Copps resigns seat to seek byelection over GST issues
Canadian deputy prime minister Sheila Copps announced her resignation from the House of Commons to contest a June 17 byelection in Hamilton Hall. She said the move, accepted by Prime Minister Jean Chretien, aims to clear her name over the GST and she acknowledged past verbal slips while vowing to maintain honesty and hard work.
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Hamilton Eputy
Sheila Copps
House of Commons
Hamilton Hall
Copps
Jean Chretien
Woman found dead in Monza apartment after seven years
Police say Graziella Villa lay dead in her Monza apartment for seven years. Her ex husband Gilberto and daughter Stefania recovered furniture after winning a court order, discovering the fully clothed skeleton on a bed. Villa was last seen alive in 1989 at age 47.
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Monza
Italy
Reuter
Graziella Villa
Villa
Gilberto
Stefania
Mary Millions Search Near End of Major RCMP Probe
Eastend residents and RCMP continue to chase roughly 30 tips about Mary Millions 58 who disappeared April 19 near Medicine Hat while driving a brown and black 1989 Chevrolet truck. Investigators have not found the vehicle or any concrete lead as volunteers keep posting her photo at truck stops and stores.
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Millions
Stacy Millions
Montreal
Stacy
RCMP
Eastend
Ken Martin
Martin
Medicine Hat Rcmp
Errol Cruickshank
Lethbridge
Maple Creek
Bill Sparkes
Missing Mary MILLIONS last seen in Medicine Hat area
Mary MILLIONS was last seen on April 19 around 11 p.m. on the Trans-Canada Highway heading east toward Saskatchewan. She drives a brown and black 1989 Chevrolet truck with licence DZX 475. Police agencies from Medicine Hat RCMP and other detachments are expanding the search north of the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat Police
RCMP
Lethbridge
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Eastend
Shaunavon
Sask
Reform MP Ringma apologizes for anti gay remarks
Rever Bob Ringma quit as party whip and apologized for suggesting he might fire or move gays or ethnic minorities if they hurt business. He will keep his Commons seat and said the plain truth is that he made a mistake.
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Ottawa
Bob Ringma
Fauw
DA Ua
Ule D.v
Nanaimo Cowichan
Ringman
Reform Caucus
UK cow slaughter to start amid BSE crisis plan
The plan to slaughter cattle over 30 months old begins today, with a six week backlog and months needed to clear it. Afterward routine slaughter will remove 5.5 million older cattle over six years, amid estimates of 100000 older cows and 150000 steers and heifers on farms awaiting slaughter. Douglas Hogg proposes a selective cull of 42000 at risk cattle in exchange for lifting the EU ban.
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National Farmers Union
Douglas Hogg
European Union
Calgary woman on trial for attempted murder of husband
Dorothy Joudrie, 61, is accused of shooting Earl Joudrie six times with a small calibre handgun in their Calgary area condo on January 21 1995. An expert witness testified she was in a dissociative state believing she had a happy marriage and was unaware of the act.
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Calgary
Dee Joudrie
Earl Joudrie
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Canada
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Walter Coles
Alberta
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Porder
Alber- Saskatchewan
Grant Hignell
Womar
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Aileen McCabe
Southam
London
Joudrie
Bob Berty
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