Moose calf tranquilized after four hour chase in Corner Brook
Workers including conservation officers from the Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary spent about four hours corralling a moose calf on the Corner Brook Stream Trail. The animal moved to the Glynmill Inn pond where a tranquilizing dart was used, then it was secured to a boat, brought ashore, loaded into a truck and released back into the wild.
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Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
Corner Brook
Animal cruelty bill passes Commons facing rural opposition
Ottawa Liberals push through a contentious animal cruelty bill in the House of Commons with supporters saying it would treat animals as beings capable of feeling pain and raise penalties to two years’ jail and up to 5000 dollars. Rural Liberal dissenters and Canadian Alliance MPs warn it could target farmers.
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House of Commons
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Commons
Canadian Alliance
Alliance
Howard Hilstrom
Manitoba
Mayor Tremblay Hit By Pie At Summit Opening
Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay was hit with a whipped cream pie by a protester named Pop Tart during the Summit of Montreal opening. The event drew police as the assailant fled with security guards, but Tremblay chose not to file charges.
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Montreal
Gerald Tremblay
Quebec
Band of Entartistes
Pop Tart
Tremblay
Drugs and abuse part of teen life in Quebec study
A Quebec wide study finds regular drug use, obesity, physical and sexual abuse by partners, and severe emotional distress among teens. Eight percent of nine year olds and ten percent of 16 year olds have seriously contemplated death. 47 percent of 16 year olds have smoked marijuana, 20 percent drink regularly, 39 percent have had a sexual partner, and one in five 16 year old girls faced physical abuse by a partner. One in ten has been sexually abused by a partner.
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Montreal
Health Department
Lynda Fortin
Texas man to stand trial for murder
A grand jury in Moncton New Brunswick has ordered 35 year old William Duffey of Texas to stand trial for the stabbing death of Catherine Doathwright 40 a nurse from Middlesex New Brunswick who had moved to Nederland Texas in 1995 to work. Doathwright was killed April 23 after being stalked by a man police say. Prosecutor Ed Shettle said the jury found murder criteria were met and the case proceeds to court.
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N.B
Texas
New Brunswick
William Duffey
Catherine Doathwright
Middlesex
Nederland
Tex
Doathwright
Duffey
Ed Shettle
District Attorney's Office
Shettle
Bank of Canada hikes rates amid growth optimism
The Bank of Canada lifts its overnight rate by a quarter point to 2.50 percent and signals further increases. Analysts expect up to four additional hikes as strong growth persists, with major banks matching at 4.25 percent. The move comes with the dollar steady despite political turmoil in Ottawa.
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Bank of Canada
Paul Martin
U.S
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