Liberal government withdraws gun registry funding request
Ottawa reports the Liberal government paused a request for 72 million dollars for the gun registry two days after the auditor general criticized its spending. Justice Minister Martin Cauchon said the bid was postponed pending an audit, with non-operating funds suspended and the system still running. Industry Minister Allan Rock defended the program as transparent.
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Ottawa
Auditor General
Justice
Martin Cauchon
Cauchon
Allan Rock
Justice Mminister
Plane crashes into U S Federal Reserve Bank Building
A small single engine plane struck the U S Federal Reserve Bank Building in Miami during a holiday party. One body recovered. officials say it appears accidental with no sign of deliberate crash. The building, near the airport, suffered window damage but no structural collapse.
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Miami
U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Laura Brown
Washington
FAA
Kathleen Bergen
Cemetery mix up hits Wallace family again in Medicine Hat
Hatter Bob Wallace and his family accuse the city of a repeated burial error at Hillcrest Cemetery, with George Smethurst buried in a plot long owned by the Wallace family. The 1994 incident was resolved by moving the previous occupant, but Wallace says the city must relocate Smethurst’s remains and restore ownership records.
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Wallace
Hillcrest Cemetery
George Smethurst
Bob Wallace
Mary
Canmore
Medicine Hat
Stewart
Joseph John Hewitt
Smethurst
George
David Smethurst
Anne Marshall
City Parks and Outdoor Recreation
Rodger Vizbar
Four Escaped suspects sought after violent home invasions in Alberta
Police set roadblocks as they search for four suspects tied to a spree of brutal home invasions across northern Alberta. Victims include a Chipman couple abducted and a Yorke residence invaded near Elk Island National Park. Two adults surrendered. four more on Canada wide warrants face over 150 charges.
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Edmonton
East Edmonton
Alberta
Chipman
Lamont
Alice Yorke
Elk Island National Park
Yorke
RCMP
Alberta Warriors
Glenn Justin Ironchild
Patrick Ashley Keewatin
Kenneth “Bubbles” Paul
Michael James
War Eagle” Redbreast
Cecil Tompkins
Flarry “Junior' Tompkins
CPP investments in tobacco spark Ottawa outrage
Critics say Ottawa funds to fight cigarette ads clash with CPP investments in tobacco firms. They urge ethical screens for the CPP Investment Board, arguing tobacco profits contradict Canada’s anti smoking campaigns and Medicare funding plans. At least $5 million is listed in Imperial Tobacco holdings.
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Ottawa
Canada Pension Plan
NDP
John Manley
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
National Pension Fund
Cynthia Callard
Physicians
Canada
Peter Stoffer
CPP Investment Board
Stoffer
Public
Imperial Tobacco
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