Desmond received about a third of the nearly 20,000 votes cast in a naming contest for a new city ferry which will go into service this summer.
In Brazil, Zika has been linked to babies born with unusually small heads, a birth defect called microcephaly that can signal underlying brain damage.
A Federal Court judge has struck down the law barring medical users from obtaining marijuana outside of licensed producers, saying it violates their charter rights. Here's a look at medical marijuana:
Lindsay Souvannarath and Randall Shepherd didn't speak or show emotion as they sat in court during the hearing.
Low oil prices and a weaker loonie have helped Ontario lead the country in economic growth, but the province has the largest debt of any sub-national government in the world.
Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer says Saskatchewan's poverty rate is at 10.6 per cent, or 107,000 people, down from about 14 per cent in 2006.