Most minor hockey players haven't gotten the H1N1 vaccine like their professional Calgary heroes did, but so far the disease hasn't sidelined many of the skaters.

MEXICO CITY - Hurricane Ida strengthened off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as it makes its way to the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday.

E d Stelmach will hold on to the premiership and party crown--although concerns still linger--after surviving a Progressive Conservative leadership review Saturday with 77.4 per cent support from delegates.

It's taken 65 years, but the contributions and sacrifices of Metis veterans and those who died at Juno Beach on D-Day are finally being recognized.

The H1N1 influenza virus seems to infect tissue deeper in the lungs than other strains of the flu, which is one reason why more healthy people are falling seriously ill, says Dr. Lynora Saxinger, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Alberta and a specialist in infectious diseases.

This is Alberta. We are Albertans --a people who pride ourselves on our collective work ethic.

EDMONTON - Pregnant women, toddlers and preschoolers were ushered straight in to get their H1N1 vaccinations on Saturday after lineups for the shots dwindled dramatically this weekend.

Saturday is Ed Stelmach's day of reckoning, when Progressive Conservative party members will vote on his leadership. Although Calgary Conservatives might love to torpedo him, they have decided that it is not expedient to "rock the boat at this time."

RED DEER- Premier Ed Stelmach's political career rests in the hands of his own party members, he said Saturday afternoon. The premier, who faces a leadership review today at the Progressive Conservative party's convention in Red Deer, did not say what show of support he needs to stay in the job.

CALGARY - Police searching for the stabber in a serious attack Friday at a northeaest house party believe they have the culprit.

EDMONTON - With injury problems up front, the Edmonton Oilers called up two farmhands Liam Reddox and Ryan Potulny today to kick off a five-game road trip.

Canada's newest national lottery game finally has a grand-prize winner. One ticket purchased in the Prairies had the numbers 2, 7, 8, 11, 16, 17 and 18 for the estimated $50-million win in Friday's Lotto Max draw.

Imagine you're a delegate to the Alberta Conservatives' annual general meeting this weekend in Red Deer.

The statistic leaps off the page quicker than Arkee Whitlock can make a cut. The B.C. Lions run defence

VANCOUVER - The Edmonton Eskimos will remain in the West after all as they secured their first post-season berth within their own division since 2005.

RED DEER - Premier Ed Stelmach pushed for party unity and confidence on the eve of his leadership review. "Your support, the support of our (Progressive Conservative) family, always energizes me," Stelmach said.

A lawyer for former Oilers owner Peter Pocklington says he plans to produce documents that may resolve the fraud charges against his client without having to go to trial.

Quite a few Edmontonians, if you are Peter Pocklington.

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is continuing its efforts to recoup a 21-year-old loan to Peter Pocklington it says now totals almost $13 million and is accumulating $884 per day in interest, according to recently filed court documents.

LEDUC - Alberta high school students are not powerless to stop the fate of their peers who are kidnapped in war-torn countries and forced into lives as soldiers and sex slaves, said Lt.-Gen. Romeo Dallaire Friday.