Protesters block logging road at King Island central coast
About 70 people including Nuxalk aboriginals Greenpeace Forest Action Network and Bear Watch block an International Forest Products road into a rainforest valley claimed sacred. Anti logging protests near Whistler continue as injunctions delay Legal action.
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Bella Coola
B.C
King Island
Vancouver
Greenpeace
Forest Action Network
Bear Watch
Whistler
Stoltmann
International Forest Products
B.C. Supreme Court
Tzeporah Berman
Montreal withholds Canada Day funds while backing Fete Nationale parade
Montreal rejects subsidizing the Canada Day parade amid a budget crunch, yet approves a 50 000 to 60 000 grant for the Fete Nationale procession. Mayor Bourque defends the split, saying both parades have separate budgets and purposes. Roopnarine Singh denounces the decision as a double standard.
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Montreal
Pierre Bourque
Roopnarine Singh
Fete Nationale
Singh
Bourque
Christiane Theberge
the Gazette
Theberge
Mr. Singh
Pocklington faces sale of Oilers with Edmonton stay covenant
Edmonton owner Peter Pocklington moves to sell the Oilers with the team possibly leaving Edmonton if no local buyer is found. The Alberta Treasury Branches must approve and a 2004 stay clause in the Coliseum deal constrains moving the franchise. City and Northlands could match offers up to 70 million to keep the team local.
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Edmonton
Pocklington
Edmonton Oilers
U.S
National Hockey League
Alberta Treasury
Alberta
Oilers
Ron Liteplo
City of
United States
Liteplo
Defence assets used for private business by Canadian officer
An OTTAWA Defence department planner used equipment and staff for personal ventures including a real estate business and a dog kennel service. May 1994 report found misuse of military resources, though no charges followed. later 1995 court martial cited department expenses for private trips.
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Ottawa
Defence Department
Canada
Defence Headquarters
Michael O’brien
Department of National Defence
O’brien
O'Brien
Hell's Angel escapes hospital in Canada-wide manhunt
Richard Vallee, 39, a wanted bombing suspect, escaped from St. Luc Hospital with three accomplices after ambushing a guard in a hospital shower. Vallee, facing U S extradition, fled with two others aboard waiting motorcycles while two more awaited outside.
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Montreal de Wolverine
Hell’s Angles
Richard
Rick) Vallee
St. Luc
Vallee
U.S
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Lawrence Pootlass
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Fog Creek
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Geo Olds Cadillac
Jim Smith
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Calvin Smythe
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