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Sask premier sorry if people offended by use of 9-11 image in fundraiser poster
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he's sorry if anyone was offended by a fundraising poster that shows the World Trade Center on fire during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The image...
Sask premier says teen daughter is again behind wheel of car - legally
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says his daughter is on the road - and this time it's legal. Wall told rural municipal leaders at their annual convention that Megan got her driver's licence...
Saskatchewan rural leaders told to wait until next year for money promises
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has told a meeting of rural politicians that his government won't be able to keep key promises this year. Wall, who was speaking at a Saskatchewan Associatio...
Mans pleads guilty of attempting to carjack Saskatchewan politician's vehicle
REGINA - A Saskatchewan man has pleaded guilty to trying to carjack the vehicle belonging to a member of the provincial legislature. Clayton Friday, who is 45, admitted in provincial court Tuesday ...
Police say Alberta prison escapee was caught passing fake U.S. bills
SURREY, B.C. - An escapee from Bowden prison in Alberta now faces charges in Surrey, B.C., over allegations he was passing out fake American money. Nathan Paolinelli escaped Nov. 16, last year and ...
Manitoba hotel workers to be trained to spot, report child sexual exploitation
WINNIPEG - Hotel workers in Manitoba are becoming the latest eyes and ears in the fight against child sexual abuse and exploitation. Employees at hotels across the province will soon be trained to ...
Even Tories want Jaffer, Guergis to clear the air on bad behaviour
OTTAWA - Rahim Jaffer and Helena Guergis have become the poster couple for political entitlement, under attack not just by opposition critics but by prominent members of their own Conservative party. ...
Alberta Chamber of Resources says Alberta to change wetlands plan
EDMONTON - A group representing oilsands and other resource companies says it has convinced the Alberta government to change a plan that would force corporations to spend big money to restore wetlands...
Mother can't understand beating of son in wheelchair in Australia
WINNIPEG - Shellan Proden couldn't bring herself to watch the grainy surveillance video of two young men who brutally attacked her son, forced him out of his wheelchair and pummelled him. "I haven'...
Former logger and small-town politician charged in Ontario cop's killing
A retired logger and one-time politician was charged Wednesday with shooting and killing a provincial police officer and trying to kill another in a gunfight on a rural Ontario road. Const. Vu Pham...
