Latimer Free After Bail as Appeals Loom
Roger Latimer leaves jail on bail while two appeals of his conviction for poisoning his disabled daughter Tracy proceed. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal will hear the case in March with a possible high court review to follow. The Crown plans to appeal the sentence as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie, Sask
Roger Latimer
Tracy
La‘timer
Latimer
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
Crown
Laura
Tories eye debt war in Alberta politics
Premier Ralph Klein shifts focus from net debt to the gross debt totaling about 15.5 billion dollars as he vows to revive the financial review commission. Treasurer Stockwell Day says Albertans want continued surplus application to debt while health education and infrastructure pressures rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Klein
Ralph Klein
Stockwell Day
Day
Financial Review Commission
Fiery differences in gun ownership for self defense
A Justice Department report by criminologist Thomas Gabor compares U S and Canadian views on firearms. It finds Americans more likely to buy a gun for self protection and to cite self defence as a reason than Canadians. Only five percent of Canadian gun owners list self defense, versus about one third in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
U.S
Justice Department
University of Ottawa
Thomas Gabor
Medicine Hat hosts 16th Christmas Bird Count with record Canada geese tally
Seventy six volunteers counted in Medicine Hat as 18 000 birds were logged including a record Canada geese total and 48 species. Barry and Judy Anderson spotted about 800 geese at the golf course while others noted a merlin bald eagle and various songbirds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
National Audubon Society
New York
Barry
Judy Anderson
Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club
Police Point Park
Judy
Denis Baresco
Baresco
U.S. Northeast
Peter Mah
Barry Anderson
Santa Claus in Court After Family Row in Mall
In Brooklyn, Justin Ramirez climbed onto his father Neil Ramirez as Santa in a mall. The boy’s mother served Brooklyn Family Court papers on her husband and later assaulted him when she found him still in the Santa suit. He was ordered to pay 48 Canadian dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Claus
Justin Ramirez
Neil Ramirez
Santa
Brooklyn Family Court
Ramirez
Brooklyn
Vancouver Officials Seek Release of BC Girls in US Jail
Provincial officials travel to Portland to obtain two BC girls aged 13 and 14 held as material witnesses in a case against Adam Jermaine Ingram and Kevin Roy Woods. The youths accuse being trafficked across the border to work for an escort ring and were allegedly sexually assaulted during a road trip to San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Priddy
Vancouver
Anne Drennan
Richmond
Ingram
Woods
San Diego
Thieves Steal $26000 Worth of Frozen Turkeys
In Ontario, a group stole a 14 metre transport trailer loaded with 1100 frozen turkeys valued at 26000 dollars from the Stoney Creek Poultry lot. The trailer was ready for unloading when the thieves backed up and drove away with the refrigerated load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoney Creek, Ont
Stoney Creek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tories
Grant Mitchell
New Democrat
Pam Barrett
Mitchell
Southam
Hong Kong
Japan
Bethlehem
Barbara Johnson
U Pawl
WuHart’s
Ann Landers
Eeu Enane Air
City News
Hatters
the Daily Telegraph
Jimot
Murray Chevoids Cadillac
B.C
Canadian Press
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!