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• Saskatchewan Premier Wall, cabinet ministers freeze wages to face 'challenges'
• Gender-neutral washrooms part of CBE's plan for new schools
• Jim Prentice wraps up U.S. trip with speech in New York
• Top court says Canadians have right to die, strikes down ban
• Canada housing agency sees moderation in housing starts in 2015

Saskatchewan Premier Wall, cabinet ministers freeze wages to face 'challenges' Posted: 06 Feb 2015 02:27 PM PST Wall says the wage freeze also applies to senior government officials.

Gender-neutral washrooms part of CBE's plan for new schools Posted: 06 Feb 2015 08:59 PM PST Students in new Calgary Board of Education schools will have a third choice when looking to use the washroom in the near future. The CBE has agreed to include gender-neutral washrooms in 20 new schools. Sam Dyck, a transgendered student at Forest Lawn High School, helped to make that happen. David Gray (DG): Why do you think schools should have gender neutral washrooms? Sam Dyck (SD): Gender neutral washrooms should be included in schools because there's more people like me.

Jim Prentice wraps up U.S. trip with speech in New York Posted: 06 Feb 2015 08:46 PM PST Alberta Premier Jim Prentice wrapped-up his week-long travels to the United States with a speech at the Harvard Club of New York on Friday. Prentice made his pitch for the Keystone XL pipeline during the Foreign Policy Association Statesman Luncheon where he spoke about the future of the North American energy industry. This week, Prentice has met with policymakers and politicians in Washington, New York and Trenton, where he met with New Jersey Gov.Chris Christie. "I intend to make sure that the voices of Albertans are heard in Washington, in New York.

Top court says Canadians have right to die, strikes down ban Posted: 06 Feb 2015 11:08 AM PST By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Canada overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide on Friday, unanimously reversing a decision it made in 1993 and putting Canada in the company of a handful of Western countries to make it legal. Friday's decision rejected the argument by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government that the ban should remain intact. Gloria Taylor, an activist who had a neuro-degenerative disease, joined the right to die lawsuit in 2011 and died of her illness in 2012. The family of a second woman, Kay Carter, who traveled to Switzerland to end her life, was also a plaintiff.

Canada housing agency sees moderation in housing starts in 2015 Posted: 06 Feb 2015 10:49 AM PST Canada's federal housing agency softened its forecast for housing starts in 2015, saying it expects the pace of new home construction to gradually moderate in the coming years. Although the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp said on Friday it expects employment and disposable income to continue to support the country's robust housing market, it noted the downside risks have increased since its October forecast because of the decline in oil prices. As such, the CMHC said it had widened its forecast ranges for starts, sales and average prices. Housing starts are expected to range between 154,000 and 201,000 units this year, with a point forecast, or most likely outcome, of 187,400 units, the CMHC said.

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