Expo 2005 bid faces cabinet absence as Calgary hosts
Calgary organizers express disappointment over missing federal ministers at the Expo 2005 final pitch. Liberal Senator Dan Hays attends in place of Heritage Minister Copps due to cabinet swearing-in, while Prime Minister Chretien records a video message for delegates. Alberta Premier Klein says politics should not interfere with Calgary as Canada’s nominee.
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Monaco
Keila Copps
Calgary
Dan Hays
Ottawa
Copps
Jean Chretien
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Canada
MPs cash in big under pension reform exposes costs
Widespread pension payouts reach 28 million to 3.6 million per retiree under the 1995 reform. Former health minister David Dingwall, who lost his seat, will draw 3.59 million by age 75. Doug Young and Audrey McLaughlin also listed among sizable sums for retirees.
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Ottawawenty
National Citizens’ Coalition
David Somerville
David Dingwall
Dingwall
Defence
Doug Young
New Brunswick
NDP
Audrey McLaughlin
Safeway Medicine Hat reopens as strike ends
Customers return to Hat Mall Safeway after a 10 week picket line standoff. Manager Tim Lang says the store is back to normal with shelves still bare but service steady. Spokesperson Toby Oswald notes remaining management employee tensions and the phase-out of replacement workers. Customer Wendy Beard hopes workers received fair offers.
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Medicine Hat
Safeway
Tim Lang
Lang
Toby Oswald
Oswald
Wendy Beard
Faulder Death Sentence Delayed by Texas Court Stay
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indefinite stay of execution for 59 year old Faulder, who has sat on death row for 20 years for the 1975 murder of Inez Phillips in Gladewater. Defense argues prosecutorial misconduct and tainted testimony, while Faulder expressed thanks from on death row.
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Edmonton
Stanley Faulder
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Faulder
Sandra Babcock
Jasperman
Huntsville
Inez Phillips
Gladewater
Tex
Babcock
Texas
Pat Nicholl
Jasper
Flight diverted to Stephenville after indecent display by passenger
A Toronto to Paris jet diverted to Stephenville Newfoundland after a male passenger stripped and danced before travelers. The crew restrained him and the plane landed. Mounties charged Linh Van Phan, 32, with indecent exposure and planned further hotel incident charges.
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Stephenville
Europe
Newfoundland
Toronto
Alberta moves to curb cross provincial tobacco smuggling
Medicine Hat MLA Lorne Taylor backs changes to the Tobacco Tax Act granting police power to search vehicles of suspected bootleggers and seize unpaid taxes. Rob Renner says the goal is to curb cigarette flow from Ontario and Quebec.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Cypress Medicine Hat
Lorne Taylor
Taylor
Hat
Rob Renner
Ontario
Quebec
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