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Father’s Day: Juno nominee Del Barber helps retired dad reach songwriting dreams
TORONTO – For Boyd Barber, work was never about anything as fanciful or intangible as pursuing a dream.
Pacific Potash set to acquire option on claims in Brazil’s Amazonas Basin
VANCOUVER – Pacific Potash Corp. (TSXV:PP) says it has a letter of intent to acquire a company that holds the option to acquire an 80 per cent stake in certain Brazilian potash assets currently owned by Western Potash Corp. (TSX:WPX). Pacific Potash says it has will acquire Moonraker Acquisition in return for 4.95 million common shares.
Your underarm’s the rainforest, your gut the ocean: Body’s bacterial zoos keep people healthy
WASHINGTON – They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut — enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds.
Girl, 15, charged in Ottawa human trafficking case remanded in custody
OTTAWA – A 15-year-old girl charged in connection with an Ottawa human trafficking and prostitution ring has been remanded in custody after a brief court appearance today.
Publicist says Jerry Lewis hospitalized for low blood sugar after forgetting to eat, drink
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A publicist for comedian Jerry Lewis says the 86-year-old was hospitalized Tuesday night with low blood sugar after forgetting to eat and drink.
Russia threatened with Euro 2016 points loss for fan attack on Euro 2012 stadium stewards
WARSAW, Poland – Russia could be deducted six points in its qualifying group for the next European Championship if its fans turn violent again at Euro 2012.
Canada’s international trade minister denounces protectionism as job killer
MONTREAL – Free and open trade, rather than protectionism, is the best way to secure a global recovery and create jobs, International Trade Minister Ed Fast told a Montreal economic conference Wednesday.
Chelsea rewards Roberto Di Matteo with 2-year contract as fulltime manager
LONDON – Robert Di Matteo has signed a two-year contract to be full-time manager of Chelsea.
Quebec minister says she’s sorry if she hurt artists’ feelings for insulting red square
QUEBEC – A Quebec cabinet minister delivered a curt apology Wednesday for linking the symbol of the province’s protest movement to violence and intimidation.
Prosecutor wants 30-year sentence for Congo warlord who conscripted child soldiers
AMSTERDAM – The International Criminal Court prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to hand down a 30-year sentence to a Congolese warlord convicted of conscripting child soldiers.
Egypt empowers military police, intelligence to arrest civilians, sparking backlash
CAIRO – Egypt’s Justice Ministry on Wednesday gave the country’s military police and intelligence agents the right to arrest civilians over wide range of suspected crimes, including “resisting authorities,” sparking charges that the country’s military rulers want to extend their grip on power even after handing over to civilians.
Daughter of Ukraine’s jailed ex-PM Tymoshenko meets German ministers, urges more pressure
BERLIN – The daughter of Ukraine’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says European and other Western nations should increase the pressure on the government in Kyiv over her mother’s case.
Ugandan women go to Supreme Court over maternal mortality, seek decision rebuking government
KAMPALA, Uganda – More than 100 women die during childbirth each week in Uganda, a heartbreaking statistic that has energized activists to go to the Supreme Court in a bid to force the government to put more resources toward maternal health care to prevent the wave of deaths.
Lack of faith or space makes a case for pre-sprouting seeds before planting
Planting a seed is an act of faith. After all, what could seem more far-fetched than dropping a shriveled, apparently lifeless speck of something into a hole in the ground, then expecting to return and find a green, growing plant brimming with life?
Memorial set for B.C. marine search and rescue members killed on Sunshine Coast
SECHELT, B.C. – First responders from across B.C. are expected at a memorial this weekend to honour two Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue members killed in the line of duty.