Roseau River threatens homes in Manitoba village
Ice jams on the Roseau River near Stuartburn 15 kilometres from the border forced several families to evacuate or shelter with others as water crested over three metres above normal. Crests tied to 1996 1997 floods. authorities dynamited jams and used heavy equipment to clear ice while warning of possible further rises pending a blizzard.
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Stuartburn
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Danitoba
Roseau
Manitoba
Jerome Reimer
Carol Wall
Canada-United States
Mary Matichuk
Randy Smart
Alf Warkentin
Manitoba Conservation
Warkentin
Oscar Lathlin
Native Mi'kmaq band sues over seized lobster boats
The Shubenacadie Mi'kmaq band in Indian Brook Nova Scotia sues Ottawa for compensation for eight boats and nearly 2000 traps seized by federal fisheries officers during a self regulated summer lobster fishery in St Marys Bay. The band seeks a ruling that the Fisheries Act is unconstitutional and a ban on further seizures. Chief Reg Maloney says the claim lists no dollar amount yet as fishermen provide figures for lost income.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Ottawa
Shubenacadie
Indian Brook
N.S
St. Mary’s Bay
Fisheries Department
Supreme Court of Canada
Reg Maloney
Aid Maloney
Putin Eyes Trade Ties During Canada Visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Ottawa for talks with government officials and a Toronto business speech as he seeks to bolster political and economic ties with Canada. The trip marks the 100th anniversary of consular relations and aims to strengthen links with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien ahead of the G8.
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Leonid Kadychev
Putin
Jean Chretien
U.S
Bill Clinton
Japan
Russia
Amioms
Kristitis 1E
Thems
Reign Affairs” ‘Department
Chretien
VIA Rail buys 139 new passenger cars in major equipment deal
VIA Rail of Montreal announces the purchase of 139 passenger cars from Britain for 125 to 135 million dollars. The order includes 47 seater coaches 20 service cars and 72 sleeper coaches to add trips and speed on the Quebec City Windsor corridor while some cars are reassigned and older units retired. Transport Minister David Collenette called it an incredible deal for taxpayers.
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Montreal
Ia Rail
England
Via
David Collenette
Quebec City
Windsor
Maritimes
Collenette
Marc LeFrancois
Canadian federalism a work in progress
Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanov argued for the Canadian federal system as workable at a Russian Canadian forum on federalism. The two day event, ahead of Vladimir Putin’s visit, gathered about 50 officials and academics from Canada and Russia to discuss federal governance.
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Ment
Canada
Russia
Romanov
Robber on Tape Outside Polo Park Mall
Winnipeg police released a surveillance video showing a robbery outside Polo Park Mall where a security guard drew a revolver and fired amid shoppers. Constable Bob Johnson said investigators are pursuing leads with many officers on the street.
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Winnipeg
Bob Johnson
Polo Park
Cibc Bank
Securicor
Canada Pension Plan raises 2.5 percent in 1976
Ottawa reports 2.5 percent boost in Canada Pension Plan benefits effective January 1. Maximum retirement pensions for age 65 plus rise to 775 dollars. Disability pensions cap at 935.12 dollars. Survivor pensions under 65 up to 428.70 dollars monthly. those 65 and over to 465 dollars. About four million people receive CPP benefits.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canada Pension Plan
Statistics Canada
Tribunal holds on eight drug squad cops delayed to January
A Toronto police tribunal hearing into eight former drug squad officers is postponed until January 12 to hear a motion to seal the charges. The officers face 98 Police Service Act violations and 70 criminal charges from an internal probe into missing drug squad funds through December 1998. Det. Const. Steve Correia and Consts. Ray Pollard, Jaroslaw Cieslik and Jim Leslie appeared in Hoey's tribunal.
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Toronto
Ed Hoey
Steve Correia
Ray Pollard
Jaroslaw Cieslik
Jim Leslie
Hoey
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