Alberta joins bid to overturn sex crime records ruling
The Alberta government leads a coalition urging the Supreme Court of Canada to hear an urgent appeal of a ruling that Bill C 46 breaches the rights of those charged with sexual assault. The case involves turning over counselling and medical records of a 13 year old girl to an Edmonton man charged with assault. Federal and provincial lawyers seek clarity amid split provincial rulings and an unusual early intervention.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Edmonton
Supreme Court
Paul Belzil
Court of Queen’s Bench
Bart Rosborough
Belzil
Freezing temps push evacuees as Quebec power cuts persist
In southern Quebec and Eastern Ontario freezing temperatures force shelters to take in evacuees while hundreds of thousands remain without power. Hydro crews race to rebuild after days of outages as 837000 Quebec households still lack electricity, down from a peak of 1.3 million.
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Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
Devastating Ice Storm Strains Quebec Shelters
A severe ice storm worsens conditions in Quebec shelters, with crowds and scant supplies. A woman with a baby at a St Jean sur Richelieu shelter laments lack of beds, milk and diapers as officials urge households with power to take in relatives. Premier Bouchard appeals for help while leaders delay Team Canada trip.
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St- Jean-sur-Richelieu
Montreal
Lucien Bouchard
Jean Chretien
Ontario
Mike Harris
Team Canada
Latin America
Murder hits home in Northern Ireland violence near peace talks
Gerry Adams' nephew by marriage, Terry Enwright, 28, was gunned down outside a Belfast bar by Protestant extremists. The killing, the third Roman Catholic target of the Loyalist Volunteer Force since December, heightens tensions as Sinn Fein and IRA talks resume amid fears violence will derail the ceasefire.
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Belfast
Sinn Fein
Gerry Adams
Northern Ireland
Terry Enwright
Wright
Adams
Billy
King Rat) Wright
Maze
Catholic
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish Republican Army
Wit and Wisdom on Marriage and Pets
A collection of witticisms notes that people marry for trivial reasons yet would not divorce for the same reasons. A quip about biblical dog mentions and the cat being absent appears, attributed to anonymous and W E Farbenstein.
Finger stuck in desk at Guelph high school
Emergency crews freed a Grade 9 student at a Guelph high school after his finger wedged in a desk hole. Soap and oil failed. rescuers made a small cut in the wood. The student avoided injury beyond pride.
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Guelph, Ont
Diana Scott
Fisher faces preliminary hearing in Milgaard murder case
Saskatoon fraught case resumes as Larry Fisher, charged with first degree murder in the 1969 Gail Miller killing, seeks to clear police handling, while exonerated David Milgaard fights for a new trial after 23 years in prison. The two-week hearing could precede spring adjournment.
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Regina Ne
Canada
David Milgaard
Larry Fisher
Saskatoon
Fisher
Milgaard
Gail Miller
Supreme Court
Miller
Brian Beresh
Beresh
Saskatchewan
Alberta officials clash over logging in Special Places area
Alberta Environment ministers approved boundaries for the Chinchaga region as part of the Special Places 2000 program while the Lands and Forest Service issued a timber licence to Manning Diversified Forest Products for the same area. Critics say internal conflict undercuts conservation goals and permits immediate clear cutting.
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Edmonton Iberia
Alberta
Alberta Forest Service
Peter Lee
World Wildlife Fund
Glen Semenchuk
Federation of Alberta Naturalists
Alberta Environment
Chinchaga
Manning
Forestry, Energy, Recreational and
Ty Lund
Alberta Lands and Forest Service
Lund
Manning Diversified Forest Products
Semenchuk
Suffield gas tests paid little cost little for blisters
Canadian Forces Base Suffield experiments in the 1940s paid volunteers $1 per blister and $1 a day with seven years of silence. About 2,000 soldiers were involved, with 85 percent classified as non casualties and records largely incomplete. Veteran Harry Flander recalls scars and nightmares while noting he was never told he could file a claim.
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Calgary
Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Calgary Herald
Harry Flander
Flander
Cfb
Medicine Hat
Surrey
B.C
Alberta
Lawrence MacAulay
Veterans’ Affairs
Ontario
MacAulay
University of Alberta
Raymond Marusyk
Janice Summerby
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Stephen Bindman
Southam Newspapers
Sarah Binder
Canadian Press
Ontario Hydro
Ron Coulombe
Kingston
Ont
Tannis Toohey
John Sawa
Wintergreen Ski Club
Safeway
Hidden Valley Resort
W.E. Farbenstein
Ann Landers
City News Beatae
Environment Ministry
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