Renner and Taylor win in Cypress Medicine Hat races
Rob Renner and Lorne Taylor won decisive victories in southeast Alberta, securing second terms as Progressive Conservatives in the 83 seat legislature. In Medicine Hat Renner led with about 52 percent of votes and a 2,000 vote margin over Liberal Trevor Butts, while Cypress-Medicine Hat saw Taylor prevail with 57 percent and a 3,500 vote margin over Liberal Beverley Britton Clarke. Taylor noted a 1993 to 1994 vote increase and both races contributed to a larger PC majority.
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Maurice Perron
Don Crisall
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Red Deer honors runaway pig with bronze statue
Francis the pig famed for escaping slaughter and living on the run for six months will be immortalized in a life sized bronze sculpture in Red Deer's downtown. The piece joins existing statues of Rev. Leonard Gaetz and Francis Galbraith in a public art project.
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Klein wins Alberta election in landslide majority
Premier Ralph Klein and his Conservatives secure 63 of 83 seats, delivering a decisive win as Liberals hold 18 and New Democrats secure two. Klein vows continued fiscal restraint and decisive spending cuts in health care and education, while Edmonton remains a Liberal stronghold outside the city.
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Olson faces August 18 hearing on parole review
Vancouver judge sets August 18 full judicial review for Clifford Olson to seek reduction of parole eligibility from 25 years. Olson, speaking by phone from Prince Albert, addresses the court as victims' family members watch under a publication ban on evidence to be weighed in August. The hearing records an emotional response from Ray King, father of victim Raymond King Jr., while Olson maintains a measured, prepared defense before the jury selection phase.
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Toronto man drives corpse home from California in camper
Peter Bashucky 46 drove his father Nick Bashucky 78 from the Los Angeles area to Toronto after his death from a stroke. He kept the body iced in the camper during a four day journey, crossing the border and delivering it to a Toronto funeral home on Tuesday. The roadside trip was taken in shock and with a strong desire to reunite the family.
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