The boyfriend of Ebola patient Nina Pham has been placed in isolation

Best-selling author John Grisham has suggested people who watch child pornography are not “real paedophiles” and do not deserve harsh prison sentences. The novelist, 59, said many people who look at child pornography “probably had too much to drink” as he revealed one of his “good buddies” had been caught in an FBI sting for downloading illegal images.

A number of sources are reporting that a rare beaked whale washed up on a beach in Australia on Tuesday, October 14th. The find was a boon for cetacean researchers who know little about a deep sea animal that spends most of its time diving at depths far offshore.

Surveillance video presented in court shows the panic and bloodshed of the 2012 Eaton Centre shootings, when Christopher Husbands opened fire in the food court of Toronto’s biggest downtown mall.

Port Metro Vancouver plans to drastically cut licences for truckers conducting business there — the reduction will be at least 25 per cent.

Toy Mattel Inc. (MAT) Thursday reported 22 percent fall in third-quarter profit, as sales decreased mainly hurt by 21 percent decline in Barbie sales.

Scientists discovered a remarkable planet 25,000 light-years away that looks similar to our own solar system’s planet Uranus. This is the first time an “ice giant” (made of part gas and part ice) like Uranus and Neptune have been discovered outside of our solar system, The Ohio State University reported.

While home prices continue to grow nationwide, including in Saskatoon, the situation in Regina was quite different in the third-quarter of 2014. That’s according to a report released this week from the realty company Royal LePage.

The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating the death of a man at the Oppenheimer Park “tent city” in East Vancouver.

Shoeboxes are now available for Operation Christmas Child – a popular program to support underprivileged youth around the world. Donors will pick up a shoebox from the Estevan Alliance Church, or supply a box of their own. They will mark whether the container is for a boy or a girl, and the age group of the recipient.

Being physically active lowers the risk of depression by 16 percent, according to a University of College London study. The researchers said that people, who were physically active at least three times a week, reported fewer depressive symptoms. And those with more symptoms were less active, particularly at younger ages.