October 12, 2011

Read by Emily Brass

Produced by Nikita Smith

Stories by Lindsay Briscoe, Alexa Fay, Emily Brass, Sarah Moore, and Amrit Sanger


U.S. blames Iran for domestic terror plot

Adel Al-JubeirAlready hostile U.S.-Iranian relations took a turn for the worst when Washington publicly accused the Iranian government of backing a terrorist plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington.    


Vitamin E could prevent prostate cancer: study

Popping E (57/365)A recent study tracked 35,000 men to see whether Vitamin E would help prevent them from getting the prostate cancer.

In fact, the research found that the vitamin may increase men's risks.

Compared to those taking a placebo, the men who took a Vitamin E supplement had a seventeen per cent increased chance in getting prostate cancer.


Safe injection clinics coming to Quebec

Heroin and SyringeDrug addicts in Quebec will soon have safe places to shoot up.

This comes after a recent supreme court ruling that helped save Vancouver’s safe injection clinic. Quebec’s Health Minister is in favour of the decision.


Deer violently attacks farmer

Deer

A deer farmer in New Brunswick has been killed by one of his own deer. Police discovered the man’s body in an enclosed field on his property in Saint-Leonard.

The 55 year-old man was found with multiple antler wounds. An RCMP Sergeant says the deer might have attacked the man because of mating season.

Marc Violette says male deer are competing for female deer at this time of year. And the male deer detected the owner as being a threat.

The victim's wife called police after he went out to feed the deer and never returned.


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