For years, the right-wing Tories, which have governed Alberta since 1971, strenuously resisted the idea, even as the debt-free province's coffers overflowed with oil and gas revenues.
Mr. Stelmach stood in the Legislature moments after the Throne Speech ended to say Albertans should get a say in determining the legacy for the province.
But the teenager from Waterloo, Ont., can now buy pretty much anything he wants, having just won $1.4-million in a poker tournament in Germany, making him the youngest player ever to win a European Poker Tour event.
Ms. Buziak appeared to have been asked to show an unoccupied home in an upscale suburb of Victoria on Saturday, an arrangement she reportedly was nervous about.
Actor George Clooney's celebrity status thrilled United Nations employees who lined up to have their picture taken with the Hollywood star, but when he tried to live up to his new role as a spokesperson for peace, some UN member
Associated Press - February 4, 2008 5:15 PM ET PITTSBURGH (AP) - Fired SMU football coach Phil Bennett has been hired today as Pitt's defensive coordinator.
Associated Press - February 4, 2008 5:15 PM ET About the only time anyone in Conference USA has touched top-ranked Memphis this season is during a post-game handshake, congratulating the Tigers...
Associated Press - February 4, 2008 6:35 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - If Iowa State intends to make a push toward the top of the Big 12 standings -- this is the week to do it.
Associated Press - February 4, 2008 6:35 PM ET HOUSTON (AP) - A second Texas death row inmate has killed himself this year. The death of 49-year-old William Robinson came just three...
Associated Press - February 4, 2008 6:35 PM ET The public may yet learn what thousands of pilots told NASA about air safety. Congress today moved to analyze data from a project that the...
Associated Press - February 4, 2008 6:45 PM ET WACO, Texas (AP) - A drunken driver who crashed into a car, killing a passenger, has been sentenced today in Waco to four months in jail.
United States Attorney John L. Ratcliffe announced today that a 30-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
An ATM will soon be in the Smith County Courthouse Annex Building. Commissioner's say the machine will help citizens who need to pay for various services, because many county offices only accept cash or a cashier's check. For security purposes
A deadly accident on a dangerous East Texas intersection 3 years after local leaders approved a plan to make it safer. 46 year old Tracy King died Monday morning when Tyler police say she pulled out in front of an
