An unscientific survey of 36 cities in 35 countries by Reader's Digest magazine has shown that New Yorkers are the politest among all. New York was the only city from America to participate in the survey.

The magazine sent its "undercover" reporters with a set of three types of tests in a city.

Commuters in Toronto saw signs repeatedly flashing "Stephen Harper Eats Babies," every three seconds.

Reuters reports that technicians worked furiously on Tuesday to get the signs to stop posting the fake message about Canada's prime minister.

A Montreal hospital has been ordered to pay $45,000 to a woman who had an abortion, and then had twins.

Saoudat Batoukaeva went to St-Luc Hospital to have an abortion seven years ago, but it didn't take, CBC News reported. Hospital staff confirmed three weeks after the procedure that Batoukaeva was still pregnant.

A Canadian man who lost his wife's Louis Vuitton designer purse with $1,000,000 worth of jewelry and cash is out of the doghouse with his wife.

News reports of the good Samaritan turning in the valuable purse to police after he found it on a park bench speaks volumes and has made headlines worldwide.

John Suhrhoff found a Louis Vuitton bag on a Sausalito park bench, but what he found inside was more of a shocker: a 12-carat diamond ring, pearl and emerald jewelry, a Cartier watch and about $500 in cash.

In total, the contents were worth $1 million. Suhrhoff decided to take the bag to the police Monday afternoon. The bag is now on its way back to the hands of a Toronto family, who visited northern California for a wedding.