Pizza Delivery Robbery Foiled by Officer in Domino’s Attire
In Pomona California two masked robbers ordered three large pizzas and a six pack of soda. Officer Robert Devee, in Domino’s shirt and hat, delivered the order and confronted the suspects. One robber with a knife and the other with a pellet gun fled but were later captured, along with a 17 year old boy. The manager linked the voice to prior robberies, triggering the arrest.
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Pomona
Calif
Robert Devee
Domino's Pizza
Larry Todd
Atlantic fishery cuts urged to halt stock decline
A joint Fisheries Resource Conservation Council report to the federal minister calls for immediate closures of cod fisheries off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and in the Gulf of St Lawrence, plus halting the recreational cod fishery and restricting quotas west of Newfoundland. The move follows a stock status report showing the worst Atlantic groundfish situation on record.
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Ottawa
Joint Council On Fisheries Conservation
Fisheries Resource Conservation Council
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Detroit
Klein vows further cuts as Alberta rejects sacred budget limits
Premier Ralph Klein warns further restraint after a 52 million welfare cut and a 122 million health care reduction proposed for Red Deer talks. The plan hints at hospital closures and sweeping layoffs, facing union leaders and city officials wary of social impacts.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Klein
Red Deer
Heather Smith
United Nurses of Alberta
Soldier dies in roll over at Canadian base Suffield
Bombardier Paul Dewhurst 24 died when an armored personnel carrier rolled into a trench during battlefield maneuvers at Canadian Forces Base Suffield. Five British Royal Artillery soldiers were aboard. autopsy pending. Dewhurst's twin brother survived with injuries. others, including Darrel Gundy and Kevin Lester, sustained minor injuries. Dewhurst's wife will decide burial location.
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Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Paul Dewhurst
Medicine Hat Rcmp
Ray Duquette
Dewhurst
Duquette
Royal Artillery
Malcolm Hook
Hook
Stephen Dewhurst
England
Darrel Gundy
Medicine Hat
Margaret Falkenberg
William Blackett
Kevin Lester
Osnabruck
Germany
Barriers to female lawyers slammed in Canada report
An eight member Canadian Bar Association task force led by Bertha Wilson finds discrimination and harassment plagues women in law. It urges mandatory bias training for judges, judicial affirmative action, and equal billing expectations for mothers to address under representation and pay gaps.
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Quebec
Canadian Bar Association
Supreme Court of Canada
Bertha Wilson
Canada
Wilson
Association
Winnipeg flooded by record rains leave city wary
Winnipeg faces widespread flood damage as an extremely wet summer leaves 10 000 to 20 000 residents with backed up sewers and flooded basements. Insurers estimate about 100 million in damage with many uninsured homeowners cleaning up. Officials warn dry spells are needed before winter to avoid further floods next spring.
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Winnipeg
Gordon Paulsen
Transcona
Jim Boyce
Boyce
Edmonton Marathon mix up crowns wrong winner
Frances Bagley finished first in three hours 11 minutes 41 seconds but was listed as a man. Anita Yates received the gold medal after officials corrected a clerical error. Bagley questioned the outcome and confirmed the mislabeling before timekeepers.
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Edmonton
Frances Bagely
Bagley
Calgary
Anita Yates
Yates
Commonwealth Stadium
Frances
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