Marine is a black lab that can sniff out human cancer cells. Touted as being the top cancer-sniffing dog, Marine is scheduled to be cloned in South Korea at a Seoul-based biotech company where the first dog was cloned in 2005. "Cloned fetuses from the black labrador retriever...
The two 56-year old men that failed to return on schedule Thursday night after a snowmobile ride are now safe and sound. They made it back to Labrador City on their own while searchers were forced to wait out some stormy weather and slob ice conditions before starting a...
The bulldog is the tenth most popular purebred, according to rankings from the American Kennel Club. That's not quite top dog, but making the list after 75 years is quite an achievement.Personally, I think...
The oft-criticized Canadian seal hunt faced another blow this week when the national Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation acknowledged that the hunt is threatened by pressure from European animal rights groups....
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Wow, nothing like getting bad news, then finding out everyone else knows about it too. "The Newfoundland and Labrador government said Monday it's trying to contact dozens of people whose confidential medical information, including test results for HIV and hepatitis, was...
There is an organization in Canada set up by Chris and Heather Fowler in 1996 that trains dogs, mostly Labradors, to help look after autistic children. It works. To date the National Service Dogs...
"N.S. riding association defies PM, supports Casey
Updated Sun. Oct. 14 2007 7:23 PM ET
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX -- A Conservative riding association in northern Nova Scotia is defying Stephen Harper and standing...
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Big oil, NAFTA, and government are proving to be a risky mix as two giant oil companies defy requirements to fund local research and development. As Exxon Mobil and Murphy Oil demand $50 million each from governments, the power of NAFTA agreements may be at stake."Two...
Soon everyone in Calgary will be moving to St. John's:
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The Newfoundland and Labrador government, on the eve of a provincial election campaign, officially approved a tentative deal yesterday to develop the $5-billion Hebron offshore oil project, a venture that could prove...
I never thought Tim Horton's Timbits and harassment would come up in the same sentence, but a small Newfoundland town is dealing with an apparent Timbit attacker. A woman was walking home early in the morning...
Rainbow looks like any other Labrador retriever, but she is not a pet.
Trained by a prison inmate, her mission is to help Roland Paquette, an
injured veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan, stay on his new feet,
the...
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C'est une expérience épouvantable de rencontrer une belle femme française qui ne peut pas parler l'anglais. Je sais(connais), parce que ce m'est arrivé.