Hunger strike ends as Calgary teen resumes eating confessing custody dispute
Canadian Press reports 14 year old Clayton Giles ending a 19 day hunger strike by biting pepperoni pizza outside the Court of Queen's Bench in Calgary. He protests how courts have handled his parents divorce claiming he should live with his father and seeks an apology and removal of a judge. He plans to travel to Ottawa and Washington to press for children’s rights in custody cases.
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Calgary
Social Services
Clayton Giles
Court of Queen’s Bench
Justice System
Clayton
Ottawa
Washington, D.C
Alberta Gas Bills to Jump as Market Turmoil Hits Consumers
Alberta residents face steep bills as ATCO Gas raises winter rates by about 125 percent to 810,000 customers. February averages climb to 275 from 125, hitting seniors and fixed incomes hardest and prompting calls for government rebates.
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Calgary
Alberta
Dick Frey
Atco Gas
Bow Island
Brooks
Jeff Jodoin
Consumers Coalition of Alberta
Standoff as Gunman Besieges Home on Ninth Street
Medicine Hat Police surrounded a home at 446 Ninth Street S.E. with a 22-year-old man barricaded inside. Residents evacuated to a nearby church as negotiators failed to contact him through the night while police used tactical units, a dog squad, and a robot to ensure public safety.
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Medicine Hat
Ninth Street
S.E
Raymond
Janet
LeClaire
Chris
Tina Maddigan
LeClaires
Set
Dave Townsend
Townsend
Eighth Street
First Assembly of God Church
Lynn Stokes
Michelle Dalziel
Don Chisholm
Jaime Westergreen
John Sheehan
Fourth Avenue
Ninth St. S.E
James Wood
Haircuts mark Clinton era ends for Vietnam veteran
Harry Hunt, a Vietnam veteran from Mexico Missouri, grew his hair for eight years as a protest against Bill Clinton's presidency. He cut it on January 13 and donated the hair to Locks for Tots to make wigs for ill children.
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Mexico
Clinton
Bush
Harry
Harry Hunt
Bill Clinton
Hunt
Tots
Latimer pardon fight intensifies after Supreme Court ruling
The Latimer case sparks renewed petitions for clemency as Jamie and Janet Bassett of Christopher Lake build support after the Supreme Court requires a 10 year minimum for Robert Latimer's second degree murder of his daughter Tracy. Political and disability groups react with continued advocacy and calls against pardons.
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Supreme Court
Vancouver
Halifax
Latimer
Tracy
Jean Chretien
National Parole Board
Parole Board
John Vanderemalen
Klein urges Day to cover part of defamation bill
Alberta premier Ralph Klein urged Alliance Leader Stockwell Day to help pay the 792000 bill Alberta taxpayers covered in Day's defamation suit. Klein suggested Day raise funds to ease political pressure as Day faced questions about the costs and ethics ruling. Day said he would not pay his 474000 legal fees, citing an ethics ruling.
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Canadian Alliance
Brian Fitzpatrick
Saskatchewan
Bassetts
High Court
Latimer
Theresa Ducharme
People In Equal Participation
Calgary
Remier
Ralph Klein
Alliance
Stockwell Day
Alberta
Day
Klein
Edmonton
Alliance Party
Terests
Ken Kalopsis
National Council
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