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RCMP fire shots after truck rams police cruiser in northern Alberta

WHITECOURT, Alta. - RCMP say officers fired shots to disable a truck that rammed a police cruiser following a hazardous pursuit near Whitecourt, Alta. Updated 7:45 PM

1. Ontario finance minister warns future budgets may not be balanced amid crisis

   TORONTO - The possibility of Ontario falling into deficit amid a worsening global financial crisis was raised Monday by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan as he downplayed the outlook for the province's economy for the second time in a week. Updated 7:45 PM

2. Conflict commissioner finds former Saskatchewan NDP minister misled legislature

   REGINA - A "sad little tale of theft" reaching back 16 years came to an end Monday after Saskatchewan's conflict-of-interest commissioner released a report criticizing the actions of a former NDP cabinet minister. Updated 7:40 PM

3. Family of slain Canadian woman 'devastated' by delay in S.Dakota court case

   SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - John Graham "pulled off the cruelest of 11th hour heists" by forcing another delay in his trial that was scheduled to start Monday on charges he killed Annie Mae Aquash in'75, her family said in a statement. Updated 4:35 PM

4. Man charged in beheading aboard Greyhound bus in Manitoba to go to trial

   PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - A man accused of beheading a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in southern Manitoba will stand trial for second-degree murder. Updated 3:30 PM

5. Inquiry calls for more review of fatal Manitoba crash involving off-duty policeman

   WINNIPEG - Manitoba is promising to form an independent unit to review criminal allegations involving police and has asked RCMP to take over the force in a small community outside Winnipeg. Updated 7:55 PM

6. Trial for Hells Angels begins 11 years after shooting of Quebec prison guard

   MONTREAL - The Crown is describing it as a Hells Angels conspiracy hatched to create anarchy within Quebec's justice system while ensuring that biker gang underlings shied away from becoming police informants. Updated 6:15 PM

7. Edmonton man arrested in abduction of seven-year-old girl who later found safe

   EDMONTON - Police charged a 44-year-old Edmonton man Monday with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl who had been the subject of an Amber Alert the day before. Updated 8:45 PM

8. Superstore workers delay walkout to vote on offer from company

   EDMONTON - Strike action by Superstore employees in Alberta has been delayed. Updated 7:45 PM

9. Stock markets down another nine per cent, nearly a third this year

   TORONTO - Falling oil prices and investor fears of a global recession pummelled the Canadian stock market again Monday, dragging the benchmark index to its biggest intraday point loss ever as concerns heightened that the Wall Street financial crunch has dragged the Canadian economy into a deep freeze and seized up bank lending around the world. Updated 6:45 PM

10. Feds, provinces need to ramp up Health Act enforcement: report

    TORONTO - Ottawa and the provinces are largely turning a blind eye to for-profit health clinics, allowing the country to begin the slide into U.S.-style private health care, said a report released Monday by lobby groups. Updated 5:10 PM

11. Teenage boy dies after being struck by BNFS train in Delta

    A teenage boy has died after being struck by a Burlington Northern Sante Fe passenger train in Delta. Updated 5:50 AM

12. Westfair Foods workers in Manitoba ratify new contract by 75 per cent

    WINNIPEG - A new contract between Westfair Foods and its Manitoba employees has been ratified by 75 per cent. Updated 5:50 AM

13. Jury selection to begin in trial of man charged with HIV-related homicides

    HAMILTON - Jury selection begins Monday in Hamilton in the trial of an HIV-positive man charged with murder in the deaths of two sex partners. Updated 5:45 AM

14. Relatives grieving loss of young man on violence-plagued Alta. reserve

    HOBBEMA, Alta. - Relatives who tried and failed to revive a young man who had been fatally shot on a violence-plagued central Alberta reserve were grieving their loss Sunday. Updated 5:20 AM

15. Man accused in the beheading of fellow Greyhound passenger due in court

    PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - A man accused of beheading a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in southern Manitoba this summer has told his lawyers he understands the situation and is willing to go to trial. Updated 5:20 PM

16. Race gets tight as final campaign week begins

    OTTAWA - Stephen Harper insists he's still optimistic about Canada's economic prospects despite a pessimistic warning from top economists that the country is heading for a prolonged, severe recession. Updated 6:20 PM

17. Ont. minister says feds 'on some other planet' after invasive species comment

    TORONTO - Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz must be "on some other planet" if he thinks the issues of invasive species in northern Ontario have been addressed, provincial Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield said Sunday as she called for the federal government to commit to working more with the province. Updated 9:25 PM 10/05/08

18. Ont. farmers can pursue lawsuit for mad cow losses

    TORONTO -- Ontario's Superior Court of Justice has given the green light to a $10-billion class action lawsuit targeting the federal government for economic losses caused by a 2003 outbreak of mad-cow disease.
    
    More National Breaking News Updated 9:48 AM 09/05/08

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