Pallister defecting to Alliance shakes Manitoba race
Former Manitoba cabinet minister Brian Pallister joins the Canadian Alliance after failed coalition talks with the Progressive Conservatives. Joe Clark defends leadership while predicting more defections and Manitoba seats, including Portage, may be won.
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Progressive Conservative
Brian Pallister
Joe Clark
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Clark
Quebec City
Progressive Conservatives
Toronto
Portage
Postpartum case leads to fatal subway jump in Toronto
A Toronto woman with postpartum psychotic depression fled her upscale home with her six month old son on Aug 11 and threw both into a subway. Suzanne Killinger Johnson reportedly refused treatment to protect her infant, with authorities citing severe postpartum mood disorder and the risk of harming the child.
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Toronto Star
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Cuyler
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Drought Payout Near 87.5 Million Across Southern Alberta
Agriculture Financial Services Corp shifts to rapid response as crop insurance payouts reach 87.5 million for drought areas around Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. Adjusters expanded to 33 in the region. claims rise past 8,600 this year with hail and drought losses cited.
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Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Brian Manning
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Lacombe
Manning
Ty Lund
Lund
No. 3
Red Deer
Terrifying hole seen in Kursk sub wreck
Russian deputy premier says a terrifying hole on the Kursk starboard side and film evidence point to an explosion. The sunken submarine lies 108 metres down in the Barents Sea with most crew likely in the damaged section and rescue efforts stalled.
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Kursk
Ilya Klebanov
Barents Sea
Britain
Norway
Xlebanov
Klebanov
Murmansk
Navy
Vyacheslav Olnev
St. Nicholas Church
Ludmila Milyutina
Andrei
Andrei Milyutin
Valeria Milyutina
Snel Navy
Alexander Poboi
Mikhail Kasyanov
Klein defends equalization stance amid Tobin critique
Premier Ralph Klein rebutted Brian Tobin’s claim that Alberta and Ontario finance “have nots” in Canada. Tobin criticized an Atlantic Canada bias after an Alliance official’s expulsion. Stockwell Day supported Tobin’s condemnation while Day denied Alliance backing for anti Atlantic remarks.
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Ralph Klein
Newfoundland
Canadian Alliance
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Alliance
Tobin
Alberta
Ontario
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Klein
Brian
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Atlantic
Regina
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National Council
Atlantic Canada
Stolen Car Crashes Through Thunder Bay Police Station
A stolen vehicle plowed into the Thunder Bay police station reception at about 11 30 am narrowly missing a woman and her daughter. It smashed two sets of double doors and stopped near a red brick wall. Terry Shelley, 36, was arrested on charges of mischief endangering life dangerous driving and possession of stolen property over 5000.
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Ont
Bob Diaczuk
Terry Shelley
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