Bovar Inc to plead guilty on Swan Hills leak charges
Canadian officials report Bovar Inc Calgary will plead guilty to three charges over a Swan Hills Alberta hazardous waste plant leak. Alberta will drop three other charges. Environment Minister Ty Lund says settlement funds could support research on environmental and health links to the spill as Health Canada tests nearby Aboriginal residents for PCBs and dioxins.
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Edmonton
Iberta
Ty Lund
Bovar Inc
Calgary
Swan Hills
Northernwest Alberta
Alberta
Lund
Health Canada
Bovar
Nagano Games Flame Run Faces El Nino Weather
Tokyo high school runner and TV personality begins carrying the Olympic flame across Japan toward Nagano with one month until the Winter Games. Forecasters warn El Nino could cut snow at venues, prompting extensive weather monitoring as snow finally falls in the Nagano area easing tensions.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nagano
Nobuyuki Fukushima
Hero saves woman from crash avoids ambulance bill
Midland Ontario report says William Moreau 29 risked his life to pull a woman from a fiery wreck and received hospital care. He was billed $45 for the ambulance trip but an anonymous donor covered the cost after the tale aired.
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Midland
Ont
William Moreau
Bow Island Poised to Win 80 Million Wheat Ethanol Plant
Bow Island Alberta vies for an $80 million wheat based ethanol plant over nine Ontario towns. Metalore Resources Ltd plans construction to begin in April, creating about 50 jobs for Bow Island’s 1500 residents amid tax and land deal negotiations.
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Bow Island
Ontario
Coun
Vern Beck
Medicine Hat
Metalore Resources Ltd
Beck
Simcoe
Ont
Southeast
Alberta
Chilian
Tim Feduniw
Fedunin
NHL icon Alan Eagleson pleads guilty to mail fraud
Former NHL Players Association head Alan Eagleson admitted in a Boston court to three counts of mail fraud tied to diverting players’ money for his own use. He agreed to pay 1 million dollars to compensate cheated players and will face an additional 16 month sentence in Ontario after returning home.
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National Hockey League Players’ Association
Eagleson
Toronto
Ontario
NHL
Players Association
Redcliff fights Medicine Hat power and sewer hikes
Redcliff opposes a 40 percent sewer rate increase and a proposed 11 percent electricity rise imposed by Medicine Hat. The town seeks a legal opinion on intercity utility agreements from the 1970s and 1980s, while council weighs bylaw changes and potential EnerGuide Board involvement.
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Medicine
City of
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Bill Duncan
The
Duncan
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
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Boston
Ian Eagleson
Order of Canada
U.S
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Randy Giesbrecht
Reg Vine
Hat
RCMP
Russ Smith
Toohey
Paul Vince
Smith
John John
Redcliff Bakery
Rita Thomas
Thomas Touch
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