Province sues for repairs after Halifax crash
A Nova Scotia suit seeks 5188.70 to cover traffic light repairs from Hugh MacIsaac fatal crash near Port Hawkesbury on November 6. The province claims MacIsaac’s speed and negligence caused the collision and names his widow and her insurance as defendants.
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Halifax
Hugh MacIsaac
Port Hawkesbury
N.S
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Justice Department
Reinhold Endres
Vienna
Belle MacIsaac
Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen victims as control nears
Defying Beijing's stance and fears of retaliation, tens of thousands in Hong Kong lit candles and sang songs to honor victims of the June 4 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The annual vigil gains weight as Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule on July 1 ending British era governance.
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Hong Kong
Tiananmen Square
Beijing
China
Wisdom irony of a two-pant suit and a burned coat
A wry line notes the folly of buying a suit with two pairs of pants and then destroying the coat with a burn. Anonymous.
Saskatchewan licence plates slogan contest opens
Regina residents are invited to submit slogans for province licence plates as officials seek a catchy line. Tory Leader Bill Boyd criticized road conditions calling for a flag like Saskatchewan-Bump Ahead amid complaints about pock-marked highways.
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Land of Bumps & Hoppers
Regina
Saskatchewan
Bill Boyd
Safeway strike vote nears end as Calgary workers approve proposal
In its 11th week the Safeway strike may end soon as Calgary stores vote 58.7 percent in favor of mediator Dale Simpson's proposal. Bakers also vote 75 percent yes, while Hat workers await Friday ballots. The plan promises modest wage increases for most bargaining units and lower cashier rates than the old contract.
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Medicine Hat
Safeway
Calgary
Hat Safeway
Cue Hat
Gil McGowan
Toby Oswald
Oswald
Edmonton
Tabor
Lethbridge
Linda Bennett
Division Avenue Safeway
Bennett
Loren Acheson
Mall Safeway
Acheson
Firefighters rally for sick Hatter boy through marrow drive
About 26 Medicine Hat firefighters joined a program to test for bone marrow matches for Brandon Crawford, a 15 year old with aplastic anemia. The Red Cross organized the effort with a fund to ease costs and travel for Calgary hospital visits.
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Toohey
Gary Mauch
Brandon Crawford
Brandon
Ron Robinson
Red Cross Society
Guy Crawford
Robinson
Crawfords
Guy
Aaron
Medicine Hat
Shirley Diaz
The
Red Cross
Diaz
Aberdeen Street
Calgary
Medicine Hat News
Michael Hertz
Dunmore Road
S.E
Private Calgary hospital eyed as doctors split public private duties
The Health Resources Group plans a mid July private Calgary hospital with Dr Stephen Miller joining. The orthopaedic surgeon also runs joint replacement and spinal surgery at Foothills Hospital while asserting physicians can work in both systems. Critics warn of two tier medicine as ministers weigh public private ties under the Canada Health Act.
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Edmonton
Canada
Health Resources Group
Calgary
Stephen Miller
Foothills Hospital
Jim Saunders
Health Resources
Workers’ Compensation Board
Halvar Jonson
Judge biased in native rights trial prompts new Band membership case
Federal Court of Appeal orders a new trial over Band membership for thousands of native women after finding Justice Francis Muldoon showed a reasonable apprehension of bias during the 1993 94 Bill C 31 constitutional challenge. The Ermineskin Sawridge and two other bands faced costs rulings and accusations of Euro ethnocentrism.
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Alberta
Federal Court of Appeal
Francis Muldoon
Ermineskin
Sawridge
Canada
Muldoon
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