McLellan backs national gun registry amid crime debate
Canada's justice minister Anne McLellan defends a national firearms registry citing Statistics Canada data. The 1995 figures show half of firearms murders involve handguns, while overall gun deaths remain a small share of firearm fatalities and violent crime has fallen since 1992. Opponents note the $85 million registry program questions.
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Edmonton
Canada
Anne McLellan
Edmonton West
McLellan
Statistics Canada
Centre For Justice Statistics
Alberta
Jon Havelock
Summit of ironies at Earth Summit over deforestation and Canada
Prime Minister Jean Chretien urged the United Nations to reverse deforestation amid criticism of Canada's climate policy. Environmentalists say Canada cannot press forest preservation while expanding logging. The New York Post notes waste and pollution issues tied to the summit, including can disposal and limo idling.
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United Nation
Jean Chretien
United Nations
Canada
Rio
B.C
New York Post
Post
the Post
New York
Hatter's future in own hands
Medicine Hat residents adapt to lean times as downsizing and outsourcing rise. Experts note a shift to self employment with StatCan data showing a 7 percent jump in self employed in 1995. Local leaders warn prosperity hinges on new markets and more manufacturing.
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Medicine Hat Ale
Sebo
Northwest Company
Winnipeg
Medicine Hat
Roy Roth
Hat
Human Resources Canada
Statistics Canada
Roth
Leigh Smythe
Medicine Hat and District
Smythe
Oshawa
General Motors Car and Truck
Human Resources Canada Employment Centre
Entre-Corp
Queen meets history in Bonavista marking 500 years of Cabot voyage
Queen Elizabeth attends a 500 year commemoration in Bonavista as the replica Matthew sails in fog to retrace Cabot's 1497 Bristol voyage. About 30,000 spectators fill hills while cannon salutes end a 53 day voyage amid songs, dancing, and aboriginal protest drumming highlighting Beothuk history.
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Bonavista
Nld
John Cabot
Matthew
Queen Elizabeth
Cabot
Bristol
England
Canada
Shanawdithit
Newfoundland
Ovide Mercredi
Assembly of First Nations
Alberta loses bid for $5.5 billion wind project in Pincher Creek
Pincher Creek, about 160 km south of Calgary, loses the York Enercon windmill project to Mexico after two years of attempts by local officials and Windpower Inc. Supporters blame Alberta's energy politics and fear of offending the oil industry for the setback.
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Calgary
Alberta
York Enercon
Roy Davidson
York WindPower Corp
Montreal
Enercon Gmbh
Mexico
Johnson
Alberta private clinic seeks new medical standards for expansion
Iberta's College of Physicians and Surgeons may develop standards for Calgary's first major private for profit medical facility. HRG plans to open next month at the former Grace Hospital site with 37 beds, offering only minor surgeries initially while licensing under existing non hospital surgical standards. Critics warn private care risks two tiered medicine and reduced universality as public funds and equipment face competition.
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Calgary
Flagler
HRG
Alberta
Grace Hospital
Jim Saunders
Saunders
Medical College
College
Alberta Health
Douglas Kinsella
University of Calgary Medical Faculty
Medical Bioethics
Canada
Feds
Kinsella
Three Penis Wine Seized In Canada Bootlegging Ring
In Toronto a Chinese tainted liquor called Three Penis Wine is confined behind iron grates at Pier 52. The LCBO warns the potent beverage could be deadly. The illicit lot includes deer, dolphin and dog components and is part of an $11 million sample of a $1 billion bootlegging trade.
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Toronto
Southam
China
Pier 52
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
Vancouver
Canada
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Southam Newspapers
Chretien
Bernie Siegel
Cael
Ann Landers
Schools of Thought
Hatter
Tannis Toohey
Gale Sebo
Northwest
Graeme Hamilton Southam Newspapers
Elizabeth
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