Ontario drunk-driver gets record sentence for death
Peter Mulder, 57, of Nepean Ont, received 8 1/2 years in prison and a lifetime driving ban after pleading guilty to four counts including criminal negligence causing death. Judges in Brockville and Ottawa handed repeat offender long terms, calling it the most serious case they had encountered.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Brockville
Peter Mulder
Nepean, Ont
Canada
J. M. Bordeleau
Mulder
Calgary research grant explores smoking link to SIDS
Calgary medical researcher Dr. Shabih Hasan wins about 272000 for a three year study on whether cigarette smoke exposure causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in infants. The work analyzes nicotine effects on breathing heart rate blood pressure motor activity and brain development in lab animals. SIDS kills one to two babies per 1000 and risk rises with maternal smoking.
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Calgary
Shabih Hasan
Medical Research Council of Canada
Canada
Hasan
Bull destroys car as Angus bulls battle above road
Elizabeth Hanks drove along a winding mountain road when two black Angus bulls sparred on an embankment six metres above. A bull leaped through the windshield causing her injuries. The bull was injured and had to be killed.
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Joseph
Ore
Insurance Company
Elizabeth Hanks
Hanks
Medicine Hat Sandflies Irritate Locals and Visitors Alike
In Medicine Hat the sandflies invade every summer making life outdoors miserable for residents and out-of-town teams. Local figures like Humberstone and Schlosser acknowledge the nuisance while noting little can be done beyond water management and repellents.
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Medicine Hat
Mike Humberstone
Humberstone
Winnipeg
Paul Schlosser
Medicine Hot Moose Monarchs
American Legion
Hat City
Schlosser
Monarchs
Jena Smith
Echo Dale Regional Park
Echo Dale
Lynn Suelzle
Suelzle
Smith
Halifax doctor charged with murder returns to work
Dr. Nancy Morrison a 41 year old respirologist at QEII Health Sciences Centre begins seeing patients in the ambulatory care clinic at the new Halifax Infirmary. She was charged with first degree murder in the November 1996 death of a 65 year old Moncton man and has been on paid leave since May.
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Halifax
Nancy Morrison
Atlantic Canada
Morrison
Halifax Infirmary
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
Moncton
N.B
Donald Schurman
QEII
DNA proves Milgaard’s innocence in long fight
Milgaard, exonerated after 23 years in prison, is cleared of a 1969 Saskatoon rape and murder. DNA tests point to Larry Fisher as the culprit and prompt apologies from Saskatchewan officials and an offer of compensation. Joyce Milgaard welcomes the ruling while federal and provincial leaders express regret and vow to review the case.
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Winnipeg
D. Milgaard
Saskatoon
Milgaard
Gail Miller
Toronto
Larry Fisher
David
Joyce
Hersh Welch
James Lockyer
Saskatchewan
Miller
John Nilson
Nilson
Vancouver
Anne McLellan
Joyce Milgaard
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