A story of Canadian Terrorism

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060607.TERRORFAHIM07/TPStory/

The RCMP, after months of surveilence in cooperation with CSIS, arrested 17 people on charges of conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism. The linked story describes the investigation taken by police that lead to these arrests. Most of the suspects played minor roles; two were considered ring-leaders. They allegedly planned to simultaneously detonate three trucks filled with fertilizer-based explosives. Their targets were a military base, the CSIS building in Toronto, and the Toronto Stock Exchange. One of the alleged ring-leaders said that the reason he turned to crime was because he was being monitored by CSIS. The reason he was being monitored was because he was linked to gun-running from the US into Canada.

Allergy-free cats

http://www.physorg.com/news68900827.html

Science has an answer for those of you with money to spare, a love of cats, and are allergic to felines. They have apparently isolated a gene that, when suppressed, means the cat does not trigger allergies. In effect, a hypo-allergenic cat. No word yet on what the cat has to say about this. The gene was isolated by the old-fashioned technique of breeding for low allergic response. Each cat can be purchased for $4,000(US).