Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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    Monday, February 26
    View Article  Millions for Fort Mac
    by DavidAkin on Mon 26 Feb 2007 03:58 PM EST

    Here in Ottawa, it’s not too hard to find federal Conservative MPs from Alberta who have been less than happy with the financial support provided by former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein to communities in northern Alberta who had been struggling to keep up with the booming commercial development in the ...   more »

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    View Article  Free Wi-Fi for Saskatchewan
    by DavidAkin on Mon 26 Feb 2007 11:51 AM EST

    The province of Saskatchewan just announced a plan to light up what they say will be Canada’s largest free wireless Internet service. The network will cover the downtown districts and areas around post-secondary institutions of Saskatchewan’s four largest urban areas (Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, and Prince Albert). Capital costs ...   more »

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