Lethbridge worker charged in Collier death case briefed in court
In Lethbridge provincial court on Wednesday prosecutor Gordon Falconer described a brief in which a youth avoided eye contact with the judge during the proceedings. Details recalled a walk by the Bull Trail area before Collier, a group home resident with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, died. Collier, a Rehabilitation Services graduate, worked weekends at the home. Children’s Services Minister Iris Evans asked for an independent report on the death within three weeks, with release timed for Christmas. the inquiry aims to avoid compromising the police investigation.
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Sulphur train derailment near Medicine Hat triggers evacuations
A Canadian Pacific sulfur train derailed 15 kilometres southwest of Medicine Hat at 1:35 a.m. prompting evacuation of four residents along Range Road 65. Fire crews extinguished a blue flame and cooled tanks while authorities monitor health risks and reroute trains amid a Transport Canada investigation into the cause.
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Liberals demand Rock resign over gun registry scandal
Backbench Liberal MPs joined opposition calls for resignations after Auditor General Sheila Fraser blasted the gun registry as runaway spending. Joe Comuzzi urged an immediate freeze on registry spending, noting the project ballooned from an intended seven million to nearly one billion dollars while Benoit Serre and Alex Shepherd pressed Allan Rock to resign as architect of the program.
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Gun Registry Costs Surge Amid Political Fallout
Auditor general warns gun registry costs could reach 1 billion by 2004 05 from a 119 million tag. Comuzzi urges caucus inquiry into signoffs and improper funding. Liberal John Harvard backs denying further funding while Martin Cauchon defends the program. Prime Minister Chretien defends the plan as effective despite opposition.
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