1.   A quartet of provincial cabinet ministers are leading contenders to replace Harcourt.

2.   The provincial ministers had hoped for a hint of a reprieve from cutbacks in the next budget.

3.   The Valhalla Society will press newsletters on visitors, urging them to write save-the-valley letters to provincial cabinet ministers.

4.   ADDS quotes from provincial minister.

5.   After his death was disclosed, the provincial interior minister, Jose Maria Diaz Bancalari, declared an inquiry to determine who was responsible for leaving the well uncovered.

6.   All provincial ministers are expected to attend except Pauline Marois of Quebec, who has a scheduling conflict, Rock spokeswoman Catherine Lappe said Friday.

7.   Gordon Hogg, the provincial minister for Children and Families, said he has been told that a python like Boaz is unpredictable.

8.   In a matter of months, former preacher Stockwell Day has propelled himself from little-known provincial Cabinet minister to leader of a new nationwide Canadian political party.

9.   Joyce Murray, the provincial minister for water, land and air protection, said she needed more information before deciding what to do.

10.   No one was hurt, but one provincial minister narrowly escaped.