QUEBEC — The Quebec government is making it mandatory for all existing private seniors' homes to be equipped with automatic sprinklers.
MONCTON, N.B. — Two senior editors at a New Brunswick newspaper are no longer with the company after an internal ethics probe alleged one of them visited a government-owned fishing lodge and both tried to alter a guest list to remove his name before it was made public, the ombudswoman for the chain of papers owned by Brunswick News Inc. says.
REGINA — Three lakes in northern Saskatchewan have been named after soldiers from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry who died in Afghanistan.
EDMONTON — A group of sore, exhausted but happy players in the Edmonton region have set a new unofficial record for the world's longest hockey game.
Gurdev Singh Dhillon was convicted of sexual assault in 2005, imprisoned and deported to India in 2008. But a special prosecutor found Crown counsel didn't disclose DNA evidence that pointed to three other men — something the B.C. Appeal Court cited when it threw out the conviction last year.
VANCOUVER — Applications are being accepted for young Canadian chefs looking to win $10,000 in a national culinary competition.