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July 2008
- Canadian Foot Linked to Depressed Man
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 20, 08 6:46 AM CDT
  
  One of five dismembered feet that have mysteriously washed ashore near Vancouver over the past year has been linked by DNA to a depressed man who disappeared a year ago, police announced. Investigators released no other information at the family's request. The foot is the first to be identified in the bizarre case. All of the dismembered feet were in sneakers, and all but one came from men. More »
  
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  Canada • Vancouver • feet • severed feet
- Canadian Court Sends Deserter Back to US
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 15, 08 10:36 AM CDT
  
  Canada's federal court ruled yesterday that an American army deserter can be deported to the US, rejecting his request for a stay to the order. The judge said that Robin Long did not provide clear and convincing evidence that he will suffer irreparable harm if he is returned to the US. Long, 25, fled to Canada in 2005 to avoid serving in Iraq. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Canada • deserter
- Video of Gitmo Interrogation Hits Web
  
  newser | CBC (Canada) | Jul 15, 08 6:47 AM CDT
  
  A videotape of Canadian officials interrogating a sobbing 16-year-old detainee at Guantanamo Bay surfaced on the Internet today. The clip, made public under a court order obtained by the suspect's lawyer, is the first such footage from the detention center to reach the public, the CBC reports. It shows an intelligence agent grilling Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen charged with killing a US soldier during a firefight in Afghanistan. Khadr says he was severely tortured in Afghanistan. More »
  
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  Guantanamo Bay • Canada • Guantanamo prisoners • interrogation • interrogation tapes • Omar Khadr
- DNA Tests Yield Few Clues on Canada Victims
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 11, 08 7:20 AM CDT
  
  Canadian authorities have determined that two of the five feet found floating on British Columbia's coastline came from the same man. The only other information about the mystery victim are his shoe size (11) and brand preference (Nike), and fact that he must have been alive in early 2003 when that model was available, reports CNN. More »
  
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  Canada • DNA • missing person • mystery • British Columbia • severed feet • sneakers
- Arctic Boom Awash in Green Risk
  
  newser | Yale Environment 360 | Jul 10, 08 1:42 PM CDT
  
  As the Arctic sea ice melts, it’s uncovering vast resources, leading to an international energy and mining rush. Companies are lining up to explore the region, and nations are reviving Arctic border disputes in hopes of tapping its wealth. But the exploitation of the area’s resources could have dire environmental consequences, Ed Struzik writes on Yale Environment 360. More »
  
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  Canada • Arctic • mining • Arctic race • Exxon Valdez • minerals
- Bush to Canadian PM: 'Yo, Harper!'
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 7, 08 12:22 PM CDT
  
  Mixing Texas diplomacy with the high diplomacy of the G8 summit in Japan, President Bush showed off his characteristically casual behavior today by introducing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to another leader with a "Yo, Harper!" Bush landed British PM Tony Blair in hot water at a 2006 summit with a similar greeting, then proceeded to shock German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a brief back massage. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Japan • Canada • G8 summit • Stephen Harper
- US Removes Last of Saddam's Uranium From Iraq
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 6, 08 9:53 AM CDT
  
  A secret US mission to remove 550 metric tons of concentrated uranium known as “yellowcake” from Iraq came to a close yesterday as the material arrived in Canada, AP reports. In an operation that quelled concerns over the yellowcake falling into insurgency hands, 37 flights took the remainder of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program to a British territory in the Indian Ocean before it was shipped 8,500 miles to Montreal. More »
  
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  Iraq • Canada • nuclear weapons • Saddam Hussein • uranium
- Quebec City Celebrates 400th
  
  newser | Globe and Mail | Jul 3, 08 5:10 PM CDT
  
  Canadians celebrated the 400th birthday of Quebec City today, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports. In a rain-drenched ceremony, Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised the adventurous Quebecois spirit and the city—“the most beautiful city in Canada, the most enchanting"—where explorer Samuel de Champlain landed on July 3, 1608. More »
  
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  Canada • Stephen Harper • birthday • birthday party • Quebec • Samuel de Champlain • celebration
- A Weekend for 2 Nations to Celebrate
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 3, 08 7:39 AM CDT
  
  Tomorrow is Independence Day, but north of the border today marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City, the first settlement of New France and one of the oldest cities in Canada. David Hackett Fischer, a historian writing in the New York Times , uses the occasion to explore a different vision of North America, one predicated not on freedom, but on diversity and exchange. More »
  
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  Canada • history • independence • Native Americans • Quebec • Thomas Jefferson • Samuel de Champlain
- Rendition Victim Loses US Torture Appeal
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 1, 08 7:56 AM CDT
  
  A Canadian software engineer has lost an appeal against the US for his torture in Syria on a technicality, Reuters reports. Syrian-born Maher Arar, whose story inspired the Hollywood movie Rendition , was forced off a flight in New York in 2002 and shipped to Syria, where he says he was tortured for more than a year. More »
  
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  Condoleezza Rice • torture • Canada • Syria • rendition
June 2008
- Mysterious Human Feet Baffle Police
  
  newser | Newsweek | Jun 25, 08 7:56 AM CDT
  
  Police are struggling to explain a string of washed up human feet found on beaches along one 125-mile stretch of British Columbia. So far five of the grisly, sneaker-clad appendages have been found, and all are right feet. “It’s a mystery,” said one Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. “We’ve certainly heard lots of theories - from the media mostly.” More »
  
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  Canada • missing person • DNA evidence • mystery • feet • severed feet • British Columbia • unsolved mystery
- Sixth Foot to Wash Ashore Is a Hoax
  
  newser | Globe and Mail | Jun 19, 08 6:04 PM CDT
  
  The latest severed foot to wash ashore in Canada is a hoax, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports. The sneaker found this week near Vancouver actually contained an animal paw stuffed into a sock, authorities say. An official described the prank as “reprehensible and very disrespectful to the families of missing persons.” That leaves at five the number of feet that have washed up in the last year, fueling fears of a serial killer in British Columbia. More »
  
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  Canada • missing person • hoax • severed feet • British Columbia
- Sixth Foot Washes Ashore in Canada
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 19, 08 10:48 AM CDT
  
  Yet another severed foot—the sixth in a year and second this week—washed ashore yesterday in Canada on an island near Vancouver. Like all but one of the others, it was a sneaker-clad right foot. "It's very unusual," said a police spokeswoman. "To my knowledge, we have not encountered anything like this." So far, investigators are stumped. More »
  
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  Canada • Vancouver • feet • severed feet
- Canada Could Hurt Firms It Tries to 'Protect'
  
  newser | American | Jun 17, 08 3:28 PM CDT
  
  A move last month by the Canadian government to block the country's top space-tech firm from selling one of its divisions to a US buyer illustrates a tricky balancing act, Christopher Sands writes in the American : How far should Ottawa go to appease nationalist sentiment if it eats into economic benefits? The wariness, Sands notes, extends back to colonial days. More »
  
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  business • Canada • Stephen Harper • aerospace • foreign investment • free trade • Defense Industry • protectionism
- 5th Severed Foot Steps Up Canadian Probe
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 17, 08 11:16 AM CDT
  
  Yet another severed foot—the fifth in a year—has washed ashore in British Columbia, causing authorities to take a fresh look at evidence. This is the first sneaker-clad left foot to be found so far. "We're certainly not discounting the possibility that this may be linked to the other recovered feet, but it's very speculative to even entertain that right now," said a local police spokeswoman. "This might take a long time. This is not CSI. " More »
  
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  Canada • shoes • feet • severed feet
- Canada Apologizes to Indigenous Groups
  
  newser | Globe and Mail | Jun 12, 08 4:42 AM CDT
  
  Canada formally apologized to its indigenous peoples yesterday for forcing children to attend government-run schools where they were often sexually and physically abused. Prime Minister Stephen Harper read the apology in Parliament, calling the forced assimilation a "sad chapter" in the nation's history that damaged several generations, the Globe and Mail reports. "I am sorry Canada tried to erase your identity and your culture." More »
  
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  Canada • sexual abuse • Stephen Harper • compensation • House of Commons • physical abuse
- Destroying Key Records Was Standard at Gitmo
  
  newser | Globe and Mail | Jun 9, 08 9:30 AM CDT
  
  Guantanamo Bay interrogators were urged to destroy notes from interviews with detainees, including Canadian Omar Khadr, documents suggest. Minimizing interrogation records “can minimize certain legal issues,” reads a Guantanamo operational manual for intelligence teams shown to Khadr’s lawyers. The case against Khadr is thought to be based largely on information from the interrogations, the Globe and Mail reports. More »
  
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  Afghanistan • Guantanamo Bay • Canada • Guantanamo prisoners • terror suspects • terror trial • Omar Khadr
- Canada Sings the Blues: Beloved Hockey Theme Iced
  
  newser | Globe and Mail | Jun 7, 08 1:09 PM CDT
  
  Hockey Night in Canada is changing its theme song, and if that doesn’t seem like a big deal to you, you’re probably not Canadian. The 40-year-old ditty has become almost a second national anthem for the hockey-obsessed nation. But thanks to a legal challenge from composer Dolores Claman, the state-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has announced a contest to find the new theme. More »
  
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  NHL • hockey • Canada • song
May 2008
- Canadians Bully Burmese Junta With... Panties?
  
  newser | Sify.com | May 28, 08 10:59 AM CDT
  
  When international pressure fails, try… underwear? Canadian women think they can change the Myanmar junta’s ways by mailing a steady stream of panties to the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa, Sify reports. The military dictators apparently harbor a superstitious fear that touching a woman’s undergarment will “rob them of their power,” according to Panties for Peace!, the organization coordinating the movement. More »
  
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  Burma • Canada • protests • Myanmar • military junta • superstition • underwear
- Severed Feet Stump Cops in Canada
  
  newser | Globe and Mail | May 25, 08 12:19 PM CDT
  
  A fourth foot in a sneaker has washed up on a Canadian shore, leaving investigators more puzzled than ever. Each of the three previous right feet have been in sneakers and have washed up on different islands near Vancouver over the last 10 months, reports the Globe and Mail. The feet don't appear to have been "forcibly removed," said an investigator. "They may be connected. We're exploring every scenario." More »
  
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  crime • Canada • feet • severed feet • sneakers

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