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Canada

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says a DNA test backs her ancestry claims. CBC asked experts to weigh in

In an agreed-upon statement issued late last week, the Law Society of B.C. reprimanded Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and fined her…

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Tech

Jerky-like skin of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth could change what we know about ancient DNA

The leathery strip of skin from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth sporting a mullet-like hairdo isn’t much to look at, says geneticist Olga Dudchenko…

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Lifestyle

DNA test results: New Brunswick woman finds her birth dad twice

What started as a lie ended in lots of love for 48-year-old Marie Leask after finding answers to a decades-long…

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Health

Ontario man guilty of allergy testing fraud in U.S. was key employee of DNA lab in paternity controversy

An Ontario man currently in a U.S. jail awaiting sentencing for running a fraudulent allergy testing company was also a…

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Health

Canadian DNA lab knew its paternity tests identified the wrong dads, but it kept selling them

A Canadian DNA laboratory knowingly delivered prenatal paternity test results that routinely identified the wrong biological fathers — ruling out…

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Tech

Family research, DNA and buttons identify British-Canadian lieutenant 107 years after his death

From his home office in West Yorkshire, England, Richard Hemsley flips through a folder of papers. He decides on one,…

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Canada

2 Indigenous women buried in 1970s identified through DNA analysis, Edmonton police say

Edmonton’s police chief, Indigenous leaders and an elder offered condolences Friday to the families of two Indigenous women who were…

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Tech

Spider webs catch more than prey. They’re also jam-packed with animal DNA

As It Happens6:05Spider webs catch more than prey. They’re also jam-packed with animal DNA Josh Newton probably isn’t very popular…

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Canada

Familial DNA searches come with risks, rewards in solving MMIWG cold cases

Some advocates say a tool touted by Manitoba RCMP for helping identify a suspect in the cold case of an…

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Halifax

Accused’s DNA found on victim, expert tells Dartmouth murder trial

Editor’s note: Some readers may find some details in this article disturbing. Testimony by a DNA expert from the RCMP…

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