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Health officials in New Brunswick are defending the decision not to include firefighters and police officers on the priority list for swine flu shots.

Rate cuts for New Brunswick's industrial customers under the proposed deal between NB Power and Hydro-Québec are more than double what some requested and cover other industries that didn't ask for them.

As uncertainty continues over the H1N1 pandemic, veterinary clinics in Calgary have been inundated with calls from people worried about their family pets.

Russian pianists Georgy Tchaidze and Evgeny Starodubtsev captured first and second laureate after five finalists performed Thursday and Friday nights in Calgary.

There will be a few familiar faces on the visitors bench at the Bell Centre on Saturday night when the Montreal Canadiens host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Hockey Night in Canada (7 p.m. ET, CBC, CBCSports.ca).

Some New Brunswick students have been invited to take to the stage at the world's largest arts festival in Scotland, but have to raise nearly $200,000 to get there.

A man was taken into police custody following a mishap-laden incident in the Labrador community of Sheshatshiu on Friday night.

The Olympic torch made its first appearance in Alberta Friday as it wound its way through the northern part of the province.

Some horse owners in Nova Scotia are calling for changes to deer hunting laws after two horse shooting incidents in the province this week.

A police dog was stabbed Saturday morning as officers tried to apprehend two people caught in the act of stealing a vehicle in Saskatoon, police said.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders can wrap up first place in the CFL West, a bye week and the chance to host the division final if they can beat the visiting Calgary Stampeders on Saturday

A report for the city of Winnipeg says substantial rate increases are necessary for water and sewer services and should start with an immediate 2.7 per cent hike.

A Saskatchewan man accused of shooting a gun at a boatload of recreational fishermen says he was only firing warning shots to discourage the boat from disturbing traditional First Nations areas.

The province of P.E.I. does not have sufficiently strong mechanisms to protect foreign workers from exploitation, a concern the federal auditor general highlighted in a report this week.

Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart is calling on his municipal counterparts in Nova Scotia to end their Bell Aliant contracts in light of the company's decision to close 11 call centres in Atlantic Canada.

After a night-long session of the legislature, the provincial government has passed legislation forcing B.C.'s striking ambulance paramedics back to work.

The city of Abbotsford, B.C., says it needs to start recouping the costs of responding to false fire alarms and will start charging for them in the new year.

Montreal's Jewish General Hospital says a full-disclosure policy regarding mistakes made during patient care is responsible for a 50 per cent drop in adverse incidents over the past three years.

The voter turnout in one of Regina's low-income neighbourhoods for last month's civic elections was just under 14 per cent, according to information released by the city Friday.

Cape Breton Regional Police have formed a special investigative unit to solve a recent rash of arsons in the area.

SaskTel, the province's telecommunications company, is turning the page on a money-losing phone-book venture.

Police are expanding their search in a criminal investigation in northeastern New Brunswick believed to be connected to the case of 16-year-old Hilary Bonnell, who has been missing for two months.

A lottery ticket purchased somewhere in Manitoba is worth $50 million, following Friday night's Lotto Max jackpot draw.

People in Winnipeg won't be able to get an H1N1 flu shot until next Thursday because of a vaccine shortage, the regional health authority announced late Friday.

A 48-year-old carpenter pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder Friday in the death of corrections worker Natasha Cournoyer, whose body was found in early October in east-end Montreal.

Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc says the province's decision to open special vaccination clinics is largely responsible for helping it distribute more of the H1N1 vaccine than any other province.

Decision time for delegates to Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party convention arrives Saturday morning, when they begin voting in a leadership review of Premier Ed Stelmach.

Firefighters have battled two more suspicious house fires in Sydney Mines, raising the total to six in a week.