A family in Peace River, Alta., will soon be reunited with Weezie, the cat who somehow travelled more than 1,100 kilometres north to Whitehorse over the past eight months.
Weezie was first spotted in Whitehorse about two weeks ago by an apartment tenant, who fed the stray before turning her over to the city pound. [...]

A 17-year-old from Windsor, Ont., has been sentenced to time already served plus two years probation for torturing his cat to death.
The cat was found dead on Jan. 15 after a resident reported witnessing two young men kicking and repeatedly stabbing a garbage bag before throwing it over a swimming pool fence in Atkinson Park [...]

On Saturday, Calgary police duty Insp. Rob Williams was travelling on the northbound Macleod Trail near the 22X overpass when he spotted what appeared to be a large, multi-vehicle collision.
In fact, several cars had screeched to a halt when a tiny kitten, searching for a place to get out of the cold, had wandered onto [...]

SAN FRANCISCO – Scientists say they’ve made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that “think” like a living thing’s brain — an effort that tests the limits of technology.
Even the world’s most powerful supercomputers can’t replicate basic aspects of the human mind. The machines can’t imagine a wall painted a different color, for instance, [...]

WASHINGTON – A cat in Iowa has tested positive for H1N1 swine flu, the first time a cat has been diagnosed with the new pandemic strain, the American Veterinary Medical Association said Wednesday.
The 13-year-old cat apparently caught the virus from one of the people living in the house, the group said in a statement. It [...]