Contamination's cause may not be found, CEO says
The cause of the deadly listeria contamination at a Toronto meat plant may never be fully pinned down, the head of the food company said yesterday as he faced questions about how much of the bacteria were detected at the facility before the outbreak.

PM pledges wider Arctic patrols
Canada is expanding by half a million square kilometres the amount of Arctic Ocean it will consider to be Canadian territory for the purpose of policing pollution violations, and will make it mandatory for all ships entering its polar waters to report their presence.

Ontario parents continue battle for accessible autism therapies
It was four years in the making, a stolen glance in which, for the very first time, Anna Martini's eyes locked with her son Joshua's.Never in Ms. Martini's life had eye contact seemed so precious.

Gunshots that killed teen were only option, officer says
Even if he had known there were passengers inside a suspected stolen SUV that was ramming a police cruiser, an officer told a coroner's inquest yesterday, he had little choice but to fire on the vehicle, killing a teenager inside.

Ottawa defends contract with U.S. intelligence firm
Ottawa is defending its decision to award a contract to a U.S. intelligence firm to train Canadian soldiers on the nature of the Afghanistan insurgency.The government announced this week that it will hire the Terrorism Research Center to train Canadian soldiers. The training will focus on understanding insurgent groups such as the Taliban.