Western premiers agree on economic co-operation but split over pipelines
B.C's premier has wrapped up talks with fellow western premiers in Yellowknife. While the focus was on trade and natural resources, western separatism was on the agenda, if not unofficially. CBC's Katie DeRosa reports
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Thompson says finding hotel rooms for evacuees 'difficult' as Manitoba mulls invoking emergency powers
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