
Canada has imported nearly 1,800 endangered wild-caught monkeys from Mauritius and Cambodia for use in testing and research since 2021, prompting calls from animal welfare advocates to ban the practice. The advocates say Canada is out of step with other countries, such as Britain, which have banned the import of primates caught from the wild for use in animal testing.
October 9, 2025 - 13:15 | Marie Woolf | The Globe and Mail
A thief who was part of a gang that stole a Patek Philippe watch worth more than $120,000 from Tim Hortons president Axel Schwan has been sentenced to two years in jail.
Ahmed Djidi, 26, was part of a gang that ripped the watch from Schwan’s wrist as he was walking through Mayfair, an upscale London, U.K. neighbourhood, on June 30 last year, according to
the Daily Mail...
October 9, 2025 - 13:14 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
The other day, Maurice Chamoun was doing some work at his friend Nawal’s home on St. Laurent Boulevard, directly across the road from Queen Elizabeth Public School. Out front, on the median, was a speed camera. I asked them what they thought of it. Read More
October 9, 2025 - 13:11 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
Edmonton police say they are searching a rural area west of the city in the case of missing Indigenous teenager Samuel Bird. Samuel, 14, left his mother’s home on the evening of June 1 and was last seen alive on surveillance video walking through a schoolyard to his ex-girlfriend’s house that evening.
October 9, 2025 - 12:50 | Jana G. Pruden | The Globe and Mail
Blue Jays manager John Schneider rolled the dice for the American League Division Series against New York, and then pulled all the right strings.
October 9, 2025 - 12:46 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
A Halifax gym says it has removed race-based pricing after “feedback and criticism” about a discounted rate intended “to foster diversity and inclusion.”
R Studios, which has five locations in Nova Scotia, came under fire this week after posts on social media pointed out the discount....
October 9, 2025 - 12:43 | National Post Staff | National Post
