Halifax doctor faces Crown appeal over murder case
Halifax respirologist Dr. Nancy Morrison, accused of first degree murder in the death of terminally ill patient Paul Mills in 1996, sees a possible new path to trial as the Crown seeks a Nova Scotia Supreme Court review of a preliminary hearing dismissal. The Crown argues evidence warranted jury consideration. Morrison's lawyer calls the judge’s ruling proper. The health minister weighs a possible stay of proceedings, amid broad public support for Morrison.
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Halifax
Scotia
Nancy Morrison
Paul Mills
Craig Botterill
Botterill
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Hughes Randall
Joel Pink
Morrison
Pink
Randall
Jim Smith
Smith
Canada
CP Photo
Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service
Guess admits to love and denies corruption in murder trial
Canadian Press reports Bee Gillian Guess told her sister she expected to be cleared for a fling with accused killer Peter Gill while on the jury that acquitted him. Crown alleges the affair swayed jurors in the gangland slaying case, as police documented 18,000 taped conversations and bugging in Guess’s home and friend circle.
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Vancouver
Gillian Guess
Peter Gill
Guess
Vanessa Bryan
Gill
Joe Bellows
B.C
Bellows
Crown
Rcmp Victims Services
Bryan
Keystone Kops
Vander Zalm Downplays BC Reform Leadership Bid
Premier Bill Vander Zalm, 64, attends Reform BC convention in Prince George amid leadership speculation. He says he is not running, though insiders expect a leadership race by fall, with Wilf Hanni’s leadership potentially ending. Vander Zalm, who left Social Credit after a 1991 conflict, comments on the ruling party and his own role.
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Victoria
Bill Vander Zalm
B.C
Vander Zalm
Reform B.C
Prince George
British Columbia
Wilf Hanni
Social Credit
Wess
Federal
Reform
Jack Weisgerber
Richard Neufeld
Liberals
Hanni
Weisgerber
Social Credit Party
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Federal boating rules set to curb access and require licenses
Fisheries Minister David Anderson announced new rules limiting youth access to boats and after ten years all boaters must hold a licence for operating watercraft on Canadian waters. Under 16s face training and supervision thresholds, with jetski use banned for anyone under 16. The plan targets safety as waterways attract more people and powerful boats.
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Ottawa
David Anderson
Canada
Anderson
Britannia Yacht Club
Grain delay hearings extend into summer for farmers
Western farmers wait for explanation from the Canadian Transportation Agency after grain shipments from a bumper 1996 97 harvest were delayed. The Canadian Wheat Board sought relief as two major railways failed to move tonnes to Asia from Vancouver. The tribunal will review thousands of pages over the summer before ruling on the complaint.
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Ottawa
Asia
Vancouver
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Wheat Board
Canadian Transportation Agency
Canada unemployment steady at 8.4 percent
Statistics Canada reports the jobless rate at 8.4 percent for last month with the workforce largely unchanged. The economy added 26 000 full time jobs while 34 000 part time positions disappeared, continuing a trend of growth since 1997.
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Ottawa
Canada
Statistics Canada
Rob Hoffman
The
Royal Bank
Ottawa weighs options after refugee ruling on trafficker
Immigration Minister Lucienne Robillard says Ottawa may deport Pushpanathan to Sri Lanka despite a Supreme Court decision granting him a refugee hearing. The court ruled drug convictions do not automatically bar refugee proceedings, but warned immigration law may still block his stay in Canada.
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Ottawa
Sri Lanka
Supreme Court
Lucienne Robillard
Fie
Veluppillai Pushpanathan
Canada
Robillard
Commons
Pushpanathan
Toronto
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