Hat workers reject andes LABOR pact in Widespread vote
Hat workers strike continues after 94.5 percent of meat and deli staff and 91 percent of other Hat employees reject the management offer. Lethbridge shows support with 52 percent approval. Union officials call the vote the province’s strongest in this round as Medicine Hat members vow to bargain while Safeway maintains the third offer is final.
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Areway
Hat
Lethbridge
Loren Keister
Hat Region
United Food and Commercial Workers
Medicine Hat
Keister
340 Hat
Weislel
Toby Oswald
Safeway
Oswald
Beatch
Tannis Toohey
Peter Mah
Rachel Collier
Crescent Heights Safeway
Darcy English
Marlin Kroeker
Grant Schafer
London insurer halts Heaven's Gate alien policy
Britain based GRIP, known for quirky coverage, stops offering alien abduction, impregnation or attack policy after Heaven's Gate deaths. Simon Burgess says the move prevents contributing to further tragedy while noting 4,000 global policyholders once held the cover. The Heaven's Gate policy valued at 1 million per person covered up to 50 members.
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London
Simon Burgess
Heaven’s Gate
Goodfellow
Rebecca Ingrams Pearson
GRIP
Burgess
Britain
United States
John Bobbitt
Heaven’s Gate Cult
Canuck investors sue Bre-X today
Canadian investors have filed a class action against Bre-X Minerals in Windsor Ontario claiming damages from the company collapse. US suits already number at least five alleging deceit over gold amounts at Busang.
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Toronto
Bre-X Minerals
Canada
Bre-X
Windsor
Ont
Gignac, Sutts
Bre-X Minerals Ltd
United States
California
Texas
New York
Busang
Indonesia
Steve Kee
Toronto Stock Exchange
TSE
Michael de Guzman
de Guzman
Manila
Simplicio
Hat plans bingo ban for under-14 players
City Hall considers a bylaw to bar anyone under 14 from Hat bingo halls Lady Luck Prairie Schooner and Top Hat. Alderman Graham Kelly says the rule mirrors age limits in casinos and bars. Top Hat, Prairie Schooner and Lady Luck already set informal age caps. public vote on Monday could make it official.
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Hat
Oin Council
Lady Luck
Prairie Schooner
Top Hat Bingo
Alberta
Ald
Graham Kelly
Public Services Committee
Las Vegas
Kelly
Hat Bingo Hall
City Hall
Ted Tokamp
Prairie Schooner Bingo
Lady Luck Bingo
Jenny Clay
Clay
Tokamp
Whale shows courtship display to Norwegian fisher
Oslo AP report recalls Sverre L Flem describing a 15 metre whale rubbing against his 10 metre boat in Sunnmore western Norway. The animal appeared to court the craft before its tail splashed and the whale swam away, leaving the fisherman surprised by the encounter.
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Oslo
Norway
Sverre L. Flem
NRK Radio
Flem
Sunnmore
Savers Win As Banks Lift Deposit Rates In Canada
Canada’s banks raise one year to four year GICs by a quarter point as U S rates rise prompting a broad move. CIBC leads mortgage cost increases with forecasts of further U S rate hikes amid a weak savings income outlook. Elderly savers benefit from higher yields while the wider economy faces tighter credit and slower growth.
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Ottawa
Royal Bank of Canada
U.S. Federal Reserve
U.S
Imperial Bank of Commerce
CIBC
Statistics Canada
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Eric Beauchesne
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Ann Landers
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