Canada Safeway workers resume talks after strike stalemate
Canada Safeway and the United Food and Commercial Workers resumed bargaining after a 10 week stoppage. Negotiations at an undisclosed location follow a May 10 collapse and a filed bad faith bargaining complaint. The union seeks higher wages, guaranteed minimum hours for part-timers, and restoration of $2 per hour cut from 1993. Safeway pledges possible concessions while stressing competitiveness.
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Calgary
Canada
Edmonton
Safeway
Bailey outsprints Johnson in 150m in Toronto race
Donovan Bailey defeated Michael Johnson in a 150 metre race at SkyDome in 14.99 seconds as Johnson withdrew with a leg problem. Bailey taunted Johnson, calling him a coward, and said he would challenge him in the 200 metres. Bailey earned 1 million US dollars plus a 500 thousand appearance fee.
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Toronto
Canada
Donovan Bailey
Michael Johnson
Bailey
SkyDome
CBC
CBS
Tim Ryan
Brian Williams
Johnson
Oakville
Ont
Bailey Beats Johnson In Curved Run For 200m Crown
Bailey defeats Olympic and world champion Johnson in a race starting on a curve. Johnson grimaced and later said he pulled a quad, finishing with an ice bag as Bailey claimed the victory and Johnson offered a terse postrace reply. Bailey urged Johnson to focus on the 100 metres.
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Johnson
Bailey
CBS
Bre-X class-action suits to merge into vast U S case
Canadian investors join U S led action against Bre-X Minerals Ltd in a multibillion-dollar class-action to be heard in Texas. Houston lawyer Paul Vetter to head the consolidated suit with separate Canadian claimant class to be certified. Vancouver lawyer David Klein filed the latest suit May 22 for Bill and Anne Williams of Surrey who invested $53,000.
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Toronto
Harvey Strasberg
Ontario
U.S
Bre-X
Canada
B.C
Surrey
Medicine Hat Election Day Moving Across Alberta
Hatters vote today as polling stations open at 7 30 a m and close at 7 30 p m across Alberta. Returning officer Frank Tarnoczi explains staggered hours align results release. Voters need proof of identity and address or register on site. workers may take three hours to vote. Results expected by 8 p m.
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Medicine Hat
Canada
Alberta
Frank Tarnoczi
Elections Canada
Tarnoczi
Hat
Graduation Gift: Bottle Cap Dress Stuns Alberta Teens
In Edmonton at the Shaw Centre graduation banquet two 17 year olds reveal bold outfits. Kirsten Breitkreutz dons a tunic crafted from 13 kilograms of galvanized steel while Leslie Shopik wears a dress made of 1500 to 2000 bottle caps linked with hooks. The pair spent 200 hours on the project and speak of the lasting wild memory.
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ST. Albert
Alta
Southam
Leslie
Kirsten
Edmonton Shaw Centre
Kirsten Breitkreutz
Edmonton
Ian Young
Leslie Shopik
Optimism high as Canadians head to polls in crucial election
Five party leaders return home to face 18.75 million voters with 53 000 polling stations and 1 672 candidates across 301 ridings. Jean Chretien predicts a second majority while Manning Charest McDonough and Duceppe rally for last chances before voting begins.
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Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Preston Manning
Reform
Ontario
Jean Charest
Atlantic
Manning
Alexa McDonough
NDP
Halifax
Maritime
Gilles Duceppe
Bloc Quebecois
Montreal
Chretien
St-Maurice
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Sam Leung
Jonathan Goulet
Dusty the Clown
Vebner
Lion Park
John Ward
Louis St. Laurent
Global Television
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