Denis Lortie to plead guilty in Quebec legislature attack
Denis Lortie, 26, pleaded guilty to reduced second degree murder charges for the May 1984 Quebec legislature submachine gun attack that killed three and wounded others. He also admitted to nine counts of attempted murder as the Crown withdrew first degree murder charges and set a potential life sentence with parole guidelines.
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Denis Lortie
Quebec
Canadian Forces
Lortie
Quebec Court of Appeal
Ivan Migneault
Quebec Superior Court
Olympic ticket chaos deepens as worker fired in Calgary
Calgary CP report says Ken Melnyk, ticketing supervisor, was fired on his first day back from holiday after a promotion. Marketing VP Bill Wardle cites inability to back Hobart as ticket chief amid prior controversy over insider ticket sales and misconduct by former manager Jim McGregor who faces fraud charges.
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Calgary
Ken Melnyk
Melnyk
Bill Wardle
Wardle
Jim Hobart
Hobart
Jim McGregor
United States
McGregor
Iranian asylum seeker wins two week deportation stay
Akbar Moazamedi, 25, an Iranian asylum seeker denied by Canada, received a two week U S stay of deportation to Iran while officials consider reopening his case. Washington lawyer Carolyn Waller cited Canadian coverage and UNHCR support as factors in the decision.
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Southam News
Ottawa
U.S
Iran
Akbar Moazamedi
Canada
U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals
Moutamedi
Washington
Carolyn Waller
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Mouzamedi
Nova Scotia
Gerry Weiner
Fines loom as Hat stores defy Sunday bylaw
The News reports Medicine Hat police will charge Hat businesses that operated Sundays under the Hours of Operation bylaw. Council upheld the bylaw and delayed a final vote on removing Sunday restrictions, citing a four week timeline for new legislation. About 280 residents attended the Monday meeting.
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Sheri Murphy-Wright
Ray Palardy
Palardy
Council
Ken Sauer
Sauer
Murray McCartney
Graham Kelly
Hatter’s
Theodore Brandley
Shelia Pattison
John Dempsey
Medicine Hat Mall
Mer
Alberta Premier Buckles Over Ottawa Softwood Tax Plan
Premier Don Getty rejects Ottawa's export tax on softwood lumber and says Alberta will not participate until key details are settled. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Jim Horsman, while supportive of a Canada U S deal, insists no tax will be accepted without provincial funds returned. Horsman cites federal assurances that provincial resource ownership will be honored in tax administration.
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Edmonton
Don Getty
Alberta
Ottawa
Getty
Intergovernmental
Jim Horsman
Horsman
Medicine Hat
Canada
U.S
Pat Carney
Miss Carney
Controversy Over Sunday Bylaw Sparks Public Clash
Grimms speech angered crowd as Mayor Ted Grimm criticized the demonstrations and banned extended public comment. Aldermen Bauman and Flynn split on Sunday shopping bylaw with Bauman decrying government interference and discrimination while Flynn supported the majority. Kelly opposed a letter to Edmonton calling for provincial legislation across Alberta.
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John Leegus
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Ivor Ottery
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Aid
Bill Bauman
Bauman
Ald
Lyle Flynn
Flynn
Kelly
Edmonton
Alberta
Hat taxes low in Medicine Hat and Edmonton ranking
Medicine Hat residents pay the lowest net property tax in Canada at 755 dollars, with Winnipeg highest at 2044 dollars. Edmonton ranked sixth in 1986 and seventh in 1985 for lowest total property tax levy among 18 cities surveyed. Average annual tax increases since 1981 were 6.9 percent for Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Medicine Hat.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Canada
Lethbridge
Calgary
Winnipeg
Calgary abortion clinic threat to close dropped
Calgary doctors backed away from closing the Foothills Hospital abortion clinic to protest extra billing. Officials said the clinic will stay open as the dispute over charging beyond the medicare fee schedule resumes in court hearings later this month.
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Peter Bardgeorge
Southam News
Calgary
Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons
Alberta
Foothills Hospital
Ince
Mary Moore
The
College of Phy
Sicians
Alberta Medical Association
Moore
Roy le Riche
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Pine
Michel Gratton
Bahamas
Allan Fotheringham
Ann Landers
Brian Bertram Pease
Seree
Don McGillivray
Doonesbury
Gmereeeteeneenns
Allison Neil
Calgary Zoo
OCO
Waller
Moatamedi
Ontario
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