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FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY, NOT TAX:SASKATCHEWAN PREMIER
Saskatchewan's premier says it would be better to invest in technology that reduces emissions than to bring in a carbon tax at a time when the energy sector in Canada is struggling.
Brad Wall was reacting to a Globe and Mail report that the federal government is eyeing a national carbon tax of $15 a tonne.
He says the focus should be on technology, and points to a carbon capture and sequestration project at a coal-fired power plant in southern Saskatchewan.
The Saskatchewan government has talked in the past about a possible carbon levy for heavy emitters with the money going back into a technology fund to help find ways to reduce emissions.
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PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS ACCUSED KILLER SHOWS SIGNS OF PARANOID PSYCHOSIS
The trial of an Edmonton man accused of killing his girlfriend has heard from a psychologist who says 29-year-old Mark Lindsay shows signs of paranoid psychosis.
Marc Nesca told a Red Deer court on Friday that Lindsay did not develop normally as a child, showed bizarre behaviour and attachment issues and began abusing substances around age 10.
Lindsay is charged with second-degree murder, offering an indignity to a body and obstruction in the 2011 death of 31-year-old Dana Turner.
Court has heard that Lindsay, who's the son of a former Edmonton police chief, claims he killed Turner because he feared she was part of a group of serial killers trying to get him.
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CFIA RECALLS SOME CANTELOUPES SOLD IN ALBERTA, MANITOBA DUE TO POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION
Some cantaloupes sold in Alberta and Manitoba are being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Freshpoint Vancouver is recalling the Del Monte and Sysco Imperial Fresh-brand cantaloupes, which were also sold in B.C. and possibly across the country.
There have been no reported illnesses linked to the fruit but people should either throw it out or take it back to the store where they bought it.
Salmonella bacteria can cause serious and possibly deadly infections in young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
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ENBRIDGE TO ASK FOR EXTENSION ON NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE
The CEO of Calgary-based Enbridge says he doesn't expect to meet a deadline to begin construction of the Northern Gateway pipeline this year.
Al Monaco says Enbridge will likely seek an extension, adding it's still working to satisfy the 209 conditions included in its 2014 permit to build the pipeline.
The project, which would see a pipeline from northern Alberta to a deepwater port in Kitimat, B.C., ran into another setback when the federal government banned tanker traffic along B.C.'s north coast.
But Monaco told a conference call to investors Friday that he sees Alberta as a promising place for renewables investment, thanks to both strong wind and solar resources and the NDP's climate leadership plan.
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(Sask-Indigenous-Welcomes)
Syrian refugees who have arrived in Saskatchewan over the past few months are being invited to indigenous welcome events.
Indigenous groups, elders, government officials and members of multicultural organizations will be among those on hand to welcome the newcomers.
Those who attend will learn about the treaty relationships between Saskatchewan's original people and all those who have settled in the province, along with other information about First Nations and Metis.
The welcome events will be held over the next week or two in Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw and will include a grand entry, welcome, round dance and reception. (The Canadian Press)
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(Alta-Missing-Letters)
A bundle of handwritten letters found in a stolen vehicle in central Alberta have taken Mounties on a quest to find relatives of the two wartime writers.
There's little to go on besides the names on the envelopes, which are Margaret Clark and Mungo Clark, who was a gunner in the Canadian 11th field artillery regiment during the Second World War.
Some of the envelopes show addresses in Hamilton, Regina and Craik, Saskatchewan.
R-C-M-P say the letters are likely of sentimental value so they will keep them safe in the hope that they can be returned.
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The Canadian Press
