U S spy plane returns home in pieces from China
Three months after the EP 3E surveillance plane landed on Hainan Island the aircraft is being repatriated in pieces. Parts were flown to Kadena Air Base Okinawa aboard a Russian designed cargo plane and the fuselage will be flown back later. Vice President Cheney notes the incident strained but did not break U S China relations.
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Washington
China
Hainan
Kadena
Okinawa
U.S
Nurses prepare mass resignation over Bill 68 protest
Almost 75 percent of Nova Scotia Government Employees Union nurses say they are ready to quit. Union president Joan Jessome notes two to three quarters of the 2,900 health care professionals have signed letters, aiming to deliver them to the Capital district health authority in Halifax to denounce Bill 68 and the 10.5 percent offer over three years.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia Government Employees Union
Joan Jessome
Jessome
Capital District Health Authority
Million dollar BC 49 ticket awaits mystery winner
BC Lottery Corp pleads for the holder of the August Surrey prize ticket to claim the million in BC 49. The winner has less than 60 days to come forward or forfeit as the prize would go into a surplus fund for special draws.
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Vancouver
B.C. Lottery Corp
Surrey
You Can Go Broke Buying Things Advertised To Save Money
A brief note discusses the paradox of savings schemes and ads that promise money by buying products, warning readers that frugal promises can lead to overspending.
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Anonymous
Canada Day riot in Edmonton injures none. 20 arrested
Rioters trash Whyte Avenue during Canada Day events as police clash with crowds. About 1,200 people gathered. 95 officers deployed, 30 plus businesses damaged, 20 arrested, two hospitalized, four officers hurt. Damage tallied in tens of thousands.
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Edmonton
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Mark Krebs
Whyte Avenue
River Valley
Mark Humeny
Wes Bellmore
Edmonton Police Service
Bill Smith
Brian Feist
Ambulance Service
Wendy Suggitt
Suggitt
Medicine Hat moves to bar adult businesses vote plebiscite
Cathy Smith former trustee leads Citizens of Alberta for Positive Community Standards aiming to collect 5000 signatures for a fall plebiscite on banning adult video stores book shops strip clubs and other explicit venues in Medicine Hat The proposal would not close existing outlets but could impose stricter future controls and seek a city wide vote on the bylaw with undecided non binding results noted by Smith and opponents alike.
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Cathy Smith
Smith
City Hall
Shangri-La
Citizens of Alberta For
Hatters
Medicine Hat
Peter Sinodinos
Allan Crocker
Crocker
Hat News and Tobacco
Alliance meeting could trigger MP defections in Calgary
The Canadian Alliance expects defections and possible expulsions as senior officials meet in Calgary. Leader Stockwell Day proposes a referendum on merging with the Conservatives while dissidents threaten to resign, potentially giving enough votes to control the House. Manitoba MP Inky Mark must decide Wednesday whether to stay or join renegades.
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Canadian Alliance
Calgary
Alliance
Stockwell Day
Day
House of Commons
Manitoba
Inky Mark
Renegades
B.C. Alliance
Jim Abbott
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