Operators offer gas discounts to attract tourists
To combat a trend of declining visits, hotels and travel agencies across Canada have started footing the bill for fuel
By CATHRYN ATKINSON AND MATTHEW TREVISAN
-- A growing number of Canada's tourism operators and services, worried about vacationers staying at home this summer because of spiking gas costs, are offering to foot the fuel bill to get families on their way to resorts and hotels. FULL STORY
'Baby Joey' takes his first steps to find mother
By JESSICA LEEDER
-- It was 30 years ago yesterday that Therese Skomar was walking through a back entrance at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon and sped past a small, closed shoebox tucked inside the doorway. FULL STORY
OPP chief sidestepped negotiators in Mohawk protest talks, court told
By CAROLINE ALPHONSO AND KATE HAMMER
-- Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino was personally involved in a police operation against native protesters last summer in which a wiretap was set up without a court order and in which the Commissioner took over telephone negotiations with a native activist, at times threatening him. FULL STORY
PM promises fall summit to tackle native issues
Premiers demanded meeting as PM faced fire for election pledge
By BILL CURRY AND BRIAN LAGHI
OTTAWA and QUEBEC -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper will hold a first ministers meeting this fall with the provinces and territories and has agreed to place aboriginal issues on the agenda.The news follows this week's demand from provincial and territorial premiers for a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the poor social conditions faced by Canada's young aboriginals, especially in education. FULL STORY
B.C. woman in three-year condo limbo
By DARREN HANDSCHUH
KELOWNA, B.C. -- A Kelowna woman's dream of living and working quietly in her condo has turned into a nightmare.Christine Croteau has endured endless hassles for three years because the building had to be evacuated for major structural renovations. Ms. Croteau said officials with Edmonton-based National Home Warranty told her two months ago that she could move back in and they were discontinuing her living-out allowance. FULL STORY