The national debate on euthanasia and helping end the life of someone who wants to die is about to be rekindled by public hearings kicking off this week in Quebec.

A Manitoba paraplegic who made international headlines after surviving a violent attack in Australia in March was the guilty party Friday when he was fined $1,100 for a road rage conviction.

"Customers in the Chinese Mainland have much higher enthusiasm in purchasing luxury than in other places," Ivan Tong, chairman of Sparkle Roll company, one of the main luxury distributors in the Chinese mainland, said in a recent interview with Xinhua.

Canadian soldier Brian Pinksen, 21, of Corner Brook, N.L. died Monday from injuries sustained in battle about a week ago.

Abdoulaye Ba, 10, looked right, then left, before timidly approaching the taxi and holding out his hand.