Ottawa - Two roadside bombs killed four Canadian soldiers and one Afghan interpreter, the Ministry of National Defence said.
Eight soldiers were injured in the blasts that occurred in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday, the ministry said.
The first happened early Friday in the vicinity of a dismounted patrol in Zhari District, west of Kandahar city, killing two soldiers and a local interpreter and injuring five people.
Ottawa - Canada allows hunters in this year's seal hunt to kill 338,200 animals that is 55,000 seals more than in 2008, the fisheries minister said late Friday.
Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said the quota was fixed after scientists' advice "to ensure the seal population is maintained," Canada's CTV channel said.
Animal rights organizations were dismayed over the Canadian government's decision to raise the quota for the annual hunt, which draws international criticism.
London - Outspoken British anti-war member of parliament (MP) George Galloway Friday denounced as "outrageous" a decision by the Canadian authorities to refuse him entry on the grounds of national security.
Galloway, a former Labour politician who has now set up his own political party, said in London that he would not accept the ban imposed ahead of a speech he had planned to give in Toronto.
Calgary (Canada), Mar. 18 : Former US President George W Bush has said that he does not want spend his retirement criticizing his successor Barack Obama.
"He [Obama] was not my first choice for president, but when he won I thought it was good for the United States of America. I was deeply touched and I was deeply moved when I saw African Americans on TV weeping and saying, `I never thought it was possible,''" the Globe and Mail quoted Bush, as saying during a luncheon speech here.
St. John's (Canada), Mar. 15: The damaged fuselage of a downed helicopter that claimed the lives of 17, has been found on the silt and gravel of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
Investigators said on Saturday that it was largely intact.
Cougar Helicopters owned the Sikorsky S-92. Investigators recovered various debris and parts of the chopper and personal belongings.
After wading through deep, murky waters, a remote-controlled camera confirmed they had found the fuselage, the Canadian Press reports.
Whistler, British Columbia - The German team trounced the field Saturday at the final women's 4x6-kilometre relay of the biathlon World Cup season to earn the this winter's title.
It was the second victory of the season for the Germans. Defending champions Russia were third on Saturday.
Magdalena Neuner and Andrea Henkel shot perfectly, while Kati Wilhelm missed once and Martina Beck used five extra rounds, good enough as a team to avoid the penalty loop.
Ottawa - Two roadside bombs killed four Canadian soldiers and one Afghan interpreter, the Ministry of National Defence said.
Ottawa - Canada allows hunters in this year's seal hunt to kill 338,200 animals that is 55,000 seals more than in 2008, the fisheries minister said late Friday.
London - Outspoken British anti-war member of parliament (MP) George Galloway Friday denounced as "outrageous" a decision by the Canadian authorities to refuse him entry on the grounds of national security.
Calgary (Canada), Mar. 18 : Former US President George W Bush has said that he does not want spend his retirement criticizing his successor Barack Obama.
St. John's (Canada), Mar. 15: The damaged fuselage of a downed helicopter that claimed the lives of 17, has been found on the silt and gravel of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
Whistler, British Columbia - The German team trounced the field Saturday at the final women's 4x6-kilometre relay of the biathlon World Cup season to earn the this winter's title.
