Quebec Membership Purge Hits Alliance Leader Race
Canadian Alliance officials said they rejected 1,400 memberships from Quebecs Gaspe region and more across the province just before a leadership vote. The figure doubles Tom Longs admitted bogus memberships and halves the provinces total signed memberships. Long had apologized earlier in the campaign.
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Calgary
Canadian Alliance
Quebec
Gaspe
Tom Long
Long
Alliance
Ken Kalopsis
Kalopsis
National Party
Disgraced coach has sentence reduced
Former Moncton AAA Midget Flyers coach Scott Farrell had his two year coaching suspension cut to one year, expiring April 15 2001. Officials called the prior punishment for coaching to lose while Farrell accepted the lesson and eyed a return to hockey.
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Fredericton
Scott Farrell
Moncton Aaa
Flyers
Farrell
New Brunswick Amateur Hockey Association
Atlantic Canada
St. John’s
Nfld
Moncton Flyers
Moncton
Howard Peters
Peters
Martin would boost Liberal support in Quebec poll
A Montreal La Presse poll of 1,030 Quebecers shows 44.3 percent would vote Liberal under Paul Martin, 28.9 percent for the Bloc. under Jean Chretien, Liberals drop to 33.6 percent while Bloc rises to 37.3 percent. Chretien dismissed the survey as useless.
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Montreal
Paul Martin
Federal
Liberal Party
Quebec
Martin
Bloc
Chretien
Paris
Air Canada pilots resume talks as back to work legislation looms
Air Canada and its 2,200 member pilots association agree to resume negotiations next Wednesday after a Friday meeting. A strike vote is underway with results due Monday in Toronto. Government back to work legislation reportedly prepared as talks proceed.
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FEDS
Montreal
Air Canada
Air Canada Pilots Association
Toronto
Raymond Hall
The
Pilots Association
Calin Rovinescu
Robert Milton
Arith É¢Hanilaéca
Hall
U.S
Royal Bank foresees bright 2000 Canadian economy
Royal Bank chief economist John McCallum predicts 4.5 percent GDP growth this year with 2.2 percent core inflation and unemployment easing to 6.4 percent in 2001. He says the dismal 90s are over and real take home pay is rising for consumers.
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Royal Bank
John McCallum
McCallum
United States
Toronto Dominion Bank
Canada
Toronto Dominion
Walkerton water crisis drags on as cleanup continues
Medical officer Murray McQuigge says no clear end in sight for Walkerton boil-water order despite seven week door-to-door cleanup. Ontario agency took over operations after facility mismanagement amid E coli 0157 H7 outbreak that killed seven and sickened hundreds. police and judicial probes launched. coroner investigates up to 18 deaths.
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Walkerton
Jim Algie
Murray McQuigge
Ontario Clean Water Agency
Ontario
Nicipal Public Utilities Commission
McQuigge
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