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Timothy Schafer, Trail Daily Times TRAIL — Unlike Greater Victoria, where concerns are about an abundance of deer, hunters in southeastern B.C. are worried about how few of the animals they’re finding.

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will once again change its balanced budget law to ease the pay cuts cabinet ministers face for running deficits.

TORONTO - Hundreds of students gathered Thursday outside the Ontario legislature to voice their concerns about the ongoing labour strife in the province's schools.

WINNIPEG - Relatives of a northern Manitoba woman who died after being picked up for intoxication are blaming the RCMP and nursing station staff for her death.

HALIFAX - A woman who alleges she suffered years of abuse at a Halifax orphanage decades ago expressed both disappointment and hope Thursday after police announced there would be no criminal charges in the case.

TORONTO - Ontario's 80 local electricity distribution companies _ many municipally-owed utilities _ should voluntarily merge into a maximum of eight-to-12 regional agencies within two years, an expert panel recommended Thursday.

OTTAWA — The robocalls court challenge took a testy turn Wednesday over the tweets and treatment of one of its star witnesses.

QUEBEC — The Quebec government has announced that it will investigate three top members of the provincial police for possible criminal activity.

VANCOUVER — The parents of an aboriginal girl found slain last week in Kamloops have joined the call for a national inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women.

HALIFAX - A former elementary school teacher convicted of committing indecent acts has agreed to surrender his teaching licence in Nova Scotia after a public outcry over his bid to return to the classroom.