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HAMILTON — Public health officials are advising patients who had in-office surgical procedures done by a Hamilton doctor during a period of nearly four decades be tested for blood-borne illnesses.

CACOUNA, Que. — Officials involved with the rescue of a wayward beluga whale earlier this month in northern New Brunswick are cautiously optimistic for its future.

FERNIE, B.C. — A search is underway for an orphaned moose calf in southeastern British Columbia that has managed to evade predators, vehicles and capture.

Quebec is investing $147 million to help the social and cultural development of First Nations and Inuit in the province. With the five-year plan, the province wants to introduce new services to improve school dropout rates among other initiatives.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say an autopsy is being conducted to determine what led to the death of a 25-year-old First Nations man found severely injured early Sunday.

OTTAWA — A 16th team has been added to next year's Canadian men's and women's curling championships, and it will have to win its way in via a wild-card game.

TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it will commit up to $1 billion to a partnership with a Texas company which will buy oil and gas producing assets in the United States.

TORONTO — A fibre-optic probe can detect errant cancer cells within healthy tissue during brain tumour surgery with close to 100 per cent accuracy and sensitivity, reducing the risk of recurrence and thereby increasing a patient's survival time, say

TORONTO — A fibre-optic probe can detect errant cancer cells within healthy tissue during brain tumour surgery with close to 100 per cent accuracy and sensitivity, reducing the risk of recurrence and thereby increasing a patient's survival time, say

CALGARY — The co-founder of an Alberta oil and gas company has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding Arcan Resources Ltd., which he established with his brother and another man.