A well-known Ottawa real estate broker faces 18 charges under the Real Estate and Brokers Act including obstructing an inspector and falsifying information. 2 February

Ontario Provincial Police announced Thursday there are more than 8,900 IP addresses in Ontario suspected of downloading child pornography in the past three months. 2 February

A manager at the Hunt Club Road Boston Pizza is no longer working at the family restaurant following an incident Sunday night with an Ottawa family and a 10-year-old boy who has Down Syndrome. 30 January ⁽²⁹⁾

An Ottawa woman alleges Parks Canada is responsible for the deaths of a male and female beaver after the animals were caught in kill traps near the Hogs Back locks near Mooney’s Bay. 2 February ⁽³⁾

A cyclist is in critical condition in hospital and a driver is in police custody after a collision near a parking lot on Carling Avenue Thursday afternoon. 2 February ⁽¹⁾

STOCKHOLM - Champis the bunny doesn't only hop — he also knows how to herd a flock of sheep, possibly having picked up on the skill after watching trained dogs do the job. 3 February ⁽¹⁾

TORONTO - Dividends or distributions were declared or updated on the following listed issues on the Toronto Stock Exchange on February 02, 2012.< 2 February

MONTREAL - A casual text message to work colleagues encouraging them to ''blow away'' the competition at a trade show allegedly plunged a Muslim man into a terrorism probe. 2 February ⁽²⁾

The eighth annual Cracking Up the Capital for Mental Health is out to prove that laughter is indeed the best medicine. 2 February

HOLLIS, Maine - A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumour. 3 February ⁽¹⁾

Five Ottawa residents have been charged in a province-wide child pornography bust. 2 February

OTTAWA - A Conservative senator says he's been inundated with expressions of support for his unusual idea of providing rope to help murder convicts commit suicide in prison. 2 February ⁽⁵⁾

Organizers of the Beaver Cup Pond Hockey Festival will attempt to set a Guinness World Record on the Rideau Canal skateway next weekend for the longest breakaway goal. 2 February

MONTREAL - The Quebec government's investment arm wants its $1.9 million back from a company preparing to leave the province. 3 February 20:45

TORONTO - A former Liberal MP is set to go before the Law Society of Upper Canada later this month to fight possible disbarment. 3 February 20:41

MONTREAL - A man who says he once attempted suicide has filed a police complaint against a Tory senator who suggested murderers be provided rope so they can hang themselves in prison. 3 February 20:40

KASLO, B.C. - An avalanche in British Columbia's West Kootenay region has claimed the life of a skier. 3 February 20:28

The U.N. Security Council will meet Saturday morning to take up a much-negotiated resolution on Syria, said a diplomat for a Western nation that sits on the council. 3 February 20:21

MONTREAL - The Quebec government will head to court to seek a multimillion-dollar compensation from an engineering consortium it blames for last summer's collapse in a Montreal tunnel. 3 February 20:15

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. 3 February 19:57

VANCOUVER - One of three brothers among a notorious family with reputed links to Vancouver's gang world "fabricated" a story that he was simply planning to steal drugs, instead of scheming to traffic them with his ex-girlfriend's father, a B.C. Supreme Court judge said Friday. 3 February 19:50

SALT LAKE CITY - Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous. 3 February 19:44

LONDON, Ont. - The jury in the trial of a man accused of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford will visit the place where her body was found. 3 February 19:37

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says it has charged man with assault with a weapon after a woman was stabbed while walking alone early Thursday. 3 February 19:18

EDMONTON - A long-awaited program from the federal and Alberta governments on how to gauge the environmental effects of the oilsands — and answer the industry's international critics — will watch for more contaminants, in more places, more often. 3 February 18:56

CHARLOTTETOWN - A fire inside an apartment building in downtown Charlottetown has forced 11 people from their home. 3 February 18:44