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The Alberta government made the first billion-dollar ante Monday in a flood recovery effort that by all accounts will carry a staggering final tab.

CALGARY — Alberta’s largest city was swamped Friday by floodwaters that submerged much of the lower bowl of the Saddledome hockey arena, displaced tens of thousands of people and forced the evacuation of the downtown core.

New Democrat leader Adrian Dix sprinted to get his message out Monday, with a plan to campaign for 24 hours straight, making 15 election stops during his 1,700-kilometre tour as far north as Prince George.

VANCOUVER — The navigating officer in charge of a B.C. passenger ferry that struck an island and sunk seven years ago, leaving two passengers missing, has been convicted of criminal negligence causing death.

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government and the Opposition NDP have unanimously passed a motion to help stop cyberbullies.

MONTREAL - As Quebec's corruption inquiry awaits to hear from ex-Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay, his former right-hand man explained he never wanted the top job in his final day on the stand.

OTTAWA - It's not easy being Andrew Scheer these days. The 33-year-old Speaker of the House of Commons is now getting pressure from all corners as he considers the question of how much freedom of speech an MP is guaranteed in Parliament.

TORONTO - The Progressive Conservatives' non-confidence motion in Ontario's minority government over the cancellation of gas plants is just a headline-seeking gimmick, both the Liberals and New Democrats said Monday.

EDMONTON - One year after Alison Redford won her first popular mandate, the Alberta premier remembers not only voting day, but the uneasy feeling just before she dropped the writ. It was last March 26.

TORONTO - There are at least 75,000 grandparents in Ontario being denied access to their grandchildren for no valid reason, Liberal backbencher Kim Craitor said as he made his fifth attempt to update the Child Law Reform Act to give grandparents more