Chiquita Brands International must pay $38.3 million US in damages to the families of eight Colombian men killed by a paramilitary group in that country, a Florida jury said on Monday. In 2007, Chiquita was ordered by a U.S. court to pay a $25-million fine to settle criminal charges that it did business with the United … Read more
After hopes that Bear 178 would walk off her injuries and survive the car crash that left the grizzly limping, the bear affectionately known as Nakoda has died in Yoho National Park, in southeastern B.C., Parks Canada officials confirm. On the evening of June 6, as wildlife management staff were repairing fencing along the Trans-Canada Highway, roughly 12 kilometres west … Read more
Pop singer Chappell Roan told a crowd of 150,000 on Sunday that she turned down an invitation to perform at the White House’s Pride festivities, during a set where she spoke about trans rights, women’s rights and freedom for “oppressed people in occupied territories.” Near the end of her set at New York City’s Governors … Read more
As It Happens6:34This elderly, 1-eyed wolf keeps going strong and having pups. And she’s the leader of her pack Wolf 907F is a shrewd survivor, a wise elder, a prolific mother — and an absolute boss. The one-eyed alpha female at Yellowstone National Park has blown scientists away by living long past her life expectancy, … Read more
Retired major-general William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic Earthrise photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. His son, retired air force … Read more
When Jacques Juneau and Chantal Germain bought their home in Saint-Adolphe-D’Howard, Que., it seemed like the perfect spot. Nestled among the trees and surrounded by mountains, it felt safe. “[I thought] there’s no chance of any kind of storm, tornado or anything here,” said Germain. But a year after moving to the Laurentians, they were … Read more
A police head constable was hacked to death by unidentified persons at a village in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-hit Sukma district, an official said on Monday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Gadiras village when the deceased, identified as head constable Sodi Laxman, had gone to visit a fair there, the official … Read more
Visitors pepper the length of Utah Beach in Normandy, France, some pausing to take photos, others simply staring out across the English Channel. One passerby in a bright orange windbreaker stops to scoop a handful of sand into a plastic bag and tucks it into his satchel. “Dad always wanted to come back. He just … Read more
Quirks and Quarks8:37This little piggy escaped and wreaked havoc on crops and the environment Invasive wild pigs in Canada are on the move and could soon spread southward to several northern United States, according to a new study. Wild pigs are already a widespread issue in the southern U.S., with an estimated six million pigs in at least 35 … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to France next month for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Trudeau will spend two days in France to attend D-Day events including a Canadian ceremony at Juno Beach on the morning of June 6, marking exactly 80 years since 14,000 Canadians stormed the beach as part of a massive … Read more
