-duty officer
The man tasered near Parliament Hill on Sunday is an off-duty Ottawa police officer who has been disciplined by the force five times in three years.
Iran digging graves for U.S. troops if they attack
Iran has dug mass graves in which to bury U.S. troops in case of any American attack on the country, a commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard said Tuesday, warning that a military strike would spark an "extensive war" in the region.
UN: Afghan civilian deaths rise sharply
The number of civilians killed in the Afghan conflict rose 25 per cent in the first six months of the year, with insurgents responsible for the spike, the United Nations said in a report Tuesday.
Prison farms: Should they stay open?
More than 150 police officers faced off against several hundred protesters at the entrance to the Frontenac Prison in Kingston, Ont., Monday morning, as the demonstrators tried to prevent trucks from removing a herd of cattle from the prison farm there.
Afghan woman executed for alleged adultery
HERAT, Afghanistan - Taliban insurgents publicly flogged and executed an Afghan woman for alleged adultery, a police official said on Monday, in a reminder of the era when the militant Islamist group ruled Afghanistan
China floods, landslides leave 1,148 missing
More than 6,000 troops sifted through mud-drenched villages and towns Monday in a desperate search for survivors of a series of flash floods and landslides in northwestern China.
U.S. police nab one of two escaped convicts
Authorities in the United States have caught one of two escaped inmates 10 days after they broke out of an Arizona prison. The other fugitive and his suspected accomplice remain on the loose, and authorities say they may be trying to reach Canada.
Angry attendant deploys jet's slide during meltdown
A flight attendant became so angry at a rude passenger upon landing Monday that he cursed out 100 travellers on the plane's PA system and then escaped by activating -- then using -- the jet's emergency slide, police said.
NBA - London to host two NBA games
The NBA will play two regular season games in London next March, part of a push to bring professional basketball to the city before it hosts the 2012 Olympics.
Ancient bison kill site uncovered in Montana
Archaeologists working on the Blackfeet Indian reservation in northwestern Montana say they have uncovered a vast former hunting complex where bison were stampeded over a cliff at least 1,000 years ago.
Mia Farrow, Naomi Campbell face off at war crimes trial
Actress Mia Farrow and another witness testified at Charles Taylor's war crimes trial on Monday, contradicting supermodel Naomi Campbell's statements about a gift of purported "blood diamonds" from the former Liberian President 13 years ago.
The dark side of Dubai
Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging. Johann Hari reports
Kovy contract rejected
The NHLPA's grievance against the NHL's rejection of the Ilya Kovalchuk contract has been denied, Sportsnet has learned, meaning the Russian sniper once again becomes an unrestricted free agent.
Harlem man survives being shot 21 times by NYPD
Yes, one apparently can be shot 21 times and live to tell the tale--not that it's the sort of achievement that anyone is going to run out to emulate. Over the weekend, a Harlem man survived what some physicians are calling a record number of bullet wounds
Police protect binmen
Police have been drafted in to accompany workers after residents reacted angrily to their bins not being collected in Gloucester.
Top 10 iconic British cars you could own
Yahoo! Cars has come over all patriotic this week in the search for some iconic British cars. We've been scanning the classifieds, checking our bank balances (and in some cases clearing the garage and readying our tools). Actually, only nine of them are i
CBC axes exec despite ratings success
When Stursberg arrived at CBC in October 2004, an average of 215,000 Canadians were watching the main network at any given minute during the day. For the 12-month period ending July 10, CBC was drawing an average minute audience, as it�s called in the t

... But ask prominent scientists and researchers who�ve struggled to influence federal policy over the past few years, and they�ll quickly link the census flap to wider misgivings about how the Harper government uses data and evidence�or refuses to�in sha
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