White Calls Pension Bill Flawed Over Greed Claim
Ottawa Reform MP Randy White criticizes government pension changes as a payoff driven by greed. He notes the bill lacks logic and, as an accountant, urges scrutiny while apologizing for miscounting the word greed.
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Bloc pays questioned over Bloc MPs campaigning
Prime Minister Chretien urged Bloc Quebecois MPs to forfeit salaries if they devote all time to the Quebec referendum. He suggested Leader Lucien Bouchard give up the extra 49 100 dollars as opposition leader, a point Bouchard rejected.
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Southam News
Bloc Quebecois
Quebec
Chretien
Commons
Bloc
Lucien Bouchard
Bouchard
Reform
Preston Manning
NCN signs with CMT Canada adds U S minority stake
NCN will rename as CMT Country Music Television Canada after Nashville based CMT tentatively acquires about 20 percent from Rogers Communications. The move ends a Canada U S trade dispute sparked by CMT after NCN replaced CMT on Canadian cable systems.
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Ottawa
Southam News
U.S
Country Music Television
NCN
Rogers Communications Ltd
CMT: Country Music Television
Canada
Washington
Mickey Kantor
CMT
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Rogers
Phil Lind
Westinghouse Electric Otp
Lind
Rawico Communications Ltd
Hat eases water restrictions in Medicine Hat as city returns to normal
Partial easing allows household use car washing and garden watering between 7 am and 11 pm while lawn watering remains banned except hand watering of new seed or sod. Commercial and industrial use is decided case by case.
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Medicine Hat
Environmental
Albert Bizio
Kingsway Auto Village
Randall Bruins
Bruins
Larry Godin
Leigh Smythe
Golden Acre Garden Centre
Strathcona Pool
Connaught
Medicine Hat College
Kin Coulee
South Ridge
Echo Dale
Connaught Linear Parks
City
Hat college workers defend jobs at Medicine Hat
Custodians and food service staff urge Medicine Hat College to keep services in house to save costs. Union researcher Tom Fuller says contracting out is not more efficient and promises a detailed review of bids and potential savings as the college seeks to trim 1.2 million from the 1995 96 budget.
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Medicine Hat
Tom Fuller
Fuller
Edmonton
Alberta Union of Public Employees
Ralph Weeks
Mabe
Fuler
Board of Governors
MPs approve DNA sampling powers in crime bill in Parliament
Ottawa MPs pass a DNA testing measure allowing police to use reasonable force to obtain hair and bodily fluid samples from violent offenders. The act amends the Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act to tighten police powers while safeguards protect innocent rights. The Senate expected swift passage amid other crime bills advancing.
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Ottawa
Allan Rock
House of Commons
Senate
Supreme Court
Rock
SkyDome closes after two acoustic panels fall in Toronto
City inspectors say SkyDome will stay closed until acoustic panels that peeled and fell 15 metres into the stands are repaired and inspected. Pam Coburn questions why the Blue Jays game continued and notes safety concerns while SkyDome engineers recheck all panels and the installers are brought back to verify reinstatement.
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Toronto (Cp
Pam Coburn
Toronto
Toronto Blue Jays
Coburn
SkyPome
David Garrick
Garrick
Homolka recalls Jane Doe incident years after crime
Karla Homolka told the Bernardo murder trial she did not remember drugging and assaulting Jane Doe until prison dreams in 1993 and after police showed a videotape last February, describing memory gaps and a defense mechanism. She had legal pleas and testified before Bernardo faces lethal murder charges and additional counts.
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Toronto
Karla Homolka
Jane Doe
Paul Bernardo
Homolka
Bernardo
Crown
Leslie Maharfy
Kristen French
Mahaffy
French
Court
Paul
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