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Canada scraps medical isotope reactors plan
Canadian energy officials Friday scrapped development of a nuclear reactor project to produce radioactive isotopes for the diagnoses of cancer and other illnesses, citing costs of the program. (AP, 4:26 a.m.)
The biggest dig: Unearthing leviathan in Canada
NAIL POND, Prince Edward Island - In Canada's tiniest province, scientists are undertaking what may be history's largest exhumation of a single creature. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Leader to apologize to Canadian Indians
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will deliver a public apology for a decades-long government policy requiring Canadian Indians to attend state-funded church schools -- often scenes of physical and sexual abuse. (AP, 5/16/08)
Canada eyes OTC sale of Plan B `morning-after' pill
Canada's national pharmacy regulation body is recommending that "morning-after" contraceptive pills be sold over the counter. (AP, 5/16/08)