National News

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died on Feb. 29, in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was first elected in 1984 following the largest majority mandate in Canada's history, and was re-elected in 1988.

VANCOUVER — Patrons at the West Vancouver Memorial Library are abuzz over a loan program of mason bees that come with their own "bungalow.

The Alberta RCMP's Major Crime Unit is investigating a shooting that left one person dead at an apartment building in Red Deer.

WINNIPEG — Families of two slain First Nations women received word Friday that the federal and Manitoba governments are putting up $20 million each to help search a landfill for the women's remains.

Canadians are wishing the Princess of Wales a speedy recovery after she announced she has cancer.

The international body that regulates shipping has approved new environmental protections for the Canadian Arctic expected to reduce emissions that hasten the melting of Arctic sea ice.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A fisherman who led protests this week that shut down the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature says he has reached a deal with the government to make it easier for harvesters to earn a living.

CHAPAIS, Que. — The pastor of a Cree Nation church and other people en route to medical appointments were among the victims of a head-on collision in rural Quebec on Thursday that killed five people.

OTTAWA — Veterans and advocates say the government's move to end the military's ability to prosecute sexual assault and similar crimes will push more cases into an already overburdened justice system, and won't solve the real problem.

SURREY, B.C. — Police say a Canadian gang leader who escaped to Puerto Rico and posed as a businessman has been returned to Canada to face trial for his alleged role in a 2009 homicide in Vancouver.