Santiago - Canadian mining company Barrick Gold Corporation said today that it will comply with the details of the resolution of Chile's Superintendent for the Environment (SMA) in which the authority fined the company US$ 16.4 million.

Montreal - A strip search of 28 high school students last week when a cell phone went missing during an exam is lighting up facebook pages everywhere with the question, What would you do if this was your child?

Toronto - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford talked to media at City Hall after a morning where his executive committee sent him a letter to address questions about an alleged video of Ford smoking what appears to be crack cocaine.

Vallenar - The Superintendent of Environment (SMA) in Chile imposed a fine of US$ 16.4 million to Canadian mining company Barrick Gold for environmental violations at the gold-silver-copper project known as "Pascua Lama" and halted construction of the project.

The Washington State patrol told media it was a Canadian truck driver who struck a girder on the bridge over the Skadgit River, causing the bridge to collapse and hurtling two vehicles to the waters below. No one was killed but 3 were injured.

Ottawa - A federal judge has ruled that election fraud occurred during the May 2011 election. While the Conservative Party (CPC) database was used, fraudulent activity was not tied directly to the CPC and activity did not affect the outcome of the election.

Four fever medications for infants and for children have been recalled by Health Canada. The move is due to concerns of the sanitary conditions at the plant in China where the medication is made, and not because of reports of reactions to it.

American pop rock star Jon Bon Jovi trashed Canadian pop R and B star Justin Bieber this week. Bon Jovi, on his 'Because We Can' tour in Vienna, told the London Evening Standard the Biebs may be just another rock screw-up.

Dublin - The debate of HTML5 versus native apps has been ongoing for quite some time now and until a solution can be formed then it could transpire for a long period of time.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney joined a list of people calling for the release of a member of the Russian band, Pussy Riot. McCartney wrote on his website that Maria Alyokhina's punishment should end. Two members of the band are still in prison.

It was a 'worst kept secrets' scenaro but now it's out in the open: the Colorado Avalanche have hired former star goalie, Patrick Roy, as their new head coach. Roy replaces Joe Sacco, fired after the team failed to make the playoffs.

Ottawa - Senator Marjory LeBreton says former Clerk of the Senate Gordon Barnhart was "absolutely right" when he revealed disturbing tendencies on the part of some Senators, and Senator Gerald Comeau wants the names.

Included in the content that was sanitized, or redacted, out of the original audit report of Mike Duffy's residency claims was the information that Mr. Duffy did not cooperate with the independent auditors.

Toronto - The headlines keep coming out of City Hall in Toronto. On Thursday, City Councillor Paul Ainslie talked about getting a warning after having a few glasses of wine and driving. Also, Mark Towhey was fired as Mayor Ford's Chief of Staff.

Toronto - A migratory shorebird known as ‘B95’, from the identification mark on a band attached to his leg, has been flying each year since 1995 between Patagonia and Canada’s Arctic; so far, it has flown the equivalent to the distance from Earth to the Moon.

After a photo of a dog guarding what was thought to be the body of his owner in Moore Oklahoma during the aftermath of a powerful tornado went viral the actual owner was reunited with the dog. Thanks to social media man's best friend found his way home.

Montreal - The city of Montreal issued a boil-water advisory, leaving around 1.3 million people without safe, clean drinking water.

Toronto - After a woman committed suicide by jumping in front of a subway train, another woman is alleged to have stolen her purse, leaving police unable to identify the deceased jumper.

An annual run in Rwanda to benefit young girls and women is expanding to a global affair this year. The run is part of The Komera Project, a movement that awards scholarships to young women in that country.

A giant badger - at least some British schoolgirls report it as such - is running loose at the Folkestone School for Girls in Kent. The badger hasn't attacked anyone, per se, but has managed to be the focus of colorful stories and the occasional scream.