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The B.C. SPCA is investigating reports that Outdoor Adventures Whistler slaughtered at least 100 sled dogs and dumped their bodies in a mass grave. (adventureswhistler.com)

Monday Jan. 31, 2011 4:29 PM PT

Should sled dog operations be banned?

A prominent animal rights group called for a ban on sled dog tours Monday following the news that 100 healthy sled dogs were killed in a horrific mass slaughter by a Whistler, B.C. tour company. More   36     3

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Autopsy confirms murder of Tyeshia Jones

The RCMP say an autopsy has confirmed homicide in the death of an 18-year-old woman whose body was found in Duncan last Friday a week after she disappeared. More   1

Local mountains are packed with skiiers and snowboarders. Jan. 3, 2011. (CTV)

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Two Vancouver Island men are recovering from a night in the backcountry near Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in eastern B.C. after skiing out of bounds on Sunday. More

Canadian tourists wait for a flight out of Cairo's international airport, outside Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011. (AP / Victoria Hazou)

First Canadians leave Egypt after airport 'fee'

Hundreds of Canadians were among those scrambling to flee Cairo's escalating danger Monday as the populist anger that's tearing apart Egypt edged closer to a dramatic crescendo. More   1     4

Tim Tedford of B.C.'s Candle Creek Kennels says most dog tour operators would starve themselves before neglecting their dogs.  Jan. 31, 2011. (CTV)

Sled dog tour operator appalled by mass cull

A dog sled tour operator is appalled at word that 100 healthy sled dogs were slaughtered at a Whistler, B.C., outfit when demand for dog tours dried up after the Olympics. More   24     3

The B.C. SPCA is investigating reports that Outdoor Adventures Whistler slaughtered at least 100 sled dogs and dumped their bodies in a mass grave. (adventureswhistler.com)

Worker went 'numb' in gruesome cull of 100 sled dogs

Police and the B.C. SPCA are investigating "horrific" reports that the general manager for a Whistler tour company slaughtered at least 100 healthy sled dogs last year, dumping their bodies into a mass grave. More   4

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The B.C. SPCA is investigating reports that Outdoor Adventures Whistler slaughtered at least 100 sled dogs and dumped their bodies in a mass grave. (adventureswhistler.com)

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