Alberta ends fall sitting with auto insurance reforms
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein fronts an end to the fall legislature session after passing auto insurance reforms aimed at lowering premiums for drivers with clean records. The bill caps pain and suffering awards, allows higher Edmonton rates, includes a consumer on the rate board, and freezes rates for 18 months while regulations are drafted.
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Alberta
Ralph Klein
Medicine Hat
Rob Retmner
Renner
Edmonton
Calgary
Pew
Aiso Insurance
Partes
New Democrats
Edmonton snow shoveller avoids jail after bylaw dispute
Olga Friesen defied an $85 sidewalk snow removal ticket and was booked then released at the Edmonton courthouse. She told reporters she was prepared to go to jail for a day, saying the encounter followed a prior court loss over the city bylaw.
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Olga Friesen
Friesen
Edmonton
RCMP increases reward in 1996 Turner Valley murder case
Turned Valley Alberta RCMP raise reward to 50000 for information in the unsolved 1996 murders of Jane Johnson and her eight year old daughter Cathryn. Police say Jane was stabbed and her home set on fire while Cathryn's cause of death is undisclosed. Investigators reallocate resources and review the case, urging anyone who has not yet spoken to officers to come forward.
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Turner Valley
Alta
RCMP
Jane Johnson
Cathryn
Johnson
Edmonton
Calgary drops bullying bylaw to focus on prevention
Calgary will pursue prevention and education over enacting a bullying bylaw. A city review found existing laws such as the School Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act already address youth misbehavior. Ald. Ceci and residents favored education over new rules, with high school student Ainsley Wiswell noting bylaw skepticism.
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Calgary
Duncanton
Bill Bruce
Council
Community and Protective Services Committee
Joe Ceci
Ainsley Wiswell
Lord Beaverbrook High School
Pot crusader guilty of trafficking weed but spared jail
CALGARY CP A medicinal marijuana activist was found guilty of trafficking marijuana after a Calgary Queen's Bench trial. Judge Justice Paul Chrumka spared jail due to Krieger's frail health from multiple sclerosis, imposing only a nominal one day sentence with no custody. The case arose from Krieger's Calgary Compassion Club activities in 1999 and his defence of necessity was rejected.
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Grant Krieger
Paul Chrumka
Krieger
Court of Queen's Bench
Chranika
Compassion Club
Chrumka
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