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• Water bomber crashes fighting B.C. wildfires
  A water bomber helping to battle more than 300 wildfires burning across B.C. has crashed south of Lytton.
  
  
• Black 'enlightened' by prison time
  Conrad Black has slammed the U.S. justice system as he reflected publicly on the 28 months he spent in a federal prison.
  
  
• Ont. young drivers face alcohol ban
  Ontario's new zero blood-alcohol level policy for young drivers takes effect this weekend.
  
  
• Caribana stages 43rd annual parade
  The 43rd annual Caribana Festival parade took over downtown Toronto on Saturday.
  
  
• Meats recalled for salmonella, Listeria
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. are warning the public not to consume certain Brandt ready-to-eat cooked meat products.
  
  
• Nuns prepare to leave N.B. community
  A convent in the northern New Brunswick community of Lagacéville closes in September.
  
  
• Green Party names ex-NHLer Laraque deputy leader
  The federal Green Party is hoping former NHL tough guy Georges Laraque will help beef up the party's presence in Quebec.
  
  
• P.E.I. beer prices bubble up
  The price of beer and some spirits and wine rise on Prince Edward Island.
  
  
• Violence mars Winnipeg long weekend
  Several violent incidents are under investigation in Winnipeg to start the long holiday weekend.
  
  
• 5th candidate for P.E.I. PC leader emerges
  A fifth person, unnamed as yet, has joined the race to lead the Progressive Conservative Party of P.E.I.
  
  
• Robert Pickton won't get new trial: top court
  B.C. officials are likely to halt proceedings on 20 other murder charges after the Supreme Court of Canada denied convicted killer Robert William Pickton a new trial in the deaths of six women.
  
  
• Reverse census change, Catholic bishops urge
  The country's Roman Catholic bishops have added their voices to the chorus asking the federal government not to scrap the mandatory long census form.
  
  
• CF-18 demo shows grounded after crash
  The remainder of the performances by the Canadian Forces CF-18 demonstration team were cancelled Friday, one week after one of the jets crashed in Alberta and its pilot was injured.
  
  
• Public inquiry into Pickton investigation possible
  B.C.'s Solicitor General Mike de Jong says he has yet to decide whether he will call an inquiry into the police investigation of Robert Pickton after police admitted they made mistakes.
  
  
• Killer Vince Li to walk in unfenced area
  There will be more guards but no fence at a Winnipeg-area mental health facility where beheader Vince Li has been granted escorted walks.