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12-Year-Old Gaelan Edwards Delivers Baby Brother

Aug 23, 2011 5:24 PM CDT

12-Year-Old Delivers Baby Brother

He did it 'by instinct': mom

(Newser) - A British Columbia 12-year-old was watching TV at 2 am when his mother called him in: She was having a baby, and she needed help. “I didn't go through any of the preliminary labor pains,” so the birth was a complete surprise, his mother, Danielle Edwards, tells...

Canadians mourn loss of NDP leader Jack Layton

Canada Mourns
Opposition Leader

Aug 23, 2011 4:30 AM CDT

Canada Mourns Opposition Leader

NDP leader Jack Layton died of cancer a month after stepping aside

(Newser) - Jack Layton has died of cancer barely three months after leading the New Democratic Party to its strongest-ever result in Canada. The 61-year-old, who shocked the country only a few weeks ago when he announced he was stepping aside as the official opposition leader because of health issues, died yesterday...

Russia Poised to Make
Mammoth Arctic Sea Grab

Aug 16, 2011 5:29 AM CDT

Russia Poised to Make Mammoth Arctic Sea Grab

Scramble for melting Arctic starting to heat up

(Newser) - As melting ice continues to make more of the Arctic Sea accessible every year, Russia is planning to annex an area of the sea the size of Texas and Arizona combined. The Kremlin is expected to stake its claim to the waters at the United Nations, arguing that the Siberian...

Man Jailed Indefinitely
for Spreading HIV

Aug 3, 2011 6:15 AM CDT

Man Jailed Indefinitely for Spreading HIV

Canadian convicted of murder through HIV a danger to society, court decides

(Newser) - A Canadian court has decided that a man convicted of murder through HIV transmission is dangerous enough to be locked up indefinitely. Johnson Aziga had unprotected sex with at least 11 women who were unaware of his condition, seven of whom became infected and two of whom died of AIDS-related...

Man Found Biking with Axe, Drenched in Blood

Cops Bust Blood-Drenched Guy Biking With an Ax

Aug 1, 2011 4:47 PM CDT

Cops Bust Blood-Drenched Guy Biking With an Ax

Maybe he was just going to get a Band-Aid?

(Newser) - Try explaining this one to the cops: Ontario police stopped a blood-soaked man riding his bike into town carrying an ax. On the plus side, the blood was his own and there were no victims, reports the Peterborough Examiner . The suspect, Lawrence Carnrite, 41, is well-known among local police, and...

Canada Aims to Calm Drunks With Lollipops

Suckers have power to soothe rowdies, councilwoman says

(Newser) - Rowdy drunks in Victoria, British Columbia, may soon find the police offering them something to suck on. A city councilwoman says handing out lollipops could do a lot to solve the city's persistent problem with people causing trouble after the bars close, the Globe and Mail reports. The candy,...

William, Kate Land in Canada

Jun 30, 2011 3:50 PM CDT

William, Kate Land in Canada

Royal couple greeted by big crowds in Ottawa

(Newser) - Prince William and Kate touched down in Ottawa today for a nine-day visit to Canada. "Catherine and I are so delighted to be here in Canada," the prince told the cheering crowd. He even tested out a little French and promised it would improve. His wife, however, appeared...

Celebs, Green Activists Plan DC Summer Protests

Jun 23, 2011 5:07 PM CDT

Celebs, Green Activists Plan DC Summer Protests

Danny Glover, others seek pipeline foes willing to risk arrest

(Newser) - Actor Danny Glover is among a group of celebrities and green activists seeking volunteers to risk arrest this summer in DC over a proposed oil pipeline that would run from the Canadian tar sands to the Gulf Coast. “We want you to consider doing something hard: coming to Washington...

Nova Scotia Ordered to
Fund Poor Couple's
Pot Operation

Jun 22, 2011 2:54 AM CDT

Nova Scotia Ordered to Fund Poor Couple's Pot Operation

Province must cover costs of pair's home-grown medical marijuana

(Newser) - Nova Scotia's government has been ordered by a government panel to help out a disabled couple who say they're too poor to grow their own medical marijuana. The Canadian province's Income Assistance Appeals Board ordered the Department of Community Services to provide the couple with $2,500...

Canada Halts Mail Delivery

Jun 15, 2011 10:21 AM CDT

Canada Halts Mail Delivery

Move follows 12 days of rotating strikes

(Newser) - Most Canadians will find their mailboxes empty today after Canada Post suspended operations across the country after 12 days of rotating strikes by its 48,000 unionized urban workers. The government-owned corporation was forced to declare the lockout late last night after the rotating work stoppages caused mail volume and...

Woman Dies in Plunge
Over Niagara Falls

Jun 2, 2011 8:05 AM CDT

Woman Dies in Plunge Over Niagara Falls

Witness reports indicate it may have been suicide

(Newser) - A 51-year-old woman was swept over Niagara Falls and died Tuesday, in what may have been a suicide. About 30 witnesses saw the Canadian woman floating by them, "with her eyes closed" but apparently alive, at about 4:30pm, one tells the Toronto Sun . Then "she went past...

Canada Tweeters Defy
Ban on Reporting Results

May 3, 2011 5:37 PM CDT

Canada Tweeters Defy Ban on Reporting Results

Twitter users say law is archaic in electronic age

(Newser) - In Canada, reporting election results before the last polls close can result in a $26,000 fine—but this year, Twitter users threw caution to the wind. At first, some used code to hint at results, referring, for example, to the New Democrats’ orange color: “My orange soda is...

Conservatives Win
Majority in Canada

May 3, 2011 3:03 AM CDT

Conservatives Win Majority in Canada

NDP now official opposition as Liberals, BQ stumble

(Newser) - After 7 years and four elections, Stephen Harper has led the Conservative Party to a majority government in Canada, according to preliminary results. The prime minister, who has led minority governments since 2006, won a majority of seats in Parliament and a broader mandate for his party after an election...

Comic Must Pay $16K for Lesbian Insults: Court

Apr 22, 2011 1:55 PM CDT

Comic Must Pay $16K for Lesbian Insults: Court

Jokes during amateur's show were discriminatory, says victim

(Newser) - A Canadian human rights tribunal has ordered a stand-up comedian to pay a woman $15,700 after he insulted her and her partner at a show. Lorna Pardy says amateur comic Guy Earle discriminated against her based on gender and sexual preference, the Vancouver Sun reports. The owner of the...

Facebook Rape Quote
Ends Candidate's Run

NOT SO FUNNY

Apr 14, 2011 12:07 PM CDT

Facebook Rape Quote Ends Candidate's Run

'If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it!' Green Party nom wrote

(Newser) - A Green Party of Canada candidate has resigned after word broke that his “favorite quote” on Facebook was listed as, “If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it!” Alan Saldanha, of Surrey, BC, has said the quote was taken out of context. He says he’d...

Canadian Government Falls
in No-Confidence Vote

Mar 25, 2011 2:24 PM CDT

Canadian Government Falls in No-Confidence Vote

Stephen Harper's Conservatives expected to win re-election, but not majority

(Newser) - Canadian opposition parties toppled Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government in a no-confidence vote today, triggering the country's fourth election in seven years. The opposition parties held the Conservative government in contempt of Parliament in a 156-145 vote for failing to disclose the full financial details of his crime legislation, corporate...

Coma Tot Moved to Catholic
Hospital to Extend Life

Mar 15, 2011 2:24 AM CDT

Coma Tot Moved to Catholic Hospital to Extend Life

Catholic group 'rescues' boy at center of Canada right-to-life debate

(Newser) - A Canadian baby at the center of a right-to-life debate has been moved to an American hospital with the help of an activist Catholic priest. Tiny 1-year-old Joseph Maraachli is in a vegetative state and doctors say he has no hope of recovery. A Canada court ruled that doctors could...

Judge Lets
Rapist Off
Because Victim
Was 'Inviting'

Judge Lets Rapist Off Because Victim Was 'Inviting'

Canadian court says Kenneth Rhodes was just a 'clumsy Don Juan'

(Newser) - A convicted rapist got off without any jail time last week, when a Canadian judge declared that he’d merely been a “clumsy Don Juan” led on by an “inviting” victim, reports the Winnipeg Free Press . When the man, Kenneth Rhodes, met his eventual victim and another woman...

Canada Used
Agent Orange
on Roads
Until 1980

Feb 25, 2011 1:18 PM CST

Canada Used Agent Orange on Roads Until 1980

Government promises inquiry after newspaper's probe

(Newser) - Canada used Agent Orange, the Vietnam War-era chemical linked to genetic defects, as a means of clearing roadside brush until about 1980. A Toronto Star investigation found that Canada’s forestry workers faced exposure to the chemical, poured from planes, starting in the 1950s; the government promises an inquiry, amid...

Canadians Aim to Send Hockey Pucks to Moon

Feb 22, 2011 9:24 AM CST