The personable, yet fiery critic from Newfoundland remains proud of that 1998 decision as he bids farewell to listeners after 21 years as host of CBC's Cross Country Checkup.
The dog, identified in media reports as Simba, was travelling in the cargo hold of a flight bound to Toronto from Tel Aviv.
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander issued a terse, one-line statement Wednesday to outline the government's next step.
Dan McTeague predicts motorists from Thunder Bay to British Columbia will be paying more when gas prices jump as much as five to seven cents a litre.
A plane that crashed in northern Manitoba, sending eight people to hospital, may have had the wrong fuel.
Mayor Gregor Robertson said Tuesday that council voted in an in-camera meeting to end Ballem's contract, under which she will receive $556,000 in severance.