Tag: World

  • Protecting Pets from Poisons in the Yard and Garden

    Protecting Pets from Poisons in the Yard and Garden

    Pet Poison Helpline – Even though it’s nearing the end of summer pet owners are still enjoying their outdoor living spaces while watching their pets run and play. The veterinary and toxicology experts at Pet Poison Helpline would like to keep pets safe this season by informing pet owners of potentially harmful substances, flowers and…

  • SkyNews: Israel ‘To Ease Gaza Blockade’ In New Ceasefire

    SkyNews: Israel ‘To Ease Gaza Blockade’ In New Ceasefire

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  • Baird Cautiously Welcomes Ceasefire in Gaza

    Baird Cautiously Welcomes Ceasefire in Gaza

    August 26, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today released the following statement: “Canada, again, cautiously welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza and calls on Hamas to uphold its commitment. “Palestinians in Gaza have suffered greatly under Hamas’s reign, and it is high time that their needs are put first over their rulers’ blind ambition.…

  • Limb regeneration: Do Salamanders Hold the Key?

    Limb regeneration: Do Salamanders Hold the Key?

    The secret of how salamanders successfully regrow body parts is being unravelled by UCL researchers in a bid to apply it to humans. For the first time, researchers have found that the ‘ERK pathway’ must be constantly active for salamander cells to be reprogrammed, and hence able to contribute to the regeneration of different body…

  • Oregon Live: Animals can be ‘victims’ just like people, Oregon Supreme Court says

    Oregon Live: Animals can be ‘victims’ just like people, Oregon Supreme Court says

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  • Tim Hortons and Burger King confirm talks regarding potential strategic transaction

    Tim Hortons and Burger King confirm talks regarding potential strategic transaction

    OAKVILLE, ON, and MIAMI, FL, Aug. 24, 2014 /CNW/ – In response to media reports, Tim Hortons Inc. (THI: TSX; NYSE) and Burger King Worldwide Inc. (BKW: NYSE) today confirmed that they are in discussions regarding the potential creation of a global leader in the quick service restaurant business. The new publicly-listed company would be…

  • RCMP Milk River – Request assistance to locate an overdue traveller – LOCATED

    RCMP Milk River – Request assistance to locate an overdue traveller – LOCATED

    Milk River, Alberta – Milk River RCMP investigator advised that overdue USA citizen traveller, Mr. Caldwell, has been located safe and sound and has made it to the Alaska Border US Customs. The Milk River RCMP would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance in this matter

  • The Tower of London Remembers

    The Tower of London Remembers

    In remembrance of the First World War the Tower of London has turned red with poppies. This unique art installation will see the moat around the Tower filled with handmade ceramic poppies by the 11th of November. About the installation Don’t miss the major art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the…

  • Magali Harvey the Women’s Player of the Year

    Magali Harvey the Women’s Player of the Year

    (IRB.COM) Sunday 17 August 2014 Canada wing Magali Harvey has been named the IRB Women’s Player of the Year 2014 following her side’s 21-9 defeat by England in the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 final at Stade Jean Bouin in Paris on Sunday. Harvey is the first Canadian to win the prestigious award and reflects…

  • LEDs Provide Turtle Friendly Lighting Alternative

    LEDs Provide Turtle Friendly Lighting Alternative

    By Dean Ernst, LED Source How can a solid-state light, or LED, be a turtle friendly lighting alternative and save the lives of thousands of young sea turtles each year? In South Florida, arguably the sea turtle capital of the United States, it is turtle nesting season. This typically runs from late March through October…

  • Want to Know the Safest Way to Eat Seafood? With Traceability

    Want to Know the Safest Way to Eat Seafood? With Traceability

    By Contributing Authors The dreaded mislabeled fish. We are constantly being inundated with articles, wallet guides and the occasional refrigerator magnet telling us which fish are safe to eat and which fish are not. We follow the guidelines, only to learn that there’s a good chance our seafood may not be what it says on…

  • Lauren Bacall: The LA Times Takes a Look Back on the Life of a True Star

    Lauren Bacall: The LA Times Takes a Look Back on the Life of a True Star

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  • Zurich is Paved With Gold for Glorious Jo

    Zurich is Paved With Gold for Glorious Jo

    Jo Pavey produced the performance of her life to win gold in a thrilling 10,000m final on the opening night of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich. At the age of 40, and just weeks after taking 5000m bronze at the Commonwealth Games and less than a year after giving birth to her second child,…

  • Canada providing additional funding to help fight the Ebola outbreak

    Canada providing additional funding to help fight the Ebola outbreak

    Canada continues to address immediate needs in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Ottawa, Ontario – The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced additional support to help fight the growing Ebola outbreak in the West Africa region; and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, provided an update on the situation…

  • MTV: Robin Williams Has Died at the Age of 63

    MTV: Robin Williams Has Died at the Age of 63

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