The Olympic torch made its first appearance in Alberta Friday as it wound its way through the northern part of the province.
QUEBEC - The disintegration of the once-mighty Action democratique du Quebec gathered speed with the sudden resignation Friday of one-third of what remains of its rump of a caucus.

Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, will spend four days in B.C. starting Friday as part of their 11-day cross-Canada tour, and with rain in the forecast, they will likely get a real West Coast experience.
After a night-long session of the legislature, the provincial government has passed legislation forcing B.C.'s striking ambulance paramedics back to work.
OTTAWA - A newly released report may add to the pressure on Health Canada to release $500 million it has frozen while federal officials decide the merits of a national eHealth project.
RED DEER, Alta. - The Crown says it wants a life sentence for a central Alberta man who posed as a police officer when he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl.

The Moncton Wildcats general manager now claims his junior hockey team's players lined up at a public clinic to receive their H1N1 vaccinations, only days after saying the team's medical staff offered the shots.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada launched a judicial inquiry Friday into why millions of Pacific salmon failed to reach Canadian rivers some months ago, in a bid to salvage the stocks that could shake up domestic fishery policies.

The Quebec College of Physicians is calling for an open debate about euthanasia, although officials said they would not take a clear stance on the issue

Flu is partly to blame for a higher-than-average number of Calgary police, firefighters and air ambulance staff calling in sick.
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