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Ontario canoeist survives bear attack 22 Jul 2006 CBC News A man escaped from a marauding bear deep in northern Ontario Friday after his dog rushed to his defence. Tom Tilley, 55, of Waterloo, Ont. killed the nearly 90-kilogram bear by jumping on its back and stabbing it with a 15-cm hunting knife. But Tilley and his dog were both bitten in the incident. "Love is a very powerful emotion and my thought right away was: `You're not going to kill my dog,' " Tilley told the Waterloo Region Record. "I really consider my dog a hero. Without that first...

Story Filed: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:03 PM EST TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A state appeals court Monday struck down Michigan's 105-year-old law against using vulgar language in front of women and children, throwing out the conviction of a canoeist who let loose a stream of curses after falling into the water. The three-judge panel unanimously overturned the 1999 conviction of Timothy Joseph Boomer. A jury had found him guilty of violating the law by swearing repeatedly after tumbling into the Rifle River. He was fined $75 and ordered to work four days in a child-care program, but the...