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Doctor who sold Matthew Perry ketamine appeals sentence, arguing he was 'nothing more than a drug dealer'
A doctor sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling ketamine to Matthew Perry is appealling his sentence, arguing he was operating as a drug dealer — not a physician — when he sold the drug to the late star of Friends. Source link
Think you have a good sense of humour? So do most people…
Feedback is alarmed by a study that explored how funny people think they are, and that discovered certain traits in those who rate themselves the most humorous Source link
Zahara Jolie files to legally drop Brad Pitt's name
Zahara Jolie, 21, has filled court documents to drop her famous father’s last name from hers, following in the footsteps of her siblings Maddox and Shiloh. Source link
Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is a treasure trove of woolly mammoth, horse DNA
Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon. Source link
Trump threatens not to renew trade deal with Canada, Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump is once again dangling the threat of withdrawing from his country’s free trade deal with Canada and Mexico, even though his trade officials are in talks on renewing it. Source link
Carney says Gordie Howe bridge opening could be delayed but 'there's no big drama'
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Gordie Howe bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan might not open at the end of the week as he initially said, but insisted “there’s no big drama.” Source link
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could destroy the ozone layer
Climate models suggest a small nuclear war in the tropics would do even more damage to the ozone layer than a larger nuclear war in more northerly latitudes, increasing exposure to dangerous ultraviolet radiation all over the world Source link
Bank of Canada keeps key interest rate at 2.25% as it tries to balance competing economic risks
The central bank was largely expected to hold its benchmark rate at 2.25 — a fifth consecutive hold. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said the decision to stay on pause was made in effort to balance inflation threats from high oil prices, and sluggishness in the economy brought on by the uncertainty of the […]
Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland publishing book about Canada-U.S. relations
The book is titled Unreliable Boyfriend and will be by Simon & Schuster Canada on Oct. 13. Source link
The world has a mosquito problem. Here's how scientists are trying to solve it
Infection rates for deadly mosquito-borne diseases are extremely low in Canada. But experts warn climate change and evolving environmental factors — including deforestation — are rapidly expanding the geographical range of the world’s deadliest animal, and the way it lives and breeds. Source link