OTTAWA - Ottawa is launching an investigating into Toyota Canada's handling of consumer concerns about the safety of its vehicles, Transport Minister John Baird said Tuesday.

SUNDRIDGE, Ont. - A man accused of gunning down an Ontario police officer was remembered Tuesday as someone with large hands, a big smile and a huge heart.

MONTREAL - Women wearing religious face-coverings aren't entitled to special treatment when receiving certain government services, the Quebec human rights commission said in a report likely to bolster attempts to curb religious accommodations in the province.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to make an unusual cameo appearance at a key meeting of G20 "sherpas" this week in a bid to bolster Canada's agenda for the big summit in June.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The House of Commons committee on National Defence is set to review military search and rescue response times.

WASHINGTON - One of the most sordid political scandals in a country chock full of them was back in the spotlight on Monday with GQ's interview with Rielle Hunter, the mother of an out-of-wedlock baby with onetime presidential hopeful John Edwards.

SAN DIEGO - Toyota Motor Corp. dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday that its own tests found the car's gas pedal and backup safety system were working just fine.

MIAMI - On his 75th birthday, Bill Farthing decided to be reborn. In the six years since he'd buried his wife of 45 years, he'd felt as he did long before: Lonesome, different, outcast. He wondered if he was going crazy; he contemplated suicide.

TORONTO - Former teen heartthrob Corey Haim will be laid to rest today in his native Toronto.

LONDON - Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, football's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup - a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors, TV viewers and average fans.