Sydney teen fined for assaulting officer with pizza slice
Wesley Par nell Gould, 18, of Sydney was fined 553 for assaulting a police officer with a slice of pizza during a September incident when police broke up about 100 teens loitering on a street. Const Russell Baker was struck on the chest by the slice as Gould knocked it from another man’s hand. The provincial court judge Stan Campbell warned Gould not to return and stressed police must be obeyed.
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Sydney
N.S
Wesley Parnell Gould
Russell Baker
Gould
Stan Campbell
Ottawa economy warns of hard social cuts and deficits
Finance Minister Paul Martin warned of painful measures to shrink the deficit including further public sector wage cuts and social program reductions after discussions with 41 economists. He said no sector would be spared as unemployment remains high and living standards fall, urging Canadians to share the pain. In Winnipeg, Charryn Manning sues Rose Chornoboy for 1.4 million from a Lotto 649 prize, claiming a Northgate Mall ticket won and that funds should be split. a court injunction freezes the accounts pending ruling.
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Ottawa
Finance
Paul Martin
Martin
Winnipeg (Cp
Charryn Manning
Rose Chornoboy
Manning
Chornoboy
Winnipeg
Northgate
Court of Queen's Bench
Roberta Dunlop
Garden City Mall
Dunlop
Western Canada Lotteries Corp
Canada abandons dairy quotas in new world trade deal
Canada concedes dairy poultry and eggs protections clash with GATT Article 11 as U S and EC reach a comprehensive agreement on the world trade reform package. Agriculture Minister Ralph Goodale says Canada faced opposition to keeping old import quotas and that adjustments are needed to survive future marketing systems.
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Geneva
United States
Canada
Ralph Goodale
U.S
Mickey Kantor
Leon Brittan
Goodale
Hat school board adopts unified public stance
The Medicine Hat public school board will present a unified front and briefing schedule after meetings. Chair Karen Charlton will hold a post meeting press briefing and dissenting votes may be unrecorded unless requested. Trustees justify changes citing improved public communication and a past split over Xerox Canada Ltd. The plan aims to convey a corporate board position while trustees weigh accountability concerns.
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Medicine Hat
Forbes
Roy Wilson
Xerox Canada Ltd
Bernie Anderson
Anderson
Karen Charlton
Ken Serr
Renner calls for halt to former MLAs free trips
Medicine Hat MLA Rob Renner urges ending taxpayer funded trips for former MLAs to Edmonton. The policy allows two free trips, driving or flying options, plus up to 100 per day for up to five days yearly for hotel and meals. The services committee will review the perk while opposition seeks independent review.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Rob Renner
Renner
Jim Horsman
Alan Hyland
Cypress-Redcliff
Lorne Taylor
Cypress Medicine Hat
Percy Wickman
Ralph Klein
Leroy Fjordbotten
Stan Nelson
Tabor-Warner
Bob Bogle
Klein
Stan Schumacher
Moses Jung
Schumacher
Canadians reject multiculturalism and favor assimilation
A Decima Research poll released Monday shows 75 percent of Canadians oppose cultural diversity and want minorities to fit in with the mainstream. Fifty four percent say immigration allows too many people of different races and cultures, labeling parts of the view as racism. Sheila Finestone, secretary of state for multiculturalism, suggests scapegoating due to economic worries.
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Ottawa
Decima
Toronto
Canadian Council of Christians and Jews
Decina
Communist party could hold balance in parliamentary alliance
Moscow AP reports Russia’s election results show the Communist party at 11.2 percent with potential kingmaker status as reformers seek a coalition to block the Liberal Democrats led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Zyuganov hints at unlikely alliances while warning nationalist threats to peace and economy.
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Moscow
Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Reform
Russia's Choice
anti-Yeltsin Agrarian Party
Women of Russia Bloc
Gennady Zyuganov
Liberal Democrats
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Yegor Gaidar
Choice
Yeltsin
Zhirinovsky
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