DNA

• Take-home DNA test reunites Quebec man with long-lost Dutch brother after 80 years

  An at-home DNA test given as a birthday gift solved an 80-year family mystery by revealing that a man in Quebec and a man in the Netherlands were long-lost brothers.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2025
  
• Bullets from 1994 B.C. murder case to be tested for DNA

  Wade Skiffington was accused of murdering Wanda Martin in Richmond, B.C., soon after the couple moved to the province, and was convicted of second-degree murder in 2001.

  Crime

  Sep 26, 2024
  
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• Daughter of Holocaust survivor uses genealogy website to find family

  'My mother was a survivor from Ghetto Warsaw, and she managed to hide herself with a fake ID for the rest of the the war,' she said.

  Features

  Jul 5, 2024
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• DNA leads Guelph police to break-and-enter suspect

  Investigators say a suspect cut himself while breaking into a Fife Road business on Sept. 1, 2023. DNA from Blood taken at the scene matched an individual in a national database.

  Crime

  Apr 26, 2024
• Quebec cold case murder suspect chooses not to testify or present defence: lawyers

  Marc-André Grenon has pleaded not guilty to killing Guylaine Potvin, who was found dead in April 2000 in her apartment in Jonquière, Que., some 215 kilometres north of Quebec City.

  Feb 12, 2024
• Calgary researchers develop new tool to diagnose genetic mutations within hours

  Some University of Calgary researchers have developed a new tool that can detect the presence of genetic mutations within hours instead of weeks.

  Science

  Feb 6, 2024
• Experts debate ethical use of genealogy tests by police

  The debate was highlighted in an investigation that revealed this week undercover police in Burnaby, B.C., disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect DNA.

  Science

  Jan 18, 2024
• Calgary toddler with very rare condition gets life-changing home renovations

  Imagine having a rare condition where just minutes in the sun could kill you. It's reality for a Calgary toddler. Thanks to several companies, his home is no longer like prison.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2023
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• Ibrahim Ali: Accused’s lawyer says DNA found in slain teen might not be killer’s

  A defence lawyer at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial in B.C. has raised the possibility that the person whose DNA was found inside the victim may not be the one who killed the girl.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2023
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• Man convicted of murder, sexual assault seeking full parole

  Thirty years after being convicted of murder, and just over a decade after being convicted of sexual assault, Kingston man Richard Joyce is seeking full parole.

  Crime

  Aug 2, 2023