Batting 400 Bat House Forces Family From Attic In New Brunswick
In Cormier Village New Brunswick hundreds of bats invaded the Borges family attic last month forcing them into a cottage. About 400 bats inhabit the attic with the two year old severely ill from diarrhea vomiting and stomach cramps. The father blames the province citing prior advice to create exits. More bats continued to arrive.
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Cormier Village
N.B
Jerry Borges
Borges
Agriculture Department
Alberta stay at home tax review spurs Ottawa look
Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin agreed to review Alberta’s claim that the tax system discriminates against stay at home parents after a meeting with Treasurer Jim Dinning. The Alberta report argues the child care deduction favors two income families and urges replacing it with a refundable child tax credit.
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Edmonton
Ottawa
Alberta
Paul Martin
Jim Dinning
Dinning
Martin
Premier’s Council
Ottawa workers' earnings decline as hours rise edges of inflation stay firm
Canadian workers put in longer hours while weekly pay falls 0.4 percent in April from March, with average earnings at $570.25 and $14.21 per hour. Unemployment remains above nine percent and job growth stagnant, supporting Bank of Canada inflation restraint despite wage cuts. Bank CEO Thiessen warns against any inflation-target compromise, while board suspends executives' large pay hikes amid controversy.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Statistics Canada
Nesbitt Burns
Gordon Thiessen
Winnipeg
Survivors wait for rescue at Seoul department store collapse
In Seoul a five story wing of the Sam poong Department Store complex collapsed killing 113 and injuring 910 with 246 missing. Rescue teams used cranes and seismic detectors to locate six survivors in the basement and elevator shaft as over 2,000 responders worked through the night.
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Seoul
Ap-Cp
Sampoong
Hong Sung-tae
Kwon Eun-jong
Hong
Kwon
U.S
Japan
Lee Shin-ju
Homolka says prison better than living with Bernardo
Karla Homolka testified she feels nine days of remorse after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the deaths of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy. She described harsh treatment by Paul Bernardo, an appetite for more victims, and said prison life is preferable to life with him though she believes justice has fallen short.
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Toronto
Karla Homolka
Paul Bernardo
Homolka
Kristen French
Leslie Mahaffy
Paul
Rey Houlahan
Bernardo
St. Catharines
Kingston
Ont
Tae
Nuclear regulator flags weakness at Bruce B Station
Federal nuclear regulators identify a fundamental weakness in an important cover allowing a one year and May failure at Bruce B Generating Station Unit Five near Tiverton. The report mentions reactor safety concerns and potential cover design issues affecting operation.
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Owen Sound
Ont
Bruce B
Tiverton
Edmontonians Race Home From Toronto For Gretzky Statue
Five Edmonton businessmen travel by air with a quarter each arguing to be first to reach the Wayne Gretzky statue at the Edmonton Coliseum. Rik Nielsen Wayne Teskey and three friends fund their trip by bar gigs jokes and street collecting in Toronto and Kitchener with only two IDs. They landed with about 140 dollars after selling photos and performing acts.
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Edmonton
Toronto
Rik Nielsen
Wayne Teskey
Wayne Gretzky
Edmonton Coliseum
Nielsen
Teskey
Casey
Kitchener
Ont
Rik
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