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An immigrant doctor doing medical training in the United States can keep his Canadian citizenship even though he had spent far fewer days in Canada than normally required to become a citizen, Federal Court has ruled. In rejecting an appeal from the federal government, Judge Susan Elliott found no reason to undo an earlier decision to allow Irfan Saddique to become a Canadian. Court records show Saddique declared only 177 days of physical presence in Canada when he applied to become a citizen, well short of the required 1,095 days.

A Toronto psychiatrist has lost his licence to practise after becoming romantically involved with a former patient less than a month after their professional relationship ended. The document says the woman announced she no longer wanted to be his patient about a year later amid concerns from her family over her relationship with - and her own romantic feelings for - the psychiatrist. It says they started to date within a few weeks and began a sexual relationship the following month.

A Hamilton judge who could be suspended or dismissed for wearing a Donald Trump hat in court told a misconduct hearing he was "stunned" by the U.S. election outcome in November, and was just trying to make people laugh the next day.