#1 — CBC | Avalanche kills 3 at B.C. snowmobile event
Three people are confirmed dead and two others are in critical condition after an avalanche struck an annual snowmobiling event in southeastern British Columbia on Saturday.
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#2 — CBC | Switch to daylight time this weekend
This is the weekend most Canadians lose an hour of sleep as they switch to daylight time from standard time.
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#3 — CBC | Atlantic bluefin tuna ban considered
An international organization is contemplating an export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna that Prince Edward Island fishermen say would have a disastrous impact on their livelihood.
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#4 — Globe | Shooter ‘just snapped’, says owner at Edmonton dealership
The thoughts of staff at an Edmonton car dealership where two employees were fatally shot are now on whether a third worker who was hit will survive life-threatening wounds.
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#5 — Globe | Stelmach’s royalty reversal gives the opposition a boost
Early Friday morning, a day after his government slashed royalty rates in the oil and gas sector, Alberta energy minister Ron Liepert pulled some lamb from his freezer. He planned on having a nice meal with his wife. A celebration?
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#6 — LFP | Tories unveil terms for Afghan detainee review
OTTAWA — The Conservatives have unveiled the terms under which a respected former Supreme Court justice will examine whether the government should continue to prevent public scrutiny of documents related to the handling of Afghan detainees.
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#7 — NP | Scientist’s spending has run afoul of Canada’s research council
Canada’s largest research-funding organization has slapped an extraordinary ban on a star scientist who is accused of plagiarism and of spending up to $150,000 in government grant money on custom car parts, televisions, home-entertainment systems and other equipment “inconsistent” with his research proposals.
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#8 — OC | Military unveils plaque for Calgary Herald reporter slain in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Michelle Lang of the Calgary Herald was fondly remembered Saturday by some of the troops, diplomats and journalists whose lives she touched before she was killed in December along with four Canadian soldiers when their armoured patrol struck a huge homemade bomb on the outskirts of Kandahar City.
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#9 — MG | Quebec needs to tackle corruption, Marois tells PQ conference
LEVIS- Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois has launched a blistering attack on Premier Jean Charest’s integrity, suggesting Saturday that he is in the pay of corrupt friends of the Liberal party.
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#10 — Star | Half-price homes? Canadians pounce on the Sunbelt
Last November Stacey Lynn found herself in Florida pondering whether to buy a condominium in Naples or one in nearby Sarasota. The Toronto woman ended up buying both.
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………as a wise old Arizona Indian chief once said when daylight savings was explained to him:
“Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.”
Agreed, bdtd. Only Saskatchewan has smartened up and abolished daylight savings time. I wish the rest of the country would do so.