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DNA tests show dogs killed B.C. woman, not bear as first thought: coroner’s report
]A woman, whose 2021 death while picking blueberries on a farm east of Vancouver was initially attributed to a bear, was in fact killed by dogs according to a new BC coroner's report. British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Killer behind 1983 Toronto home invasion murders gets life sentence
DNA evidence has helped uncover new leads in the killings of Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice.
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Moosonee man who killed two Toronto women in 1983 begs for families’ forgiveness
Sean McCowan speaks as Kaelin McCowan looks on, brothers of Erin Gilmour, during a press conference in Toronto on Monday November 28, 2022. Toronto police say they've arrested a 61-year-old man in the DNA-linked cold-case murders of Gilmour and Susan Tice, who were found dead in their homes within months of each other almost four decades ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Marc-Andre Grenon guilty in 2000 murder, sex assault of Quebec college student
<div>Quebec provincial police say multiple people have been injured in an armed assault in Vaudreuil-Dorion, an off-island suburb just west of Montreal. Police also said in a statement that a suspect is in custody. A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson</div>
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Accused in Quebec cold case admits he killed teenager in 2000, Crown says
Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man charged with the sexual assault and murder of a 19-year-old Quebec junior college student nearly 24 years ago. Guylaine Potvin, shown in a Surete du Quebec handout photo, was found dead in her apartment in Jonquière, Que. on April 28, 2000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Surete du Quebec **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Quebec cold case murder suspect ID’d with help of DNA research tool, trial hears
A forensic biologist has told a trial that a DNA research tool helped police hone in on the suspect who is now charged with the sexual assault and murder of junior college student Guylaine Potvin nearly 24 years ago. Potvin, shown in a police handout photo, was found dead in her apartment in Jonquière, Que., on April 28, 2000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Surete du Quebec **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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RCMP make arrest in 2007 killing of Manitoba woman Crystal Shannon Saunders
Manitoba RCMP have made an arrest in the killing of a woman nearly 17 years ago. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Quebec cold case murder trial: Pathologist says teen victim died from strangulation
A forensic pathologist has told a Quebec cold case murder trial that the 19-year-old victim died of strangulation. Guylaine Potvin, shown in a Quebec provincial police handout photo, was found dead in her apartment in Jonquière, Que., on April 28, 2000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Surete du Quebec **MANDATORY CREDIT**
soccer
Former Canada captain Christine Sinclair signs one-year contract with NWSL’s Portland
Canada's Christine Sinclair leaves the field after Canada defeated Australia 1-0 in her final international soccer match, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Sinclair, 40, made her 331st and final appearance for Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Crown says suspect in Quebec cold case murder tracked down by Y chromosome project
Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man charged with the sexual assault and murder of a 19-year-old Quebec junior college student nearly 24 years ago. Guylaine Potvin, shown in a Surete du Quebec handout photo, was found dead in her apartment in Jonquière, Que. on April 28, 2000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Surete du Quebec **MANDATORY CREDIT**
british columbia
David Eby backs police who secretly took DNA from Kurds to solve murder of B.C. girl
Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews
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B.C. police secretly collected DNA from Kurdish community members in tea-cup sting to solve murder
Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews
world
Multiple sclerosis origins linked to DNA from ancient Europeans
This photo provided by the University of Copenhagen in January 2024 shows the process of ancient DNA extraction at the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Center in Copenhagen. According to research published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in the journal Nature, ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. (Mikal Schlosser/University of Copenhagen via AP)
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Alleged killer in 1982 cold case identified using DNA testing, Toronto police say
<div>Toronto police say the alleged killer in a decades-old cold case has been identified using DNA testing and investigative genetic genealogy. The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov</div>
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Better DNA access would have helped solve 1983 murders of two Toronto women, police say
Toronto Det.-Sgt. Steve Smith of the force's homicide and missing persons unit cold case section speaks during a press conference in Toronto on Monday November 28, 2022. Toronto police arrested a 61-year-old man in the DNA-linked cold-case murders of Gilmour and Susan Tice, who were found dead in their homes within months of each other almost four decades ago. The case will return to court next week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris&nbsp;
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Ali’s lawyers call no evidence, say Crown didn’t prove he murdered B.C. girl
Lawyers for Ibrahim Ali have told the jury in his first-degree murder trial they will not be calling any evidence in defence of allegations he sexually assaulted and killed a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C., June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
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In a first, RNA is recovered from extinct Tasmanian tiger
Three views of the desiccated remains of an extinct marsupial mammal called the Tasmanian tiger, or the thylacine, from a collection at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm are seen in this undated handout image. Researchers managed to recover genetic material called RNA from the remains, a scientific first for an extinct species. Emilio Marmol Sanchez/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE.
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Girl found dead in B.C. park had ‘blunt force’ injuries, sexual assault expert says
The defence lawyer at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial has put forward the theory that the person who had sex with a murder victim may not be the one who killed the teenager. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Defence in Ibrahim Ali murder trial suggests possibility of more than one suspect
The defence lawyer at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial has put forward the theory that the person who had sex with a murder victim may not be the one who killed the teenager. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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DNA match in Ibrahim Ali murder case as exact as identical twins, B.C. court is told
An RCMP expert testifying at Ibrahim Ali's murder trial says she's never seen a DNA match as close as the one between the suspect and samples found on his alleged victim — except for DNA matches between identical twins. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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DNA of accused in murder trial matched sample taken from teenage girl’s body, court told
An RCMP expert testifying at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial says the suspect’s genetic profile matched that of an unknown male’s DNA found on swabs of the murder victim. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Hawaii officials urge families of people missing after deadly fires to give DNA samples
Fire damage is seen from US President Joe Biden's motorcade in Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 21, 2023. The Bidens are expected to meet with first responders, survivors, and local officials following deadly wildfires in Maui. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ontario police crack cold case from 1975, charge Florida man with murder
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Ontario Provincial Police say they have cracked a decades-old cold case and charged a man with murder of a woman who was found dead in eastern Ontario 48 years ago.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Scientists discover trove of wildlife DNA in air pollution sensors
The little owl, which ranges across Europe, Asia and Northern Africa was among scores of individual species identified through airborne DNA picked up by pollution monitoring stations in a UK-based study. Credit: Robert Knell
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Panoramic view of genetic variation sheds new light on disease, human evolution
A photo provided by Maggie Bartlett/National Institutes of Health Sequencing Center shows a lab tech processing samples at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Grappling with the deep history of racism in Western science, the National Academies of Science on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, released guidelines recommending that scientists not use race as a category in genetic studies. (Maggie Bartlett/National Institutes of Health Sequencing Center via The New York Times) — EDITORIAL USE ONLY; NO SALES —
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Royal genes? Science offers a reality check on King Charles’s ancestral lineage
A combo shows a picture of a scene of the queen from the television series "Game of Thrones" in a 87 meters tapestry relating the 8 seasons of the US (top) and a part of the the "Bayeux tapestry" or "Queen Mathilde tapestry" which relate Britain's conquest by William the Conqueror (Guillaume le Conquerant) in 1066 on September 13, 2019 in Bayeux. - Like the Bayeux Tapestry, the Game of Thrones Tapestry is woven of fine linen and hand-embroidered, with decorative borders and a central pictorial narrative. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Instead of paying Big Pharma, Canada should develop its own rare-disease treatments
John Bell and Alex MacKenzie
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What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues
This undated image released by the Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University, shows the Moscheles Lock of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, authenticated by the study, with inscription by former owner Ignaz Moscheles. - Beethoven died in Vienna nearly 200 years ago after a lifetime of composing some of the most influential works in classical music. Ever since, biographers have sought to explain the causes of the German composer's death at the age of 56, his progressive hearing loss and his well-documented struggles with chronic illness. A team of researchers who sequenced Beethoven's genome using locks of the German composer's hair may now have some answers. Liver failure, or cirrhosis, was the possible cause of Beethoven's death brought about by a number of factors, including the composer's alcohol consumption, they said. (Photo by Ira F. Brilliant / Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Ira F. Brilliant / Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by IRA F. BRILLIANT/Center for Beethoven Studies, Sa/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died with toxic bacteria in his body, say forensic scientists
Judge Paola Plaza speaks to reporters after receiving a report by international forensic experts regarding the cause of death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Skull found in ‘97 in remote Alaska belongs to New York man
In this photo taken Sunday, May 12, 2019, a hiker treks on a section of Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. The glacier is a popular attraction for tourists and locals. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland two million years ago
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How police use genetics and genealogy to help solve cold cases
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Ontario man charged after genetic genealogy links him to two 1983 cold-case killings
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Latest search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims comes to end with 32 more caskets discovered, eight sets of remains exhumed
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Ancient DNA gives rare snapshot of Neanderthal family ties