Premier Getty may resign after Alberta election defeat
Premier Don Getty could step down as early as next week after losing his Edmonton Whitemud seat while his Alberta Conservative party secured a new majority. Party leaders anticipate a leadership convention in Calgary in November with an interim leader guiding the party until then.
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Edmonton
Don Getty
Alberta
Getty
Edmonton Whitemud
Norman Weiss
Fort McMurray
Calgary
Slave Lake
Bill Pearson
Lindane container possibly found in English Channel search
French navy mine hunter Orion detected a potential metallic box on the channel floor under 130 metres, possibly the missing Lindane container loaded with six tonnes. Officials cited bad weather delaying unmanned mini-submarine inspection and identification. The Lindane loss followed the Indonesian ship Perintis sinking in March.
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Cherbourg
France
English
Brice Lalonde
Lalonde
Orion
Maritime
Perintis
Consumer group urges tax on food under new sales tax
The Consumers Association of Canada urges the federal government to tax food and basics with the proposed federal sales tax. It argues no industry should be exempt and says exemptions raise the rate. It favors enhanced, monthly paid tax credits fully indexed to aid low income households.
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Toronto
Canada
Ottawa
Consumers Association of Canada
Global Economics Ltd
Ottawa Dispatch
Toronto Globe and Mail
Michael Wilson
Resignation Over Air Safety Scrutiny Hits Ottawa
Ottawa senior civil servant Claude Lafrance resigns after Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard faces embarrassment over poor communication on air crash findings. Opposition calls for inquiry into Arrow Air tragedy and handling, while disputes over wing icing warnings and departmental notices continue.
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Ottawa
Transport
Benoit Bouchard
Bouchard
Arrow
Gander
Nfld
Claude Lafrance
Canadian Aviation Safety Board
Arrow Air
Lafrance
Air Ontario
Dryden
Ont
Tragedy in Sao Paulo as Transbrasil Boeing 707 crashes
A Boeing 707 cargo plane struck an apartment house and a crowded shantytown near Sao Paulo's airport killing 18 and injuring up to 200. Crew of three and many ground residents perish. rescuers pull survivors as riot police guard the scene.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Reuter
Maria Idalina
Reuters
Monte Carmelo
Amazon
Manaus
Transbrasil
Boeing
Paulo Mattos
Nelson Coura Martinho
Lucia Ferreira
Bank of Canada raises lending rate to 12.4 percent
The Bank of Canada increased the policy rate to 12.4 per cent from 12.18 per cent, signaling higher borrowing costs as banks lift loan rates. Economists foresee a broader rate rise in response to rising inflation, with prime rates up three points from a year ago and potential economic slowdown ahead.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Allan Yarish
Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Statistics Canada
Ted Carmichael
Burns Fry Ltd
Park scavenger uncovers grisly find in Stanley Park
Vancouver police say millionaire scavenger Mile Korica discovered a skeleton of a man in his mid-50s beneath a fallen tree in Stanley Park. Coins suggest the body dated to about 1965, with Korica noting multiple prior corpse finds in the thousand-acre graveyard.
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Vancouver
Mile Korica
Stanley Park
Korica
Canada
Naples
Jim Szekeres
Szekeres
Joe Swan
Police Museum
Swan
Park Mounted Squad
Milo Korica
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