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OTTAWA - Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl says when a province pulls funding for a university, that's a signal to Ottawa that it might want to do the same.

HINTON, Alta. - A judge has brought down a three-year suspended sentence for an Alberta man who pleaded guilty to letting his horses run loose along two busy highways.

EDMONTON - Alberta's Progressive Conservative government plans to run a record deficit and deplete its savings account in a budget that forgoes the kind of deep spending cuts that fiscal hawks have been screeching for.

VICTORIA, B.C. - The B.C. government says it will use the province's post-Olympics momentum to drive changes that include offering tax breaks to families with children, reforming education and lobbying Ottawa to amend "Byzantine bureaucratic practices."

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The RCMP have concluded two tonnes of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer that appeared to go missing on the eve of the Vancouver Winter Olympics was not stolen.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The federal government is heading to the Supreme Court of Canada to try to shut down Vancouver's supervised drug-injection site, but British Columbia's health minister says Conservative politicians should get past their ideological opposition to the facility.

Ontario police spearheading a broad investigation of a military commander facing murder and sexual assault charges said Tuesday they're fielding calls from other forces and families of victims of crime about so-called cold cases.

WINDSOR, Ont. - Transport Canada confirms it has held talks with the owner of the Ambassador Bridge, which spans the Detroit River to connect Windsor, Ont., with Detroit.

An air force corporal allegedly killed by her military base commander was remembered Tuesday as a woman with a big, beautiful smile and a silly sense of humour.

OTTAWA - A top political aide who blocked the release of a sensitive report requested under the Access to Information Act has acknowledged his error - and has been stripped of his duties reviewing such files, says his boss.

EDMONTON - Three Alberta conservation groups want federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice to use legislation to ensure the survival of woodland caribou.

BROCKVILLE, Ont. - The Ontario legislature will prorogue for a "limited break" before starting a new session with a speech from the throne after the Vancouver Olympics, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.

MONTREAL - Haiti's fragile earthquake recovery could be jeopardized by the rapidly approaching rain season, prompting pleas Tuesday for shelters sturdy enough to withstand months of torrential weather.

OTTAWA - The recent upset election of a no-name Republican to Ted Kennedy's vacant Senate seat could pose a serious threat to joint Canada-U.S. efforts to tackle climate change, say current and former diplomats.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Doping Olympic athletes may be using a less-is-more technique in the days leading up to their competitions in a bid to evade detection, anti-doping experts say.

MONTREAL - Police divers were on standby as officers used sonar equipment to search for a car carrying two aspiring Quebec firefighters who mysteriously vanished last week.

OTTAWA - The air force colonel charged with two murders and two sexual assaults this week was "calm, hardworking and dedicated" and his former boss considered him one of the military's best and brightest.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There will be a next time: that's the fear of many Newfoundland offshore workers haunted by the crash of Cougar Flight 491, a union spokesman told an inquiry Tuesday.

WINNIPEG - Aboriginal groups and the family of a homeless man who died during a long wait in an emergency room want Manitoba to hold a public inquiry into how natives are treated when they need medical care.

KELOWNA, B.C. - Two Mounties from Prince Edward Island and Alberta are facing assault charges after a fight in Kelowna, B.C. with several people who police say were wearing Hells Angels and other biker clothing.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - An art installation at the Vancouver Olympic athletes' village that recreates the same designs that are on the athletes' medals will be auctioned off after the Games to benefit relief efforts in Haiti.

KINGSTON, Ont. - An inmate has escaped from the Pittsburgh Institution, a minimum security facility northeast of Kingston, Ont.

TORONTO - College faculty are being misled if they believe rejecting a final contract offer Wednesday won't lead to a strike affecting Ontario's 200,000 full-time students, said the colleges' bargaining team.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The federal government will maintain its funding of Own The Podium beyond the 2010 Winter Olympics, but will not commit to spending more money on the program.

CANTON, Mass. - Brendan Burke, the son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke and an advocate for gay rights, has been remembered at a funeral mass.

HALIFAX, N.S. - A member of the Nova Scotia legislature who became a central figure in a spending allowance scandal has resigned his seat.

TORONTO - Just under 3,300 vehicles in Canada are part of the worldwide safety recall involving the 2010 model year Prius.

TORONTO - A new report that looks at eating trends in Canada suggests that Canadians are eating fewer homemade meals, and gravitating toward convenient pre-packaged meals.