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Alleged racist parents lose custody of children
Case more about neglect than bigotry, judge says in ruling
Bed, Bath & Beyond backs away from boycott
The boycott is down to one. A day after environmental activist group ForestEthics bragged that two major U.S. retailers - Whole Foods Market and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. - had agreed to spurn fuel made from oil sands bitumen, Bed Bath & Beyond is distancing itself from an effort some had described as "greenwashing." "Bed Bath & Beyond has not 'rejected' or otherwise 'banned' our third-party transportation providers from using fuels from Canadian tar sands," the company said in a release yesterday. "In our communication with our providers, we incorrectly communicated a desire to limit or avoid fuels from Canadian tar sands." The company has come under fire in Alberta, where businesses and angry consumers have taken to talk radio stations and local newspaper pages to pledge their own boycott of Bed Bath & Beyond. Whole Foods doesn't have a presence in the province. BBBY (Nasdaq) rose 85 cents (U.S.) to $39.66. WFMI (Nasdaq) rose 76 cents to $29.21.
Ontario warned not to follow Alberta example
Province shouldn't be tempted into high spending since its challenges are bigger, economists say
Beleaguered native school names new board
Measure not enough to persuade governments to restore funds
$4.7-BILLION / In a season of restraint, Alberta opts to spend
Province announces record shortfall in face of oil industry strife, suggesting tough choices ahead as Ottawa prepares forecast
First Nations University likely to close next month
Advocates of Regina school decry the government funding cuts that have followed financial scandals and mass dismissals
DAYBOOK / February 8
Will housing stay hot? / Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reports housing starts for January Budget time in Alberta / Newly appointed Finance Minister Ted Morton will be knee-deep in red ink
Ottawa examining funding of native university
Days after Saskatchewan withdrew funds, little hope First Nations University will get $7.3-million from federal government, minister says
Alberta files challenge to national watchdog plans
The Alberta government has moved on its pledge to challenge the federal government's plans to create a single national securities regulator, announcing yesterday it has filed a constitutional challenge with the Alberta Court of Appeal. Alberta announced its intention in December to launch a court challenge of the proposal, arguing the plan is an intrusion into provincial jurisdiction over securities regulation. Alberta Finance Minister Ted Morton said in a release yesterday the province must defend Alberta's jurisdiction and rights in areas of provincial responsibility. The province said it has filed the specific reference questions with the Alberta court that it will use to test the constitutionality of the single regulator plan. Quebec has previously launched a similar challenge in the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Solid, not a turnaround
At mid-term, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is in trouble. The recession, a growing deficit and uncertainty around the province's economic future have thrown his leadership, and the very future of the Progressive Conservative party, into question. Yesterday's throne speech needed to deliver a compelling vision of his government's direction, but the effort, while laudable, came up short.
Stelmach promises to beat back deficit
In Throne Speech, Alberta Tories promise to be 'back in the black in three years'
Sask. cuts funding to First Nations University
EDUCATION REPORTER
RCMP take over Alta. reserve policing
The RCMP is now in charge of the Blood Tribe Police Force in Alberta after both the province and Ottawa stepped in to overrule the appointment of a suspended officer to the top job.
Art Gallery of Alberta
'We wanted to open with a bit of a splash'
Before the renovation, international galleries wouldn't dream of lending works to the Art Gallery of Alberta. Now, that's all changed
Fatal mauling of boy, 9, highlights wild-dog menace
Boy's aunt says more than 200 half-starved dogs roam north Saskatchewan reserve searching for food
Spending scandal engulfs native university
Funding cut looms over allegations of questionable expense claims and payouts to senior staff
CNQ venture to build advanced upgrader
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is betting against its oil patch peers with an investment in a new, climate-friendly refinery.
Alberta and Ontario, together
Ontario is, at best, located in the middle of the country. It is, from my standpoint, just another western province, rather full of its own self-importance, not unlike Alberta.
Alberta and Ontario, together
Letter writer Bob Wayte of Calgary expresses his frustration with "Easterners," Ontarians and Torontonians in response to a letter from Toronto that criticizes "Alberta's flagrant disregard for the environment." I sympathize with his frustration (The Attitude Of Easterners - Jan. 28).
