Shelley Jordan

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. – Authorities say a New York woman who crashed her car into a Long Island fire house was found to be in possession of marijuana — and a stolen snake wrapped around her neck.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Several food writers, including a New York Times reporter, have been subpoenaed by a meat producer as part of its $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC in regards to the network's coverage of a beef product dubbed "pink slime" by critics.

Isabelle Lipari knows firsthand the importance of good health. The point was driven home for Lipari at a very young age when her mother died of breast cancer at the age of 39, followed by several other family members who died of cardiovascular disease. If that weren’t enough, Lipari was given a diagnosis of malignant melanoma at the age of 30. Fortunately, it was detected early and she has since recovered, but suffice it to say: wellness has became her mantra.

TORONTO — Michele Genest has long celebrated the wild ingredients of Northern Canada, foraging and creating delicious recipes with which to savour what she’s collected. Now she’s turned to examining how cultures in other northern countries treat the same ingredients.

“Just bend your knees like you’re squatting, throw your arms over your head toward the ground, and your feet will follow,” Tanis Tzavaras, the adult gymnastics coach at Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics tells me as I prepare (hesitantly) to attempt my first back handspring. “I’ve got you.”

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – The Crown has wrapped up its case after calling 93 witnesses in a serial-murder trial involving the deaths of a teenage girl and three women in northern British Columbia.

OTTAWA – Hackers who targeted Canada's National Research Council infiltrated a system containing personal information, the federal privacy czar says.

COQUITLAM, B.C. – At least one member of a tiny Metro Vancouver First Nation is calling for his chief's resignation over an $800,000 bonus paid on economic development contracts.

TORONTO – The maker of the contraceptive device NuvaRing is informing women about new restrictions for the use of the product.

VANCOUVER – British Columbia's teachers union and the government's lead negotiator have scheduled their first face-to-face meeting in more than a month, as a prolonged strike threatens to delay the start of the coming school year.

CONAKRY, Guinea – An Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 700 people in West Africa is moving faster than efforts to control the disease, the head of the World Health Organization warned as presidents from the affected countries met Friday in Guinea's capital.

VICTORIA – Cleaning out kitchen cupboards and the pantry often means tossing items that are near their best-before dates. But instead, creative home cooks can transform such produce and canned goods into delicious preserves.

VANCOUVER – B.C. Hydro insists its smart meters are safe as Saskatchewan announces it is going back to traditional meters over public safety concerns following several fires.

VANCOUVER – Newly posted documents show a dramatic disparity in the salaries and travel expenses paid to Canada's First Nations chiefs, ranging from a few thousand dollars to almost $1 million.

OTTAWA – Wireless carriers in Canada have been banned from imposing exclusivity conditions in contracts that forced smaller firms to use more expensive roaming networks.

VICTORIA – The B.C. government is making plans to give parents $40 a day for every child under 13 if a teachers' strike continues into the start of the school year.