Jennifer Stahn

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota dentist who has become the target of worldwide outrage for hunting and killing a protected lion in Zimbabwe advised patients Wednesday to seek care elsewhere and said he rarely discussed his big-game hunting because it can be a "divisive and emotionally charged topic."

CALGARY – Pilots at WestJet, the Calgary-based airline that has prided itself on fostering an employee-friendly corporate culture, have rejected a bid to form the company's first union.

VANCOUVER – The powerful opioid fentanyl, recently linked to an outbreak of overdose deaths in Western Canada, appears to be flowing along a well-worn drug trafficking route — killing some of its users in the same way tainted ecstasy did before.

GRAND BEACH, Man. – A Manitoba man has turned his cellphone case over to police after it caused panic on a crowded public beach.

VANCOUVER – The Environmental Appeal Board has overturned a water licence granted to an oil and gas company in northeastern British Columbia, ruling the licence was based on bad science and bad faith.

GATINEAU, Que. – Sen. Patrick Brazeau has pleaded guilty to reduced charges of assault and possession of cocaine.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The lovable legend of Yogi Berra, that ain't ever gonna be over.

Canada's seniors have edged out the number of children under the age of 15, according to the latest population figures that experts say contain further evidence of a long-projected shift in the country's demographic makeup.

TORONTO – McDonald's Canada CEO John Betts says lining up to pay for the same old burger will soon be a thing of the past.

ODENSE, Denmark – A Danish zoo publicly dissected a year-old male lion Thursday, pulling out its blood-red organs to show a few hundred people including children — an event met outside of Denmark with criticism and online protests.

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed British Columbia's tough drunk-driving law, which imposes heavy fines, penalties and immediate roadside suspensions.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Sixty-one wingsuit skydivers have flown into the record books, creating a diamond-shaped formation while soaring over California before breaking apart and floating to the ground.

VANCOUVER – Dutch prosecutors have dropped a charge of creating child pornography against Aydin Coban, the same man who is accused of extortion and Internet luring in Canada connected to the Amanda Todd case.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck, a New York hospital announced Monday.