June 27 News...

If you're going to be around for Canada's 141st birthday on Tuesday, there's a great family-friendly even on at Prince's Island Park from 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.  There's entertainment rotating through the day on several different stages.  Then, there's more entertainment at Olympic Plaza from 7-8pm. Then, a small 15-minute fireworks display will blast from the top of City Hall, at around 10:45 p.m.

The help wanted sign is out at the office of the Alberta Liberal Party following the resignation of party leader Kevin Taft. Taft quit yesterday saying it's time to give someone else a shot as the head of the 9-member Official Opposition.
Deputy Liberal leader Dave Taylor says he is seriously considering a run at the party's top job

The price of oil is at a record high. Oil is selling for $142.26 U-S a barrel -- up almost $1.50 from yesterday's record closing high. Traders say the slumping U-S dollar is prompting investors to flock to oil as a hedge against inflation.

Canada Post is asking the federal government for permission to boost postal rates. The corporation wants to raise the cost of mailing a first-class letter within Canada from 52-cents to 54 effective next January. There would also be a 2-cent increase in each of the following two years.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have found unity.That's Unity, New Hampshire. The two Democrats deliberately picked the town for its name as they hold their first post-primary rally today.

A 2-year-old boy has been found alive in Sacramento, California nearly a week after his 36-year-old mother died in their home. A Child Protective Services worker found the boy after going to the house to check on the family because the mom suffered from a chronic illness, and could hear the boy crying inside. The mom had been dead for 6-days.