Indigenous News

ELK POINT, Alta. — Alberta's police watchdog says that while pointing an unloaded stun gun at a fellow employee might not be a crime, it is no joking matter.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick opposition leaders are denouncing the premier's cross-country travel to raise campaign funds and are promising to ban political donations from outside the province if they win the election this fall.

EDMONTON — Critics are calling for a public inquiry into the actions of the Alberta Energy Regulator, after documents surfaced suggesting the agency downplayed the industry's environmental liabilities and withheld information on those costs.

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers head into a game against their provincial rivals with a chance to close in on NHL history. The Oilers will be going for their 13th win in a row when they visit the Calgary Flames on Saturday night.

Loblaw Cos. Ltd. is reversing course on a decision to reduce its discounts on grocery items nearing their best-before date.

CALGARY — North American natural gas prices continued their downward slide this week, in spite of frigid winter conditions that gripped much of the continent. Even as natural gas-fired furnaces blazed in homes and businesses across the U.S.

MONTREAL — A convicted killer who police suspect started a fire in a historic building that killed seven people in Old Montreal last March admits he was at the scene of the arson but says it was someone else who set the blaze.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,906.52, up 149.79 points): Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Up $1.29, or 0.97 per cent, to $133.81 on 12.0 million shares.

Freezing rain fell on British Columbia's Fraser Valley Friday, shuttering schools for a third day and hampering travel after heavy snow rolled through the region earlier in the week.