Growing up, any thoughts I had on Newfoundland usually began with it being extremely far-away and ended with the knowledge that whatever TV show I was currently watching would, as a rule, have premiered a half-hour...
The annual Canadian Seal Hunt began yesterday, despite protests against it year after year and the fact that other countries are banning seal product imports from this hunt. Animal rights groups have the biggest...
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The Winnipeg Humane Society has a solution to solve one of the first major dilemmas faced by US President Barack Obama. The shelter is offering a cute and cuddly Labradoodle puppy to the cammander-in-chief...
created by Mary Richard | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 645 views | 38 recommendations | 3 comments
A 20 square metre peice of satellite debris from a Russian rocket splashed off the coast of Labrador Friday. " U.S. Lt.-Cmdr. Gary Ross said the North American Aerospace Defense Command has identified the debris as part of a Russian rocket used to fire three...
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An inquiry has begun due to claims that a British Royal struck a Labrador with a walking stick.The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) have said they are looking into the allegation...
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"Health authorities in Labrador issued a warning to people scavenging in municipal dumps for food. To augment their diets, people have been gleaning food disposed of by the food stores. The high price...
Large Icebergs off the coast of Labrador and Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean. More and more icebergs are appearing further south, a sign of global warming. Big junks are breaking off the glaciers in...
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...
created by googleguru | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 297 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
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...
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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...
created by Kaitlin | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1461 views | 9 recommendations | 12 comments
"January 7, 2008 - An unusual case came up as a dog, a labrador, came in to vets in the Austrian town Bad Goisern, completely drunk and over the limit.
A dog owner brought his 3-year-old labrador...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 861 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
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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...
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"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...
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