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    at 17:32 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Pentagon slightly eases reporter rules at Gitmo, but bans alcohol from media centre

    TORONTO - The Pentagon has slightly eased some of the strict rules imposed on journalists covering military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, but has now barred alcohol from the media facility.

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    at 17:16 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Polygamists want immunity in order to testify in B.C. court case

    VANCOUVER - Some members of the polygamist community in Bountiful, B.C., are asking the B.C. Supreme Court for immunity from prosecution if they testify in a test case on the issue of polygamy.

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    at 17:15 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Former top bureaucrats want chief statistician to call shots over census changes

    OTTAWA - Four former top public servants are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to give Canada's chief statistician alone the power to change the census.

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    at 16:24 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Family of teen who killed self in prison challenges Ontario coroner's gag order

    TORONTO - Prisoner and youth advocacy groups are calling on the courts to overturn a sweeping gag order an Ontario coroner imposed ahead of an inquest into the death of a teenage prisoner.

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    at 15:54 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Putting patients to sleep from afar: McGill team helps pioneer remote anesthesia

    MONTREAL - McGill University researchers have helped pioneer a way to administer anesthesia without being in the same room — or even on the same continent — as their patients.

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    at 15:25 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Calgary teen charged in sex assault in school yard

    CALGARY - Calgary police have charged a 16-year-old boy with allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in a school field in front of their friends.

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    at 15:16 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Perjury trial for convicted bomb-part supplier hears contradictory evidence

    VANCOUVER - Jurors listening to recorded testimony of a key witness at the Air India trial are hearing contradictory evidence from the man charged with perjury.

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    at 12:23 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    A third New Democrat NDP says he'll switch his vote on gun registry

    OTTAWA - A third New Democrat MP says he's changed his mind and will vote against a bill to do away with the long-gun registry.

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    at 11:57 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Carney warns of multiple risks to recovery, says BoC will be cautious on rates

    OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says he will be cautious about future interest rate cuts in view of multiple risks that threaten the global economy.

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    at 09:24 on September 10, 2010, EDT.

    Bell Canada parent BCE buys CTV television network for $1.3 billion

    MONTREAL - Bell Canada's parent company is buying up the rest of the CTV television network it doesn't already own for $1.3 billion.

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