Crime risks tied to Russian NHL stars in Canada
RCMP intelligence warns organized crime from the former Soviet Union may recruit Russian hockey players to launder funds and expand fronts in Canada and the United States. The Southam News report cites a 15 month Senate inquiry noting extortion of players from the former Soviet states.
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Ottawa
Soviet Union
Canada
RCMP
Criminal Intelligence Directorate
United States
North America
EEOC
Southam News
NHL
Russia
U.S. Senate
Standoff Ends Near VA Center After 14 Hour Siege
Jason Leigh, 49, crashed a car through a gate at the Veterans Affairs regional center in Waco, Texas, held police for 14 hours, and surrendered shirtless with hands raised. He demanded money and complained of VA mistreatment, never taking hostages. A caller identifying as Leigh claimed a personal grudge and lost files in the appeal process.
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Waco
Tex
Veterans Affairs
Jason Leigh
Leigh
Veteran Affairs Department
Fort Worth
KXAS
Woman Receives Probation After Bread Knife Wedding Plan Incident
Sonia Watson, 44, received nine months probation after she attacked during a dispute over wedding plans in Simcoe Ontario. The argument on November 20 left the victim struck several times while he locked himself in a bedroom. police intervened and the couple has since married.
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Simcoe, Ont
Sonia Watson
Charest Faces Key Decision Amid Federal Liberal Tug of War
In Liverpool Nova Scotia Tory Leader Jean Charest insists he will not quit federal politics as Quebec Liberals rally around autonomy issues. With Daniel Johnson gone, Charest is viewed as a potential champion against Parti Quebecois Premier Lucien Bouchard and a shapeshifter of federal politics.
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Liverpool
U.S
Jean Charest
Quebec
Jean Chretien
Preston Manning
Charest
Chretien
Nova Scotia
N.S
Daniel Johnson
Bouchard
National Health Initiative Aims Home Care Promise
Heath Minister Allan Rock pledges a national home care program to ease hospital crowding as provinces resist cost and standards. He argues Medicare must be modernized and that moving care to homes requires federal leadership, with Canadians already bearing caregiver burnout.
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National Health Initiative
Halifax Heath
Allan Rock
Rock
Ottawa Citizen
Edmonton
Windsor
N.S
Canada
Michael Rachlis
Alberta investors bid to buy Oilers for 70 million
A local investors group led by Cal Nichols and John Butler plans a 70 million dollar bid to purchase Oilers Hockey Inc Coliseum Management Inc and the Hamilton Bulldogs with Treasury Branches to receive a 5 million dollar US cheque and indemnities negotiations to be finalized with Economic Development Edmonton the city and Northlands Park for a 2004 location agreement.
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Edmonton
Alberta Treasury
U.S
Edmonton Oilers
Cal Nichols
John Butler
Nichols
Oilers Hockey Inc
Coliseum Management Inc
Ers
Hamilton Bulldogs
Treasury Branches
Oilers
Peter Pocklington
Treasury
Darlene Dickinson
City
Northlands Park
Tobacco study sparks WHO secrecy over secondhand smoke findings
A major health study allegedly shows no link between secondhand smoke and lung cancer and possibly a protective effect. The World Health Organization commissioned the 12 country European study but released only a summary in an internal report and declined comment. The research compared 650 lung cancer patients with 1,542 controls and found no added risk for those exposed to smokers at home or work, or during childhood.
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The
World Health Organization
WHO
Geneva
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Loren Legare
Medicine Hat
YMCA
House
Tory
Alberta
JAC MacDonald Southam Newspapers
Victoriam
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