The University of Toronto will begin offering starting fall master's and doctorate programs covering a wide range of sex-related topics from literary to public health.

The university will be the first in Canada to offer graduate courses on the subject. Other Canadian educational institutions like Queen's University, McGill University, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, York University and University of British Columbia already offer undergraduate degree in sexuality studies, but most of their programs focus on issues of sexual orientation.

A University of Guelph study published Thursday said 25 percent of fish sold in Toronto and New York are mislabeled. The university study isn't based on fish tales, but DNA analysis.

According to the samples analyzed by the university, tuna was actually tilapia, halibut was hake, and red snapper was sold as lavender jobfish, Labrador redfish, perch or cod.

As more Canadians shift to public transport or alternative methods of traveling caused by high fuel cost, transportation-related policies have taken center stage in the city halls of major cities.

At Ottawa, the city's Transit Committee rejected a proposal to allow pets on public buses during a six-month pilot test period. The proposal came from Capital Coun. Clive Doucet. After two hours of debate his proposal was thumbed down.

The city of Toronto logged 2008 as its wettest summer in seven decades.

On midnight Saturday, the city's rainfall for June 1 to Aug 9 had amounted to 1.16 feet (354.2 millimeters) and broken the previous record of 1.10 feet (335.9 mm) set in 1986 during two months.

A 21-year-old man went into a shock and was rushed to the hospital after allegedly having an argument with a parking enforcement officer.

CTV reported that police saw a parking enforcement officer involved in a confrontation with a man parked on Sackville Street in the Dundas Street East and Parliament Street .