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NATIONAL NEWS

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff eats a seal meat appetizer during an event at the Parliamentary restuarant on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Wednesday March 10, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Let them eat seal: Parliament puts seal meat on the menu
OTTAWA - Forget the Winter Olympics, nothing unites Canada's parliamentarians like some bacon-wrapped seal loin.
MPs and senators from across the partisan spectrum enjoyed a special luncheon Wednesday, brought together by a menu that featured Canada's best known furry sea mammal.



SPORTS NEWS

Erik Guay of Canada at the Men's World Cup. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Elvis Piazzi )
Erik Guay of Canada wins final super-G race and World Cup title in the event
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run to win the final super-G race of the season Thursday and claim the World Cup title in that event.
Coming off a super-G win on Sunday in Kvitfjell, Norway, Guay went into the race in third place but his blistering run down the Kandahar course gave him the title.



BUSINESS NEWS

Investors look at a stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai, China. China's inflation rate jumped to 2.7 per cent in February over a year earlier from 1.5 per cent in January. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eugene Hoshiko)
Stock markets head for weak open as Chinese inflation data raises growth worries
TORONTO - North American stock markets appeared headed for a flat open amid fresh worries that China will have to slow economic growth in order to control inflation.
China's inflation rate jumped to 2.7 per cent in February over a year earlier from 1.5 per cent in January.



ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

In this 1987 file publicity photo provided by NBC, actor Corey Haim, then star of the NBC comedy
'Lost Boys' star Haim remembered as bright 'firecracker' who struggled with drugs
TORONTO - In the 1980s, Corey Haim became a teen pin-up favourite, a baby-faced idol with an infectious grin and a "firecracker" personality.
But as he shot to stardom with a string of hit films including the 1987 vampire smash "The Lost Boys," the promising Toronto-born actor fell into a debilitating battle with drugs and alcohol that he later blamed for ruining his career and destroying his health.



HEALTHDAY

Severe Injuries From ATV Accidents on the Rise
(HealthDay News) - Two new studies report a high rate of severe injuries - including amputations, spinal injuries and even death - among children who ride all-terrain vehicles.
"A spine injury is such a devastating injury for a young person," said Dr. Jeffrey R. Sawyer, an assistant professor of orthopaedics with the Campbell Clinic at the University of Tennessee, and a co-author on both papers.