World Scene: Canada

Stolen art may be melted

It is not known if thieves who raided a Canadian museum plan to sell the precious art pieces they stole or simply want to melt the jewelry down for its gold, police said on Monday.

The thieves who forced their way into the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver over the weekend made off with 12 pieces of jewelry crafted by famed Canadian Haida artist Bill Reid, nearly all of which were made from gold.