Canada

OTTAWA - The Mounties have arrested a 37-year-old Rwandan man in southern Ontario and charged him with war crimes related to the 1994 genocide in his home country.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Prince Charles laughed at the antics of Olympic mascots as he and his wife Camilla stood for a photo opportunity with the 2010 Olympic characters in Vancouver.

Coach Kieran Crowley and the Canadian rugby team head off to the Far East on Sunday with five new caps in tow and a handful of overseas professionals slated to arrive a day later.

VANCOUVER (AFP) - The 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay, already the longest in Games history, will break another record on Sunday when it visits the North Pole.

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).

RED DEER, Alta. - Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the hotel in Red Deer, Alta., where Progressive Conservative delegates are voting on Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership.

OTTAWA - A two-year probe of the restaurant industry in Canada has uncovered at least $40 million in "phantom" cash sales so far, says the Canada Revenue Agency.

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

MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister has criticized preferential access to H1N1 vaccines that have been brought to light across the province.

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

FREDERICTON - A high-ranking Canadian soldier who is assuming a key role in Afghanistan says Canadians need to temper their expectations ahead of a planned pullout in 2011.

JELAWAR, Afghanistan - There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs.

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.

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Proposals for a tax on financial transactions to fund the cost of future bank bailouts are unattractive, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Saturday.

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 Saturday night.

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.

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.

SASKATOON - A private funeral for a soldier who strongly supported Canada's role in Afghanistan is to be held Saturday in his hometown of Saskatoon.