A two-year-old German Shepherd in Whitehorse is Canada's northernmost avalanche dog. Kipper has just completed his avalanche-dog-in-training certification, and could become fully certified in a year.

Claim: EU regulations require kipper suppliers to keep their products cool with ice pillows when they are delivered. Verdict: This is not true. EU regulation covers fresh fish, not smoked fish.

The victim has been named by Israeli and Arabic media as Ziv Kipper - the head of an Egyptian food exporter. A previously unknown group has said it was behind the shooting. It has called itself ...