Two men have been arrested and are facing several charges, after the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team conducted two searches in Fort McMurray, and seized thousands of dollars worth in illicit drugs. Members from ALERT's Wood Buffalo unit, plus Wood Buffalo RCMP members, conducted two searches on Friday, January 20. Denny Brown and Andrew Shearing are each facing various charges.

First Nations chiefs and the prime minister will gather today on Parliament Hill for a historic summit both sides hope can reset a strained relationship. The state of play between the two sides is being symbolized by a piece of shared history. A wampum belt -- a replica of the 1764 Treaty of Niagara -- is meant to signify aboriginal leaders' hope they can retie the relationship between First Nations and the Crown. The belt will first be displayed during the start of the summit backwards -- the leaders say that's because the current links are broken. 

A former member of the Alberta legislature suggests something's fundamentally wrong when the premier makes less money than her top adviser. Ray Speaker told a hearing probing the legislature pay scales that Alison Redford is possibly the lowest paid official in her office. He said Redford's salary of 211-thousand dollars is less than the 264-thousand made by the senior civil servant who advises her. 

A Winnipeg lawyer faces a disciplinary hearing next month before the Law Society of Manitoba, accused of improperly taking extra money from 50 abused former students of aboriginal residential schools. If found guilty, Howard Tennenhouse could be disbarred. Tennenhouse says he's close to an agreement with the society that could avert a hearing and has agreed to refund clients roughly 400-thousand dollars. 

No word yet on what caused a blast at the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake, B-C -- and one official says poor weather is making the investigation difficult. Confirmation came last night that two people died in Friday night's explosion when the second set of human remains were recovered from the burned-out mill. While the B-C Coroners Service says further tests are needed for positive identification, relatives had earlier I-D'd the two missing workers. Nineteen other people were injured in the explosion.

Workers and equipment are moving into place to begin pumping out the 1.9-million litres of fuel from the toppled Costa Concordia cruise ship before it spills into the pristine seas off Tuscany. Italian rescue crews continue blasting small holes in the steel frame so divers can more easily search for 17 people still missing. The hull struck a reef January 13th, forcing the evacuation of more than 42-hundred aboard. The death toll stands at 15.

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Goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 44 of 45 shots in the game and three more in the shootout as the Edmonton Oilers edged the San Jose Sharks 2-1. Taylor Hall scored the shootout winner as Edmonton snapped a three-game losing skid. Jordan Eberle scored in regulation for the Oilers. Edmonton won for just the second time in 10 games.  The Los Angeles Kings rolled into the all-star break with a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators. 

Kim Clijsters took another step towards defending her Australian Open title by beating top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets to advance to the semifinals. Clijsters faces third-seeded Victoria Azarenka next.