Hat hoteliers urge ban on VLTs and bingo in Alberta
Medicine Hat hotel operators join quorums in Alberta cities calling for removing VLTs. They argue gambling harm and demand restrictions while noting potential job losses and shifts to larger centers. Community activists seek a plebiscite with 4500 signatures. officials caution about addictive risks and cap VLTs pending study.
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Hat
Kelly Tingley
Medicine Hat Lodge
The
Alberta
Frank Callaghan
Callaghans Inn
Barry Finkelman
Assiniboia
Vlts
Michael Doran
Doran
Stan Wiens
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
AADAC
Peter Mah
Callaghan Inn
Callaghan
Reform aims tax cuts over new child benefit plan
Reform finance critic Solberg argues doubling the basic low income tax exemption would remove about 1.2 million Canadians from federal taxes and boost after tax income by about 2 476 for the lowest bracket. He accuses Liberals of hypocrisy over taxes and transfers as ministers discuss the new national child benefit.
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Ottawa
Micatcine Hat
Monte Solberg
Reform Party
Reform Finance
Solberg
Reform
Feds
Pierre Pettigrew
Yukon Nuggets Plan All-Canadian Stanley Cup Reenactment
Dawson City Nuggets hockey players announce a March voyage across Canada to reenact the 1905 Stanley Cup game against the Ottawa Silver Seven. Led by Brad Marsh, former Senators captain, the team will sled, boat, and train the 6500 km route to Ottawa, aiming to capture national attention.
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Ottawa
Klondike Goldminers
Dawson City Nuggets
Canada
Ottawa Silver Seven
Dawson
Nuggets
Brad Marsh
Ottawa Senators
Yukon
Marsh
Senators
Silver Seven
Inmate Recaptured After Four Day Escape at Ontario Mental Health Centre
Michael Crawford walked away from the Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre on Saturday and returned on Wednesday night after four days on the run. Officials say he was cold hungry and disoriented when found and he had only jeans and a sweatshirt. Police warned he could be dangerous.
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Penetanguishene, Ont
Penetanguishene
Michael Crawford
Crawford
Reginal court cases spark protests over killers' sentence
About 300 people gathered outside a Regina courtroom as university students Alex Ter nowetsky and Steven Kummerfield were sentenced to six and a half years for manslaughter in the death of Pamela George. Aboriginal leaders decried the verdict as biased, noting the defendants white status and the victim's background as a sex worker.
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Regina Amela George
Alex Ternowetsky
Steven Kummerfield
Regina
Pamela George
George
Tony Cote
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
Lindsay Kaye
Sakimay First Nations
Ternowetsky and Kummerfield
Weather outlook with cold high and low near freezing
Cloudy forecast for tomorrow with a high near six degrees and a low around two tonight. Precipitation is listed as no measurable amount. See weather map on Page A2.
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