The search for a man who went missing March 16 near Bonavista on Newfoundland's northeast coast has been called off.
Police said 58-year-old Tommy Mifflin, who is from Bonavista, is presumed to have drowned.
Mifflin was last seen riding his mountain bike along the shoreline near Cape Bonavista, wearing a brown jacket, blue jeans and a black cap.
Police found Mifflin's bike and some of his clothing near the shoreline during a weekend search.
The RCMP, a ground search and rescue team and the coast guard vessel Sir Wilfred Grenfell took part in the search.
Iran's top leader has warned that his country will pursue nuclear activities outside international regulations if the UN Security Council insists it stop uranium enrichment. Services across Israel came to a standstill Wednesday after thousands of Israeli workers launched a general strike. Heavy rains triggered landslides that buried three homes in Pakistan's portion of Kashmir, leaving 31 people dead, officials said Wednesday. More than five and a half years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, security is still dangerously lax at Canadian airports, says a Senate report released Wednesday in Ottawa.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested and charged after parents found there was something wrong with cans of infant formula they bought in Kingston, Ont. The CBC has learned a labour dispute at Calgary Airport caused a major security breach last December, when an airline let 30 checked bags fly to Texas without the owners on board. General Motors Corp.'s OnStar service is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help emergency responders more effectively treat crash victims.
A brisk, 15-minute walk daily may be enough to help prevent childhood obesity, British researchers say. Money set aside in the federal budget for vaccines against HPV, a virus known to lead to cervical cancer, is enough to start a program on P.E.I., says the province.
Britney Spears has checked out of a luxurious Los Angeles rehabilitation centre "after successfully completing their program," the pop star's manager said in a statement released Tuesday. Actor Angelina Jolie and her newly adopted son left Vietnam in a private jet Wednesday, avoiding paparazzi on their way to the United States. Rita Joe, considered the poet laureate of the Mi'kmaq nation, died Tuesday night. She had turned 75 last week.
Apple Inc. has started to ship its new Apple TV box, a device to allow streaming video and other content to travel from computers to the television. A low-cost commercial rocket reached space on Tuesday but had to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere because of a problem during the second-stage burn, according to the entrepreneur behind the launch. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is expected to hold hearings next week on changes that would help protect the privacy of people and companies in the internet Whois database. Days after a North America-wide recall involving a pet-food company based in Ontario, another manufacturer is accused of selling tainted food that has allegedly killed some animals and made others sick, CBC News has learned. The typical Chinese restaurant menu is a sea of nutritional no-nos, a consumer group has found. Power windows in most Canadian vehicles are dangerous and could be made safer with simple technological changes, according to an investigation by CBC's Marketplace. Canadian champion Jeff Buttle sat in second place in the men's competition at the world figure skating championships in Tokyo Wednesday. Toronto Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani will be out indefinitely after having his appendix removed in a successful operation early Wednesday morning. Canada's Kelly Scott will enjoy a weekend of last-rock advantage and first choice of stones at the women's world curling championships after securing top spot Wednesday.
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