Martin renews inquiry demand over Alberta land deal tape
Alberta NDP leader Ray Martin renewed calls for a judicial inquiry into a Smoky Lake land sale linked to Tory Steve Zarusky after a tape from a town council meeting surfaced. Premier Don Getty rejected a costly inquiry, saying taxpayers can ill afford it and Zarusky denied wrongdoing.
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Edmonton
Alberta New Democrats
Don Getty
Steve Zarusky
NDP
Ray Martin
Zarusky
Smoky Lake
Martin
Getty
Alberta
Redwater-Andrew
CF-18 crash hearings set by Commons defence committee
The Commons defence committee will hold Monday hearings on a string of CF-18 Hornet crashes. MPs will hear eight hours of witnesses on aircraft performance, air doctrine, operations, training, and the CF-18’s technical features, with two retired airmen and two active pilots slated to testify.
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Ottawa
Commons Defence Committee
Marc Ferland
Vancouver Island
Pizarro Shot Aboard Avianca Flight In Bogotá
Presidential hopeful Carlos Pizarro was killed on an Avianca jet to Barranquilla after a gunman hid a machine gun in a plane bathroom and fired 15 times at the leftist candidate. A bodyguard killed the assailant. authorities cited possible drug cartel involvement.
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Bogota
Reuter
Carlos Pizarro
Pizarro
Thursa
Avianca
Caribbean
Barranquilla
Gerardo Gutierrez Uribe
Gutierrez
Medellin
Colombia
Christian leaders close Holy Sepulcher in protest over settlement
Bells tolled in Jerusalem as Christian sects shut the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for 24 hours in protest against a Jewish settlement in the Christian quarter. The move followed a Supreme Court ruling allowing 20 representatives to stay on St. John's Hospice until lease legality is resolved. In Bethlehem and Nazareth other sites remained closed.
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Jerusalem
Reuter
Old City
Christendom
Diodoros
Holy Israel
Supreme Court
St. John’s Hospice
Holy Sepulcher
Israel
West Bank
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
Church of the Annunciation
Nazareth
Nusseibeh
Chaim Herzog
Labor Party
Shimon Peres
Pursuit Ends in Redcliff After High Speed Vehicle Stop
A 22 year old Medicine Hat man faced dangerous driving charges after a pursuit that started in Ralston and ended in Redcliff. Speeds exceeded 170 km h with backup from Medicine Hat police. no injuries or property damage reported.
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Ralston
Redcliff
Canadian Forces Base
Bob Thomas
Thomas
Gerald Boucher
Boucher
Mitchell Street
Broadway Avenue E
Sixth Street
Medicine Hat City
Medicine Hat
Finance minister rejects wage and price controls
Ottawa lawmakers hear Finance Minister One Wilson decline wage and price controls as a solution to inflation. Liberal critic Jim Peterson suggests considering controls or credit limits to curb high interest rates harming Canadian manufacturing, amid CMA calls for a wage and price control program.
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Eric Beauchesne
Southam
Ottawa
Wilson
Thursay
Commons
NDP
Jim Peterson
Peterson
Canada
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Supreme Court eyes life and death secret hearing
The Supreme Court of Canada may lift the secrecy on a February hidden hearing and open the files after Chief Justice Brian Dickson gave parties until May 11 to show cause. Lawye rs for Southam News argue the secret process violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Stephen Bindman
Southam News
Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Brian Dickson
Supreme Court
Dickson
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Richard Dearden
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Sai
Toronto
Clayton Ruby
Murray Rankin
University of Victoria
CSIS
Rankin
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