OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the acquittal of a Saskatchewan woman who gave birth in a Walmart bathroom stall and left the newborn in a toilet. In a 5-2 split decision, the court ruled in favour of April Halkett, who was found not guilty in June 2009 of abandoning the baby boy two years earlier in the store in Prince Albert, Sask. Halkett testified at trial that she didn't know she was pregnant and left the store because she thought the child was dead. A store manager later pulled the baby from the toilet and he survived.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A silver spire, built in part in Canada, has been fully installed on the roof of One World Trade Center, bringing the iconic structure to its full, symbolic height of 1,776 feet. The installation of the spire was completed Friday morning after pieces of it had been transported to the roof of the building last week. Construction workers below applauded the milestone. The 1,776 feet — or 541 metres — is symbolic of the year 1776, when the U.S. declared its independence.

New York construction workers cheered Friday as the final piece of the spire for the World Trade Center was hoisted into place, making the tower the tallest in the western hemisphere. Local television footage showed the huge piece, measuring 408 feet (124 meters), being craned slowly up, completing the final piece in the new jewel of the Manhattan skyline.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - One World Trade Center, the skyscraper that replaces the fallen twin towers in New York City, is about to receive the last pieces of its crowning spire, a 124-metre structure built in part in Canada. Once the spire is installed, the 104-story highrise, already New York's tallest building, will be just feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Officials had hoped that would happen Monday, but the weather did not co-operate and it was postponed due to high winds. The event will be rescheduled when conditions permit.