Calgary - CBC News

Postal services grounded to a halt Thursday night. Canada Post workers across the country hit the picket line after a year of negotiations didn't result in a new agreement.

One of the most revered days in the Canadian calendar was caught up in controversy this week as a debate raged over the appropriateness of playing an Arabic song and invoking the transatlantic slave trade during Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Derek Nicholas Kwasney was handed a year in jail and a $106,000 fine for failing to pay taxes on money he embezzled from the resort. Those penalties come just weeks after he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison and a $669,000 fine for a fraud conviction.

A former Red Deer Catholic school trustee had her judicial review shut down after trying to have a judge reinstate her. Monique LaGrange argued board colleagues unjustly removed her from her position over social media posts and interviews.