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REGINA - C-O-U-G-A-R-S. Let's go Cougars! The University of Regina cheerleading team is hoping that chant will help lead them to a big W-I-N at a world championship event.

TORONTO - The head of sa国际传媒's federal prisons admits in internal memos that the treatment of Ashley Smith was substandard. But in a recent morale-boosting memo to guards, Don Head says the treatment of the teenager was an aberration, not the norm.

VICTORIA - The sense of excitement in Kitimat is palpable, says Mayor Joanne Monaghan.

TORONTO - A popular former Toronto day camp director and her husband, who were spending the winter in Florida, were killed in a double homicide, police said Friday.

CALGARY - A former television correspondent known as the Scud Stud has been given judicial approval to file a criminal complaint against his former lawyer.

TORONTO - An Ontario labour board ruling that declared a planned elementary teachers walkout an "unlawful strike" came too late to avoid a morning of confusion and uncertainty for students, parents and school boards Friday.

OTTAWA - Applications for criminal record suspensions, formerly known as pardons, have plummeted since the Conservative government finalized tough new rules last spring.

HALIFAX - Dalhousie University is standing by its decision to suspend the women's hockey team over an alleged hazing incident, saying the squad's most recent version of what happened that September night is only half the story.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A city councillor in Saint John, N.B., well-known for his community work with youths is facing child pornography and sexual touching charges, leaving friends and colleagues in shock.

TORONTO - Public elementary school teachers across Ontario are waiting to hear whether they're legally entitled to engage in a day of political protest on Friday.