YOLI is dying to keep her sister Elf alive. It is a full-time job for this author going through a second divorce, a middle-aged mother of teenagers seeking to finally write a novel for grown-ups after a series of Young Adult “rodeo romances”.

Miriam Toews

A Canadian man who returned home after spending 10 years at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay is desperate to be a normal, contributing member of society, his lawyer says.

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Canada’s ruling conservatives have moved to raise the age of sexual consent by two years to 16, saying children need better protection from adult predators in an internet era.