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Five-year-old Saves Mom and Unborn Twins With 911 Call
A month ago, Jasmine Mayers got into trouble for calling 911. Today, the 5-year-old is a hero for doing just that. ...
Breakthrough Method Predicts Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer
For the first time, scientists have discovered a way to predict whether women with the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer are at...
Shell Oil Pays to Treat City Sewage and Buy it Back
A British Columbia city is overcoming a water problem by getting the oil and gas industry to pay for its daily sewage treatment....
China Rescues 115 Miners Trapped for 8 Days
More than 100 Chinese miners were pulled out alive Monday after being trapped for over a week in a flooded coal mine, where...
Canada’s Largest Grocery Chain Adds Solar Rooftops
Canada's largest supermarket chain plans to install rooftop solar panels on many of its Loblaws stores in Ontario, becoming one of the first...
Google Adds Cycling Routes to U.S. Maps
Two-wheeled travelers across the U.S. got some good news today: Google is adding bicycling directions to its popular Maps site. Now, riders in...
Why Women Over 40 are Good at Math
Now there's another kind of prowess achieved by women in their 40s that men peak at earlier in life. Math. Not only do...
Argentinian Meets Son Stolen From Him in War 33 Years ago
The search is finally over for Abel Madariaga, whose pregnant wife was taken by Argentine security forces 33 years ago. After decades of...
U.S. Unveils $2.2 Billion Great Lakes Fix
The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination and invasive species. ...
Jennifer Credits 4-Legged Companion for her New Lease on Life
Jennifer Francis credits her steadfast four-legged companion with saving her life: her mental health assistance dog, Spirit. She and Spirit are proof that...
Reuse and Recycle: Salvaged Products Become Works of Art in New Exhibit
One man's trash is another man's chandelier, or doormat or iPod carrying case. A new exhibition opened last week at the Royal...
Ontario and South Korea Sign New Green Energy Deal
Canadian Premier Dalton McGuinty has signed a landmark agreement with a South Korean consortium to generate 2,500 megawatts of wind and solar power in...
Dog Saves Boy, 11, from Cougar Attack
A retriever protected 11-year-old Austin from a charging cougar during a bloody, against-all-odds confrontation Saturday in Canada. "The cougar came (from) about...
Out for a Smoke, Man Saved Neighbors From Fire
In Toronto, a young man had dinner and came out for a smoke at about 6:45 p.m. on Friday. He was about to...
Reporters Track 24 Hours of Kindness
A team of Toronto Star reporters fanned out across the city to document a most wonderful human behavior: people being kind to each...
Gaza Doctor Lost 3 Children to Violence, but Preaches Peace
In January, during the final hours of Israel's three-week war in Gaza, a pair of Israeli tank shells blasted through a bedroom on...
Clean Smells Promote Moral Behavior, Study Suggests
People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a soon-to-be published study led by a Brigham Young...
Ballet Dancer Raised by Two Dads Living the Dream
Eleven year old James Gibson-Jones, appears destined for some species of ballet greatness, having been snapped up by the National Ballet of...
How Bald Chickens Help Troubled Kids
They are miserable-looking creatures. Featherless, off-balance, skittish to the point of terror. Also, incredibly lucky. These are "rescue" chickens, formerly caged as egg producers...
BlackBerry-sized Device Spots Cancer Quickly and Painlessly
Toronto researchers have developed a BlackBerry-sized device they say will accurately diagnose prostate cancer in 30 minutes. The microchip technology, created...