On Sunday, Afghani president, Hamid Karzai, rejected a US apology for a NATO helicopter strike.  On March 1st, a NATO air strike killed 9 civilian boys. The oldest of the boys was 12 years old.  NATO has also apologized for the mistaken killings.

Finance Minister Raymond Bachand announced that the Quebec government will table a new budget on March 17.  Bachand says the budget will be a responsible one.  He says It will control debt, while protecting health and education. The government says it is on  target to return to a balanced budget by 2014.

 Bachand boasts 125 000 jobs created in the last 18 months without any increased tax burden for Quebecers.

In International news, the violent protests demanding the stepping down of President Ali Abdullah Saleh have gotten the Canadian Departement of foreign Affairs worried . The Departement urged all Canadians to leave Yemen as soon as possible. It has insisted that canadians in Yemen should avoid all crowds that could get violent without warning. There has been one death on Sunday in a clash between government supporters and protesters. Another four soldiers of the government forces were killed by a suspected Al Qaeda gunmen in rural Yemen.