Exhibits in doubt as curator takes leave
By JAMES BRADSHAW
-- Speculation is rife about an apparent upheaval in the upper echelons of the National Gallery's ranks as deputy director and chief curator David Franklin has quietly gone on indefinite leave. FULL STORY
Mayerthorpe remembers the fallen four
A small Alberta community dedicates a park to the Mounties gunned down there in 2005
By DAWN WALTON
MAYERTHORPE, ALTA. -- A statue of RCMP Constable Brock Myrol, who had just two weeks on the job when he was killed at the age of 26, faces south toward the officer's southern Alberta hometown and stands in the ''easy position.'' FULL STORY
U.S. deserter wins appeal in fight for refugee status
By TU THANH HA
-- The Immigration and Refugee Board was wrong when it decided that an American deserter couldn't claim refugee status in Canada because the military transgressions he was evading weren't severe enough to be war crimes or crimes against humanity, the Federal Court ruled yesterday. FULL STORY
Mom fighting for children defends her 'white pride'
By JOE FRIESEN
WINNIPEG -- The young mother carefully folds the red Nazi flag emblazoned with a black swastika that once hung on her living room wall and lays it on her kitchen table.In its place she has hung a banner that reads ''White pride worldwide,'' explaining that guests from the media might find it less shocking. FULL STORY
She was 'the pride of China,' now, at 50, she's going to the Olympics for Canada
Twenty-four years since Jujie Luan won gold for China, the epic journey of the grand dame of fencing comes full circle in Beijing
By DAWN WALTON
EDMONTON -- If this were any other Olympics, in any other place, Jujie Luan wouldn't have bothered. Twenty-four years have passed since the fencer struck gold in the foil event for China at the Los Angeles Games, eight since she retired from competition. She has a husband and three children in her adopted home, Edmonton, and next week she hits the milestone 50 - old enough to be a grandmother to some Olympians. FULL STORY
Harper to push Afghanistan at G8 table
While climate change and the economy dominate this year's program, Prime Minister to seek support of his foreign policy priority
By CAMPBELL CLARK
OTTAWA -- While Japan has made climate change, shocks to the world economy and African development the central themes of next week's Group of Eight summit in Hokkaido, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be trying to make sure his fellow leaders also talk about Afghanistan, his foreign policy priority. FULL STORY