Trade deal snag delays Canada Latin America pact
Prime Minister Jean Chretien said a Canada Brazil Mercosur trade agreement stalled as Embraer and Bombardier row over subsidies led Brazil to withhold signing. Cardoso would review the document, with no firm signing date. Chretien defended Team Canada value while planning future Eastern Europe outreach.
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Brazil
Latin America
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Mercosur
Uruguay
Paraguay
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Cardoso
Team Canada
Europe
Clinton aides probe widens over alleged Oval Office advances
The Daily Telegraph reports Paula Jones lawyers seek to show a pattern of reckless conduct by President Clinton amid new testimony from Kathleen Willey. Willey, 51, testified under oath that Clinton kissed her and pressed for sex in a room near the Oval Office after she was a junior aide.
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White House
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Jones
Kathleen Willey
Oval Office
Willey
Squirrel intruder breaks in and is released in driveway
A panicked Winnipeg couple returns home to find blood smears on a bedroom window and noises from a large grey squirrel with a nose cut. Police pursued the intruder who fled the scene. the suspect, a person of no fixed address, was released from custody in the driveway.
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Winnipeg
Karen Freed
Teens charged in Redcliff Medicine Hat theft spree
Redcliff RCMP and Medicine Hat Police Service say two 17 year olds were arrested for a spree of break ins and thefts between December 20 and January 2 in the Redcliff area. They face multiple counts of break and enter theft and vehicle theft. All stolen vehicles have been recovered with damage.
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Ers
Redcliff
Sun Country Nissan
Ice storm devastates Quebec triggers evacuation and power crisis
As 1,500 soldiers and police conduct door to door checks across Montreal area, six family members die from a generator fire amid ongoing blackouts. Hydro Quebec aims to restore power by next Sunday while 24 total deaths have occurred from fires, carbon monoxide, hypothermia, or accidents.
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Ontario
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Alain Vezina
Hydro-Quebec
Hydro
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Carignan
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Jean
Granby
St-Hyacinthe
Edmonton drug dealer faces tax evasion case and past sentence
Revenue Canada prosecutes Craig Matthiessen who pleaded guilty to evading taxes on over 550000 from illegal activities. He had a used car lot front for narcotics in Edmonton and was sentenced to more than seven years in 1996 for drug trafficking money laundering. Revenue Canada notes many cases against dealers who fail to report income.
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Edmonton
Craig Matthiessen
Revenue Canada
Matthiessen
Terry Willisko
Alberta budget leaks spark debate over spending
The Conservative government faces criticism as about 1.3 billion dollars already earmarked for programs leaks ahead of Treasurer Stockwell Day’s February budget release. Critics say preannouncing spending misleads the public and avoids legislative scrutiny while proponents argue it helps schools and municipalities plan.
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