Feds threaten trade war over U.S. meat rules
OTTAWA - The federal government is threatening "retaliatory measures" against the United States in a dispute over meat-labelling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory.

• Rob Ford's chief of staff no longer in office
• Ottawa behind on care needs: health council
• Final report on Johnsons Landing slide released
• Official opening of Sheldon Kennedy centre

Muslim hardliners ID London terror suspect
LONDON - Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.

• Cannes crime: 2nd jewel theft during film festival
• Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes
• US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
• Payne back on the road with 'Nebraska' at Cannes

Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball
CLEARWATER, Fla. - It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound (180-kilogram) tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons when he couldn't hack up a soccer ball-sized hairball by himself.

• Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
• Birth of anteater has US zoo staff baffled
• Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race
• Deer smashes US bus windshield, takes short ride

Feds threaten trade war over U.S. meat rules
OTTAWA - The federal government is threatening "retaliatory measures" against the United States in a dispute over meat-labelling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory.

• Toronto, U.S. indexes fall on China news
• Amazon finally bringing Kindle Fire to Canada
• Loonie ahead amid weak Chinese data
• US new home sales up 2.3 per cent in April

Rapper-songwriter K'naan turns to film
TORONTO - Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan has long drawn musical inspiration from his troubled homeland. Now he says he's ready to make a film about his war-torn roots.

• Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
• Singer Nick Carter to release memoir Sept. 24
• Lea Michele has book scheduled for 2014 release
• Newly found Pearl S. Buck book is to be published

H7N9 closer to human virus than other bird flus
TORONTO - A new study shows that the H7N9 flu virus can pass between ferrets, even sometimes spreading by airborne transmission.

• Ottawa behind on care needs: health council
• Nova Scotia youth choose alcohol over drugs
• Official opening of Sheldon Kennedy centre
• Teen birth rates decline in most US states

AP Interview: Rogge praises wrestling's changes
LONDON - Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said.

• Cornish and Stampeders gunning for Cup again
• Expert panel to study UCI-Armstrong 'collusion'
• Nibali wins Giro time trial to extend overall lead
• O'Grady apologizes for using term 'colored'

SeaWorld: Penguins are coolest thing in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. - There comes a time in Central Florida — usually around mid-August, when you step outside and it feels like you're wearing a wet blanket inside an oven nestled in a sauna — that you start to dream of cold places and cold weather.

• 5 free things to do in Traverse City, Michigan
• Rocky Gap Casino opens doors in western Maryland
• Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
• Lost Australian cruise ship passenger remembered

Rent or buy? Crunching the numbers is key
CALGARY - My landlord's email twisted my stomach into knots.

• Home affordability largely stable, says RBC
• Mortgage group says housing starts to plunge
• Housing plans point to continued confidence
• Households with no wealth usually middle aged

Headstones return with fan-funded album
TORONTO - Headstones snarler Hugh Dillon has never been particularly gentle with fans — after all, his habit of spitting indiscriminately into the audience during the band's notoriously fiery performances has become a key part of the group's mythology.

• Marianas Trench nominated for 6 video awards
• Ontario high-schoolers to join Rolling Stones
• 'Random Access Memories' top album on iTunes in Canada
• K'naan refocused after chasing U.S. fame

Feds threaten trade war over U.S. meat rules
OTTAWA - The federal government is threatening "retaliatory measures" against the United States in a dispute over meat-labelling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory.

• Heavy rain causes farmland flooding in Manitoba
• ICE Futures Canada prices closed higher
• Rare pest leads to apple orchard quarantine
• ICE Futures Canada prices closed mixed