The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Ottawa Ð The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously upheld the right of police to seize DNA from people suspected of serious violent crimes. The case is the first judicial test of legislation passed in 1998 that allows police, if they obtain a judge's warrant, to take DNA samples from suspects in crimes such as rape or murder. Toronto Ð The military is increasingly concerned about a Canadian solder who vanished this summer. Sgt. Monty Paisley, a 16-year veteran and a member of the Canadian Forces' secretive commando unit, has been missing since he entered Thailand in July for a two-week vacation. Toronto Ð A thousand paper cranes have been suspended throughout the lobby of the school attended by Cecilia Zhang in expressions of hope that the missing nine-year-old will be safely returned to her family. The paper birds Ð symbols of hope in the Chinese culture, were made by students, staff and parents of Seneca Hill Public School to show that their thoughts are with Cecilia and her family, school officials said. Halifax Ð The provinces have to deal with mental-health issues on their own because Canada doesn't have a national strategy to tackle the problem, says the chairman of a Senate Committee looking for solutions. "The size of the problem is striking," Senator Michael Kirby said.
