National News

TORONTO - A newly identified species of dome-headed dinosaur roughly the size of a large dog once roamed the plains of southern Alberta, a team of Canadian scientists announced Tuesday.

VANCOUVER - A business group in British Columbia says the labour movement is preparing its members for an NDP government that will change the law to make it far easier for workers to organize into unions.

MONTREAL - Two Montreal Canadiens fans are trying to put a positive spin on some of the nastiness that has surfaced during the Habs' playoff series with the Ottawa Senators.

OTTAWA - The country's military police watchdog has told Parliament it still does not have the full authority it needs to discharge its mandate, despite recent changes to the law.

VANCOUVER - The trial into the sinking of the Queen of the North passenger ferry revealed intimate details of a sexual relationship between the ship's navigating officer and another crew member, but the judge hearing the case warned a jury Monday not to use the illicit affair to jump to conclusions about Karl Lilgert's character.

VANCOUVER - The trial into the sinking of the Queen of the North passenger ferry revealed intimate details of a sexual relationship between the ship's navigating officer and another crew member, but the judge hearing the case warned a jury Monday not to use the illicit affair to jump to conclusions about Karl Lilgert's character.

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick farmer who languished for more than a year in a Beirut jail cell on allegations he shipped rotten potatoes to Algeria is suing the Canadian government, arguing it didn't protect his Charter rights.

CALGARY - Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington and an associate have been ordered to pay more than $5 million to settle a securities fraud case in Arizona.

EDMONTON - A door in the wall opens to a cupboard-like space, just big enough for a tiny baby.