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The virus infected 100 residents and 50 staff members at Selkirk Place since the outbreak began on July 11. While nine people have also died since then and norovirus may have been a contributing factor, the health authority said the causes of deaths still have to be determined. Noroviruses are part of a group of viruses that cause severe vomiting and diarrhea. While it is common in the summertime, and in long- term care homes, Plank said the outbreak at Selkirk Place was unusually widespreading. Walking worm had relatives VANCOUVER - A walking worm that lived in Canada 505 million years ago is not quite as unique as once believed. Researchers in Canada and the United Kingdom have discovered the strange fossil first found in Yoho National Park more than a century ago had relatives around the world. In an article published Wednesday, the team says the Hallicigenia sparsa was part of a group of animals that once lived on the sea floor from Canada to China, the U. K. to Australia. No sign of fishermen BAKER LAKE, Nunavut - A search for two U. S. fishermen missing on a lake in Nunavut has failed to turn up any sign of the men. An official with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre at CFB Trenton in Ontario says a C- 130 Hercules airplane searched the area until Tuesday evening. A second Hercules flew for several hours overnight. Both have returned to their home base at CFB Winnipeg and the RCMP is continuing an investigation. A charter aircraft was sent to pick up a man and his adult son on Monday after four days of fishing on Dubawnt Lake. Only their boat and fishing gear were spotted - the boat had run out of gas. - The Canadian Press O TTAWA - Canada's highest court should be flexible in deciding whether proposed reforms to the Senate fit with the Constitution, in much the same way it ruled to allow same- sex marriage, the Harper government argued Tuesday. The government has submitted legal arguments to the Supreme Court of Canada in a reference it sent to the high court earlier this year on proposed Senate reform legislation, Bill C- 7. Pierre Poilievre, minister of state for democratic reform, says the government's proposed changes to the Senate do not require consent of the provinces. The government asked the Supreme Court in February to clarify its powers to reform or abolish the Senate. The high court should provide a " progressive interpretation" of the Constitution as it relates to Senate reform, rather than strictly adhering to the wording of a document created nearly 150 years ago, as it has in other recent high- profile cases, says a factum submitted to the court. " Slavish adherence to original intent has been rejected by this Court in, for example, the Same Sex Marriage Reference, where the Court held that the understanding of ' marriage' that prevailed in 1867 should not be determinative of our present day understanding," said the 68- page document. The government introduced the proposed Senate Reform Act in June 2011, and has blamed the opposition for delaying its passage. But senators and some provinces have resisted the Harper government's proposals. There are also questions about whether a majority of provinces have to be on side with reforms, or whether all of them have to agree. The high court can decide, in some circumstances, to allow the federal government to side- step the provinces in making changes to the Senate, the Conservatives argue. " Provincial involvement of any kind in changes to the Senate was only contemplated for a few matters," said the factum. Bill C- 7 would limit senators' terms to nine years and allow the provinces to hold elections to choose senatorsin- waiting. The prime minister would then recommend senators who win the provincial elections be appointed by the Governor General. As well, the Conservatives want to change the rules that require senators to own property of a certain value to be appointed to the chamber. Under the Constitution Act of 1867, a senator must possess land worth at least $ 4,000 in the province for which he or she is appointed. The property qualifications were originally put in place to ensure that the Senate represented Canada's wealthy class and social elite. " The Senate Reform Act does not require the amending formula of the Constitution to be applied," Poilievre told an Ottawa news conference. " We can amend the term limits of senators, the property requirements and we can provide a democratic vote to recommend senators to the upper chamber, all without an amending formula to the Constitution." The reference also asks the court whether the Senate can be abolished, and if so, by what method. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has been pushing for abolition, although most of his provincial counterparts prefer reforms, and some, including Quebec and Ontario, have said they oppose getting rid of the red chamber entirely. The NDP also wants the Senate abolished. Calls to reform or abolish the upper chamber became pronounced in the spring as a controversy unfolded over the expense claims of a handful of senators. - The Canadian Press AROUND Keep Constitution out of it: Tories Canada Government urges Supreme Court to be ' progressive' in Senate decision By Terry Pedwell SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES Stephen Harper has been inundated with calls to reform the Senate. 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