The Amber Alerts by which police in Ontario notify the public about missing children will soon be available via e-mail and as text messages on cellphones.

Ten-year-old Holly Jones was abducted in Toronto on May 12, 2003. Her remains were found the next morning.

INDEPTH: Missing children

Up to now, they could only be delivered on television, radio, electronic highway signs and video displays at lottery kiosks.

Amber Alerts contain information about abducted children who might be in immediate danger, and about their abductors and suspect vehicles.

INDEPTH: Amber Alerts

The system is named after a girl, Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and murdered in Texas. It has been adopted by police forces throughout North America for high-alert cases involving children.

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'Light' and 'mild' will disappear from cigarette packages

Ottawa is going to go ahead with a ban on the terms "light" and "mild" on Canadian cigarette packets, CBC News reported on Friday. 

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Harper promises law to set election date every four years

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government will introduce a bill next week to establish fixed federal election dates every four years except in cases where the government is defeated in a House of Commons vote or is otherwise "prevented from governing."

Former IRA member turned back at the border

A former member of the Irish Republican Army was sent back to Ireland this week while en route to Fort Augustus, P.E.I., for Irish heritage celebrations.

Harper calls for fixed election dates every four years

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government will introduce a bill to establish fixed federal election dates every four years, assuming the government isn't defeated in a House of Commons vote.

Residential schools are closed, but memories linger on healing day

It has taken nearly fifty years for Muriel Betsina to gain self-confidence after the physical and emotional abuse she recalls at the native residential school she attended.

Aboriginal children were taken from their families and put in residential schools.