http://www.mail.com/locations/3794-canada.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3794-canada.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764452-huge-dna-code-christmas-tree-revealed.html NEW YORK (AP) — To millions of people, the Christmas tree is a cheerful sight. To scientists who decipher the DNA codes of plants and animals, it's a monster. We're talking about the conifer, the umbrella term for cone-bearing trees like the spruce, fir, pine, cypress and cedar. Apart from their Yuletide popularity, they play big roles in the lumber indus... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764452-huge-dna-code-christmas-tree-revealed.html 2012-12-13T22:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758160-texas-judge-halts-transcanada-oil-pipeline-work.html HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is building part of an oil pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the latest legal battle to plague a project that has encountered numerous obstacles nationwide. Texas landowner Michael Bishop, who is defending hims... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758160-texas-judge-halts-transcanada-oil-pipeline-work.html 2012-12-11T21:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1758208-nhl-union-to-return-to-bargaining-with-mediators.html TORONTO (AP) — NHL labor negotiations will resume Wednesday, with mediators rejoining the talks at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the hockey season. The Canadian Press on Tuesday reported the restart of bargaining between the league and union, citing unidentified people on both sides of the lockout. U.S. federal mediators Scot Beckenbaugh an... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1758208-nhl-union-to-return-to-bargaining-with-mediators.html 2012-12-11T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1756130-coat-wearing-monkey-caught-toronto-store.html TORONTO (AP) — Shoppers at an Ikea store in Toronto weren't monkeying around when they reported a primate on the loose. Customers spotted a monkey — clad in a pint-sized shearling coat — wandering around the store's parking lot Sunday afternoon. The baby monkey, named Darwin, made its way through rows of parked cars and ended up outside a set of store doors. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1756130-coat-wearing-monkey-caught-toronto-store.html 2012-12-10T16:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753130-washington-pot-source-neighbors.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Now that marijuana is legal in neighboring Washington state, Portland police are offering some helpful advice to Oregon pot users. Sure, you can go over to Washington state to "smoke some weed," a police advisory states, but you might get arrested for driving under the influence if you're pulled over coming home, even if you're on a bike. ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753130-washington-pot-source-neighbors.html 2012-12-08T18:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752892-booze-smokes-agenda-quirky-govt-group.html BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes, like a retrofit of equipment used on an Industrial Revolution production line. It can smoke 20 cigarettes at once and conclude which are unsafe because t... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752892-booze-smokes-agenda-quirky-govt-group.html 2012-12-08T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751982-canada-oks-cnoocs-takeover-bid-nexen.html TORONTO (AP) — Canada approved China's biggest overseas energy acquisition, a $15.1 billion takeover by state-owned CNOOC of Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen, but vowed Friday to reject any future foreign takeovers in the oil sands sector by state-owned companies. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government would only consider future takeover dea... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751982-canada-oks-cnoocs-takeover-bid-nexen.html 2012-12-08T03:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1750398-optimism-turns-to-despair-nhl-talks-break.html NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season. The NHL said not so fast, and then took away everything that created all the optimism in the first place. When the 82nd day of the lockout was over, it was hard not to think the sides were thrown back to the very start of the fight. The problem ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1750398-optimism-turns-to-despair-nhl-talks-break.html 2012-12-07T08:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1747524-nhl-rejects-players-offer-to-break-labor-impasse.html NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of closing in on a deal, the NHL and the players' association are further apart than ever before. Union executive director Donald Fehr began the first of his two news conferences Thursday night by proclaiming he believed the sides had agreements on such issues as actual dollars, and then returned moments later to reveal the NHL rej... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1747524-nhl-rejects-players-offer-to-break-labor-impasse.html 2012-12-07T03:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747360-gypsies-take-curious-route-through-us-to-asylum.html DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) — A minivan with California license plates and a dozen passengers zipped across the border between Vermont and Quebec in October, heading north in a southbound lane unblocked by traffic. Border agents could only watch as the Dodge Caravan sped off into Quebec. But the vehicle and its occupants didn't try to disappear. About 22 mil... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1747360-gypsies-take-curious-route-through-us-to-asylum.html 2012-12-06T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1747854-pregnant-kate-discharged-london-hospital.html LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy. Clutching a small bouquet of yellow roses, the former Kate Middleton smiled and posed briefly for a photograph alongside her husband, Prince William, before leaving King Edward VII Hospital. She stepped delicately... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1747854-pregnant-kate-discharged-london-hospital.html 2012-12-06T18:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1743384-canadian-pacific-railway-to-eliminate-4500-jobs.html TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Pacific Railway will eliminate some 4,500 employee and contractor positions by 2016, the new chief executive of Canada's second largest railway announced Tuesday. Chief executive Hunter Harrison said they have already made progress and expect 1,700 positions to be eliminated by year end. CP's total workforce is 19,500, which includ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1743384-canadian-pacific-railway-to-eliminate-4500-jobs.html 2012-12-04T23:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1739094-hockey-talks-resume-tuesday-with-owners-players.html NEW YORK (AP) — The cast of characters in the ongoing NHL labor saga is about to get a bit of a makeover, at least for one day. So far, Commissioner Gary Bettman and the league's negotiating committee have failed to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' association — led by executive director Donald Fehr — that would end the l... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1739094-hockey-talks-resume-tuesday-with-owners-players.html 2012-12-03T08:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1738410-vonn-races-to-2nd-straight-lake-louise-hat-trick.html LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is in a class by herself when it comes to women's World Cup skiing at Lake Louise. After winning both downhills, Vonn capped a sweep with a victory in Sunday's super-G. The American star recorded a hat trick at the Alberta resort for the second straight year after winning all three races in 2011. ... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1738410-vonn-races-to-2nd-straight-lake-louise-hat-trick.html 2012-12-02T23:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1738684-nhl-owners-players-set-to-meet-without-leaders.html NEW YORK (AP) — Traditional labor talks have made little progress in the ongoing NHL lockout, so the league and the players' association are going to try something different in an attempt to save the season that is slipping away. A crew of six owners will meet with a handful of players on Tuesday in New York — one day before the league's board of governor... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1738684-nhl-owners-players-set-to-meet-without-leaders.html 2012-12-02T23:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1737210-lindsey-vonn-wins-2nd-lake-louise-downhill.html LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Lindsey Vonn raced to her 13th World Cup victory at Lake Louise on Saturday, leading another 1-2 U.S. sweep in the second downhill at the Canadian resort. Vonn finished in 1 minute, 52.9 seconds to edge teammate Stacey Cook by 0.52 seconds. On Friday in the season-opening downhill, Vonn beat Cook by 1.73 seconds. Vonn nearly sk... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1737210-lindsey-vonn-wins-2nd-lake-louise-downhill.html 2012-12-01T22:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736108-obama-pipeline-decision-preview-energy-policy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a decision President Barack Obama put off during the 2012 campaign, but now that he's won a second term, his next move on a proposed oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada may signal how he will deal with climate and energy issues in the four years ahead. Obama is facing increasing pressure to determine the fate of the $7 billion ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736108-obama-pipeline-decision-preview-energy-policy.html 2012-12-01T15:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1735466-lindsey-vonn-wins-lake-louise.html LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Lindsey Vonn won the season-opening downhill Friday for her 12th career World Cup victory at Lake Louise, renewing her desire to race against the men at the Canadian resort. "When you say you want to race the men, you can't really not win the women's races," said Vonn, whose bid to race in the men's event last week was denied b... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1735466-lindsey-vonn-wins-lake-louise.html 2012-12-01T00:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1733312-study-tree-growth-rings-lobster-age.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster — by counting its rings, like a tree. Nobody knows how old lobsters can live to be; some people estimate they live to more than 100. But knowing — rather than simply guessing — their age and that of other shellfish could help scientists better unde... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1733312-study-tree-growth-rings-lobster-age.html 2012-11-30T07:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1731576-suspect-string-ecoterrorism-fires-surrenders.html One of the three remaining fugitives in a string of high-profile fires across the West that focused national attention on a group of environmental radicals surrendered to authorities Thursday after spending years in hiding in Canada. The U.S. attorney's office in Portland, Ore., said Rebecca Jeanette Rubin, 39, a Canadian citizen, turned herself in to the... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1731576-suspect-string-ecoterrorism-fires-surrenders.html 2012-11-30T00:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1731122-rim-stock-rises-goldman-sachs-upgrade.html TORONTO (AP) — Research In Motion rose Thursday after Goldman Sachs upgraded the phone maker's shares, saying there's a "30 percent chance" RIM's much-delayed BlackBerry 10 smartphones will be a success. THE SPARK: Goldman Sachs analyst Simona Jankowski lifted RIM to "Buy" from "Neutral," the latest analyst to voice a slightly more optimistic view for the... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1731122-rim-stock-rises-goldman-sachs-upgrade.html 2012-11-29T16:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1729996-truck-series-headed-to-dirt.html NASCAR will go back to the dirt for the first time since 1970 when the Truck Series visits Eldora Speedway in Ohio. The July 24 event at the Tony Stewart-owned track in Rossburg will be a lead-in to the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races later that weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion, believed the Wednesday ni... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1729996-truck-series-headed-to-dirt.html 2012-11-28T22:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728174-key-players-positions-palestinian-statehood.html The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key countries in Thursday's U.N. General Assembly resolution to raise the Palestinians' status from a U.N. observer to a nonmember observer state. The measure only requires a majority and is all but certain to pass. ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728174-key-players-positions-palestinian-statehood.html 2012-11-28T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728374-egypt-court-sentences-8-to-death-prophet-film.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world. The case was seen as largely symbolic because the defendants, most of whom live in the United States, are ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1728374-egypt-court-sentences-8-to-death-prophet-film.html 2012-11-28T20:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1727062-canada-tough-economist-bank-england.html TORONTO (AP) — Naming the first foreigner to serve as governor of the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 might have been expected to cause a fuss. Yet the appointment of Canadian Mark Carney has won bipartisan praise in Britain. That's because few people in the world have Carney's qualifications. The Bank of Canada governor is a highly-educated ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1727062-canada-tough-economist-bank-england.html 2012-11-28T05:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1726644-yemeni-man-sets-fire-cabinet.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Medical officials say a Yemeni man set himself on fire outside the Cabinet building in the capital Sanaa. The officials say Abdel-Hakim Hamoud Qasim is in critical condition after Tuesday's self-immolation. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters. His cousin, Mohammed Qasim, says Abdel-H... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1726644-yemeni-man-sets-fire-cabinet.html 2012-11-27T17:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723438-tourists-trickle-violence-hit-western-myanmar.html MRAUK-U, Myanmar (AP) — It was dusk in a corner of Myanmar recently shaken by some of the bloodiest sectarian violence in a generation, and a dozen Canadian tourists climbed to the top of a grassy hill, cameras ready to capture the sweeping view. Moss-covered pagodas rose from foggy hilltops all along the horizon, their bell-shaped silhouettes dark agains... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723438-tourists-trickle-violence-hit-western-myanmar.html 2012-11-26T23:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1723914-uk-picks-canadian-to-lead-bank-england.html LONDON (AP) — The British government has chosen Mark Carney, a Canadian, to become governor of the Bank of England, the first time a foreigner has been tapped for the position since the central bank was founded in 1694. Treasury chief George Osborne announced the surprise choice to the House of Commons on Monday, saying Carney — who is currently the head ... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1723914-uk-picks-canadian-to-lead-bank-england.html 2012-11-26T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1723668-bieber-booed-native-canada-football-fans.html TORONTO (AP) — Justin Bieber faced a hostile homecoming during his halftime performance at Canada's football Grey Cup, facing boos and jeers. The Toronto crowd booed Sunday when the 18-year-old pop star's face popped up on the JumboTron screen. They booed when a host spoke his name. And they booed as he took the stage and throughout his medley of the char... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1723668-bieber-booed-native-canada-football-fans.html 2012-11-26T12:46:00Z