■ CANADA
Blasts force evacuations
A series of explosions at a propane facility in northern Toronto sent balls of flame high into the sky and forced thousands of people from their homes yesterday. Early reports said two people were hurt in the pre-dawn blast. With a number of fires still burning at the round-the-clock facility, police asked people within a 1.6km radius to leave their homes, fearful that two railcars of propane could still explode Amateur video showed an orange glow expanding into a fireball and white smoke. The Canadian Press news agency reported homes had been damaged in the area. The explosion closed one of the country’s busiest highways, the 401 expressway.
■ UNITED STATES
Ex-mistress: no DNA test
The ex-mistress of former senator John Edwards said on Saturday she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter. Rielle Hunter’s lawyer, Robert Gordon, says his client is a private individual who wishes to maintain the privacy of herself and her daughter. Gordon said Hunter was ruling out any kind of testing that could establish who the daughter’s father is. On Friday, Edwards admitted to having an affair with Hunter in 2006 but denied being the father of her five-month-old daughter. Edwards said he will take a paternity test. A former Edwards campaign staff member professes to be the father.
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