Harrowing dog abuse case shocks Bewdley witnesses
In Bewdley Ontario a dog abuse incident drew about 30 onlookers as a man allegedly dragged a one year old female Rottweiler behind a pickup truck at speed. The dog collapsed and was forced to stand as it was dragged again with extensive chest and limb injuries. Police await charges. two other dogs were confiscated. The report recalls a 1996 case in which Maureen Cook dragged an Irish setter, fined and banned from owning animals.
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Bewdley
Ont
Port Hope
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To ‘Animals
Don Sandercock
Maureen Cook
Morality in Truth and the Debate on Public Virtue
Edward Grimsley argues that governments shielding children from classroom prayer should also curb vulgarity in entertainment. He frames morality as truth in full bloom and cites Victor Hugo as a contextual touchstone.
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Edward Grimsley
Medicine Hat workers spared as CPR to cut 1900 jobs
In Medicine Hat about 200 CPR employees face potential cuts as the company unveils a North American job reduction totaling 1900 positions by year end 2000. Union leaders caution about maintenance staff but expect limited local impact while management seeks efficiencies and prepares possible early retirements.
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Medicine Hatarry
CP Rail
Barry Scott
Scott
Medicine Hat
Union
Lou Schillaci
Calgary
Schillaci
Kevin van Paassen
Barry Unger
United Transportation Union
Unger
Hat Cpr
Canadian National Railway
American Railways
Canadian Pacific
Medicine Hat Terminal
Kennedy Jr. Crash Depths Prompt Sea Service Request
Kennedy family mourns after John E Kennedy Jr Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette die in a Piper Saratoga crash off Martha's Vineyard. Navy divers locate bodies. a sea burial may be held pending family request. USS Briscoe and recovery ships assist. President Clinton to attend memorial in New York and a burial-at-sea option is considered by the Pentagon.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Kennedy
Navy
John E. Kennedy Jr
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
Lauren Bessette
Pentagon
John Kennedy
USS
Briscoe
Hyannisport
Atlantic
Edward Kennedy
U.S. Navy
Martha’s Vineyard
Grasp
Richard Larrabee
Coast Guard
John F. Kennedy, Jr
New York
Chusetts Law
U.S
Bill Clinton
Hillary
U.s.navy
Royal footman demoted over corgi drinking incident
London Reuters reports the Queen demoted a royal footman after he gave her corgi dogs whisky and gin to drink. A Buckingham Palace insider said the stunt made the dogs stagger and nearly caused his dismissal.
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London
Reuters
Buckingham Palace
Crime rate falls again in Canada amid baffling trend
Statistics Canada reports a 4.1 percent drop in crime reported to police in 1998, the seventh straight annual decline. The rate of 8,102 per 100,000 is the lowest in 20 years, with declines in robbery sexual assault and youth crime, though drug and prostitution offences rise. Homicide rate hits 1.8 per 100,000, a 30 year low, while experts note unclear drivers beyond aging population and improving economy.
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Ottawa
Canada
Statistics Canada
United States
England
Wales
Julian Roberts
University of Ottawa
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