Supreme Court to rule on Quebec unilateral secession
The Supreme Court of Canada will decide next Thursday if Quebec can unilaterally separate from Canada. The ruling will shape the timing of the next Quebec election and the federal strategy on separatism, with high stakes for both Quebec and Ottawa. Premier Lucien Bouchard reaffirmed Quebec’s insistence on the people’s right to decide their future.
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Supreme Court of Canada
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Louis Balthazar
Lucien Bouchard
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Supreme Court
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Reform MP Jim Hart Could Lose Party Over Criticism
Hart faces possible dismissal from the Reform party after publicly criticizing leader Preston Manning. Hart's Okanagan Coquihalla constituency association plans a Sept. 19 meeting to discuss his future, with options including revoking membership, asking him to sit as independent, or resigning.
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Okanagan-Coquihalla
Chris Pedersen
Penticton
Preston
Pedersen
Calgary
Rick Anderson
Reform
Wisdom Will Power in Frugality for Painters
A practical reflection on conserving paint and tools after using most of a can. It urges finishing the job and promptly cleaning brushes rather than applying paint to unnecessary surfaces.
Brooks farmer killed in highway crash near Brooks
Jelle Folkerts 68, semi retired farmer from Tilley, died after a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Brooks. His wife Trudy 69 remained in Calgary hospital in critical but stable condition with chest injuries. A Calgary man Douglas Brooke and a 17 year old passenger were treated and released.
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Tilley
Calgary
Jelle Folkerts
Foothills
Trudy
Arthur
Folkerts
Art
Douglas Brooke
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Jelle
Clinton weighs confession on grand jury testimony
Senior advisers say President Clinton may admit intimate sexual encounters with Monica Lewinsky while arguing that his prior denial rested on a narrowed legal definition. If he testifies, aides plan a TV address to seek forgiveness, then a Martha’s Vineyard holiday to dodge critics.
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Bill Clinton
Monica Lewinsky
Martha’s Vineyard
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New York Times
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Alberta team joins international health care study on cuts and patient care
A 15 member Alberta team will join a three year international project to see if rapid budget cuts and nursing layoffs raise patient deaths and worsen care. They will study all Alberta hospitals and compare with the United States and Europe. Project leaders say drastic reductions in Alberta show nursing bore the brunt and will be examined for links to preventable deaths.
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University of Calgary
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Officer Pursuit Ends With Train Collision In Ottawa
Ottawa police chased a suspected stolen car onto railway tracks Friday. Two suspects fled on foot while an officer stopped his cruiser on the tracks. A passenger train then struck both cars, none aboard injured, both cars totaled.
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Prairies see reprieve as fires ease across western Canada
Firefighters eased fires in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba as cooler air and rain dampened blazes. Evacuees began returning home in Lac Brochet Meadow Lake Turner Lake Prince Albert and Salmon Arm while crews held back a 63 square kilometre blaze near Salmon Arm BC with 300 firefighters and 14 helicopters.
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B.C
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Vancouver
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