Bouchard defends pension amid Quebec premier move
Former federal MP and Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard faces criticism as he exits the Commons to become Quebec premier. He will receive about 32,000 a year from the federal pension on top of a 132,000 premier salary, with backers warning the plan is overly generous funded largely by taxpayers.
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Ottawa Bee
Bouchard
Commons
Quebec
Bloc Quebecois
National Citizens’ Coalition
Coalition
David Somerville
Hubcap Hobby Turns Into A Niche Family Business
Doug Picken collects more than 40 000 hubcaps from the 1930s to 1990s stored in his Iron Avenue garage and through The Hubcap Place buys, sells and trades them to motorists restorers and dealers from Canada and the United States. He estimates total stock could fetch over 40000 dollars if sold and plans to pass duties to his son in law Steve Hilsendeger while continuing to buy the best sellers.
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Picken
Iron Avenue
Gloria
B.C
Alberta
Saskatchewan
U.S
Doug
North Battleford
Sask
Frank Webber
Doug Picken
Ford
Chevy
Steve Hilsendeger
Hilsendeger
Sri Lankan man flees after chili sauce bottle attack
A 62-year-old would-be rapist fled in agony when his naked body was doused with chili sauce by a 55-year-old woman who halted him as he advanced. He was later held after remaining underwater in pain for hours, according to the Daily News.
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Colombo
Reuter
Daily News
Edmonton hires second livestock investigator to fight cattle theft
Alberta adds a second livestock investigator based in Edmonton to cover northern regions while the Calgary office handles southern cases. Cattle theft costs the industry up to 2 million dollars annually and reported thefts rose 45 percent from 1994 to 1995, partly due to renewed awareness and investigations.
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Edmonton
RCMP
Alberta
Calgary
Department of Agriculture
Cliff Munroe
Agriculture Department
Munroe
Chechens Resist Russian Assault in Chechnya Village
Russian troops and Chechen rebels fought hand to hand as tanks and helicopter gunships attacked Pervomayskaya amid a hostage crisis. About 26 hostages have been released with around 100 believed held as the siege continued and reports from Grozny noted rebels seized workers at a power plant.
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Pervomayskaya
Grozny
Star-Tass
Alexander
Zdanovich
Federal Security Service
Kremlin
Movladi Udugov
Teens know dangers but still start smoking
A Statistics Canada survey of 24 000 Canadian youth shows nine in ten know smoking is addictive and linked to cancer, yet half have tried smoking and one in four teens aged 15 to 19 are regular smokers. Seven percent of 10 to 14 year olds smoke.
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Ottawa
Callard
Cynthia Callard
Physicians For
Canada
Ken Kyle
Canadian Cancer Society
Diane Marleau
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Hatter
Anchin
Orkamp
Ann Landers
Doonesbury
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