Unpublished Newswire

Saskatchewan’s education minister has apologized in the legislature for asking if he should give up his first-born child when speaking to a mother whose daughter had died.Jeremy Cockrill says he used a poor choice of words in the private meeting with Taya Thomas about teachers asking for more supports for students with extra needs.The woman’s daughter, 13-year-old Mayelle, died in hospital last year after dealing with multiple medical conditions.

The Alberta government is proposing measures, to take effect in January, that aim to protect power consumers from wild price swings.Premier Danielle Smith says the default power rate – currently called the Regulated Rate Option – is misleadingly named because it can vary monthly according to weather and global events.She says her United Conservative Party government aims to introduce legislation this spring renaming it the Rate of Last Resort so consumers can better understand what they’ve signed up for.