The Boston Bruins signed rugged forward Shawn Thornton to a two-year contract extension worth $2.2 million US on Monday. Thornton, who leads the NHL this season with 19 major penalties for fighting, has a career-high 143 penalty minutes.

Saint John software developer Shawn Peterson is going to the geekfest conference in Toronto on March 7 to showcase a new tool to predict emergency room wait times.

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo says an "ambitious" approach is needed to tackle the issues facing Canada's aboriginal people.

A Q&A with Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo and aboriginal scholars John Borrows, Taiaiake Alfred and Pamela Palmater.