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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1979
Page
8
Gilbert Rondeau, former independent MP, withdraws appeals after a two year fraud and arson conviction fight. He says he remains innocent and will surrender to prison authorities later this week after losing his seat in the May 22 federal election.
National appealed five months in prison and a 5600 dollar fine for conspiring to defraud 37099.95 from the Unemployment Insurance Commission and government. He will withdraw an appeal on arson and conspiracy for inciting two men to burn his Bromont Quebec house. He received concurrent six month terms on each count. He cites lack of funds and legal injustice as reasons to delay appeals, claiming 100000 spent on defence and offering to post 100000 guarantee to continue.
A bench warrant was issued for Newfoundland Liberal MP David Rooney for failing to appear in court on charges he misused his elected office. Justice Lynne Courier said the warrant is discretionary and Rooney’s lawyer called it a procedural step to preserve jurisdiction. Rooney, charged in February 1978, faced claims including hiring his wife as government paid secretary and related assault accusations involving a Toronto photographer.
A judicial recount in South West Nova confirmed Progressive Conservative Charles Haliburton as winner by 111 votes over Liberal Coline Campbell after two counts. Campbell had previously led by 121 votes, a margin that was cut to 10 before the final tally. The recount occurred Wednesday before Judge Hanson Dowell in Middleton.
Gen. Omar Bradley, commander in Normandy, attended D Day anniversary events in the American sector but was too ill to leave his car. Triboulet spoke of the enduring hope for world peace as veterans observed ceremonies honoring Canadian and British forces and Allied troops who stormed the beaches on June 6, 1944. Military units from Canada, the U.S., Britain, France, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium stood at attention along the shore where 156000 Allied troops landed to begin Europe’s liberation.
Montreal nurses from the Federation des Infirmieres et infirmiers du Quebec walked out for 24 hours, leaving skeleton crews to keep essential services amid protests over government contract offers. In Quebec City and elsewhere, 12,000 nurses from Syndicat Professionnel des Infirmieres et Infirmiers staged rotating strikes, with 30 hospitals in the Quebec City area affected.
Crown attorney Rod McLeod urged a $10 million minimum fine against McNamara Corp in Ontario Supreme Court for rigging dredging bids. Defence lawyers balked, opposing jail terms of nine to twelve years proposed for Jean Simard and similar penalties for three other businessmen. McLeod also urged Marine Industries Ltd. of Montreal to face a $2.5 million to $4.5 million fine for its role in the $4.3 million conspiracy.
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