As premier of Saskatchewan, Tommy Douglas pioneered a number of progressive policies there, including the expansion of public utilities, unionization and public auto insurance. But his biggest achievement was the creation of universal health insurance, called Medicare. It passed in Saskatchewan in 1962, guaranteeing hospital care for all residents. The rest of Canada soon followed, province by province. After his death, Douglas earned the title of “The Greatest Canadian” in a poll by the CBC.
Last week, Las Vegas businessman Robert Kahre, the man who paid his workers in gold coins and silver coins, was convicted on all 57 counts of tax evasion. Forty-eight years old, he now faces the rest of his life in prison. His girlfriend and mother of his four children was also convicted. Sentencing will be in November.
At least 75 people have been killed and 300 injured in six blasts near the government and diplomatic "Green Zone" in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the police said.
At least three people have been killed during a gun battle after a number of armed men raided a bank in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a day before the country's national elections.
The United States and Switzerland have signed a deal to resolve a tax evasion dispute concerning the accounts of US customers of UBS, the Swiss banking group.
The United States has been trying to reassure Latin American nations that a planned military agreement between the US and Colombia will "not create US bases in Colombia" and does not represent imperial goals.
Barack Obama, the US president, has said that there has been "movement in the right direction" on Israel's policy of building settlements on occupied Palestinian land, after talks with Egypt's president.
Baghdad and Damascus have agreed to work together to improve security amid ongoing concerns that foreign fighters are crossing the desert border from Syria to reinforce armed groups in Iraq.
Aid agencies are gathering in Switzerland to highlight the growing dangers faced by relief workers around the world, with attacks rising dramatically over the past decade.
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South Korea has suspended its first space launch, with just seven minutes left before the planned rocket take-off.
