At G8, Zimbabwe could eclipse aid for Africa
By CAMPBELL CLARK
OTTAWA -- Climate change, the economy and especially oil prices were already pushing African development lower down the agenda for next week's meeting of G8 leaders. But controversy over Zimbabwe's elections threatens to suck more air from the issue. FULL STORY
North must end diesel dependence, B.C. Premier says
By IAN BAILEY
VANCOUVER -- B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, responding to criticisms of the federal Liberal green plan by northern premiers, is calling for an end to a dependence on diesel fuel in the North. FULL STORY
Controversial priest returns medal in protest
By WENDY STUECK
VANCOUVER -- When Catholic priest Lucien Larre shipped his Order of Canada back to Ottawa on Wednesday, he became the first person in the history of the award to return his medal as a gesture of protest. FULL STORY
Sask. wildfires force thousands from homes
By DAWN WALTON
CALGARY -- As wildfires carried thick black smoke too close for comfort to several communities in northern Saskatchewan yesterday, more residents were forced from their homes by the burning forests, bringing the evacuation roll to more than 2,000. FULL STORY
Veto of Morgentaler would have set precedent
Although the Governor-General has the power to strike names from the advisory council's list, it has never happened, expert says
By JANE TABER AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO
OTTAWA, TORONTO -- The Governor-General has the power to veto appointments to the Order of Canada, but it would have been highly unusual for her to use it to block abortion-rights activist Henry Morgentaler from receiving the honour, according to those familiar with the process. FULL STORY
A gardener's paradise lost on Vancouver Island
A B.C. couple can only watch as their picture-perfect yard is reduced to rubble after a diesel fuel leak from a nearby gas station
By MARK HUME
VANCOUVER -- The immaculate garden that Luanne and Don Palmer spent 40 years creating was so picturesque that tour buses often stopped outside their home, in the village of Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island, so tourists could take snapshots. FULL STORY
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