Canadian Press - WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has declared the polar bear a threatened animal under its Endangered Species Act.

Canadian Press - TORONTO - A woman from Peterborough, Ont., says she still doesn't believe she won more than $24 million in the lottery.

Canadian Press - MONTREAL - The sister of a man who died after an altercation where police zapped him with a stun gun joined a chorus of activists and politicians Thursday calling for a moratorium on the use of the Taser.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA - This time they really, really mean it. Really.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA - The Conservative government stepped up its browbeating campaign against the Senate and the Liberals on Thursday, introducing a motion that threatens to force an election over its anti-crime bill.

Canadian Press - She disappeared within minutes, apparently seen by no one and leaving no obvious trail in the small Nova Scotia community she recently started calling home.

Canadian Press - FREDERICTON - Premier Shawn Graham's political dream of making New Brunswick "self-sufficient" by 2026 has been given a dose of financial reality by the province's auditor general.

Canadian Press - TORONTO - An aging population, lack of free time and family commitments all contribute to Canadians watching - rather than actually participating in - sports, a new study indicates.

Canadian Press - TORONTO - Ontario's aboriginal communities are getting more than $3 billion over the next 25 years for community health care, education and infrastructure as part of a new deal to share revenue from provincial lotteries and casinos.

Canadian Press - MONTREAL - One of the few facts police know for certain in the mysterious case of Diane Gregoire is that the woman vanished just after 10 a.m. Jan. 31 from a sprawling suburban mega mall just south of Montreal.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA - Human-rights groups claimed victory Thursday even though a judge refused their request to temporarily stop Canadian soldiers from transferring enemy prisoners into Afghan custody.

Canadian Press - VICTORIA - The auditor general says the B.C. government needs to do more homework if it wants to reach its goal of making British Columbia the most literate jurisdiction in North America by 2015.

Canadian Press - VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top police officer wonders if the courts want police to wait while criminals "lock and load" their weapons before officers move in to execute a search warrant.

Canadian Press - MONTREAL - A man whose $47-million lawsuit against the RCMP was dismissed last month has decided to appeal the ruling.

Canadian Press - CALGARY - A Calgary woman narrowly avoided getting hit by several chunks of ice that crashed through her bedroom ceiling Thursday morning, likely dropped from a passing airplane.

Canadian Press - TORONTO - Achieving equality sometimes requires special treatment, parents and educators who successfully lobbied for the creation of a black-focused school in Toronto said Thursday as they rejected suggestions their controversial idea would end up segregating students.

Canadian Press - OTTAWA - The Liberals and New Democrats are both calling for formal reviews of a contract Finance Minister Jim Flaherty awarded to a well-connected Conservative.

Canadian Press - EDMONTON - Closing arguments were heard today in the case of an Alberta man who could become the first person in Canada to be jailed indefinitely for impaired driving.