Reduced Shakespeare Company performs all 37 plays in two hours
The Reduced Shakespeare Company presents The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged in Honolulu. Reed Martin likens Shakespeare to Spielberg and the troupe updates the bard for modern audiences. Historical scenes become a football game with a crown as the ball. King Lear is disqualified as a fictional character.
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Honolulu
Shakespeare Company
William Shakespeare
Reed Martin
Steven Spielberg
King Lear
Parole Board Chief Faces Shakeup Over Violent Offender
Ottawa officials weigh removing vice chairman Ghislain Bellavance after MPs condemn parole board choices that allowed convicts like Daniel Gingras to commit multiple murders. The case follows a Supreme Court ruling reversing a Nova Scotia appeals decision on sexual consent in a separate matter.
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Ottawa
Herb Gray
National Parole Board
Daniel Gingras
Gingras
West Edmonton
Wanda Lee Woodward
Medicine Hat
Michel Dagenais
Warren Allmand
Commons Justice Committee
Gray
Ghislain Bellavance
Prairie Region
Parole Board
Liberal
Bloc
Reform
Dagenais
Alberta expands drunk driving ignition device plan
Alberta will let impaired driving offenders regain driving rights up to nine months early by installing a $900 breath device in their cars. First-time offenders face a minimum three month suspension before device use, with the system preventing car starts if drinking is detected.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Steve West
West
Lori Hodgess
Canada
Premier Klein faces warning over judges independence in Alberta
Law Society of Alberta president Peter Royal warns Klein's remarks threaten provincial court independence. He says hiring and firing power lies with cabinet only through proper channels and warns of potential chaotic disruption if courts lose autonomy. Royal cites cases in Calgary and Edmonton where adjournments and delays followed the comments.
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Edmonton Journal
Calgary Herald
Ralph Klein
Law Society of Alberta
Wiain
Wsawes
Abauase
WHEY
ASSES
WWE
Peter Royal
Klein
Calgary
Hugh Landerkin
Landerkin
Ed Wachowich
Ken Rostad
Edmonton
Rostad
Wachowich
Percy Wickman
Wickman
Court of Queen’s Bench
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Royal
Queen’s Bench
Ralph
Judicial Council
Alberta
Tax ruling pleases mother in child support case
Susan Thibaudeau of Trois Rivieres hailed the Federal Court of Appeal decision freeing child support from income tax as a historic win for Canadian women. The ruling may affect about 198,000 Canadians who paid taxes on 1.5 billion dollars in child support, with Ottawa open to Supreme Court appeal.
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Montreal Gazette
Quebec
Federal Court of Appeal
Canada
Susan Thibaudeau
Trois Rivieres
Quebec City
Madame Thibaudeau
Thibaudeau
Federal Court
Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Allan Rock
Rabin and Arafat sign historic Gaza Jericho autonomy accord
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a landmark accord granting Palestinians autonomy in the Gaza Strip and Jericho after prolonged negotiations. The ceremony includes a dispute over land limits and last minute negotiations on stage with Mubarak and Christopher. Israel also halts prisoner releases briefly over numbers.
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West Bank
Jericho
Yitzhak Rabin
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Inset
Gaza Strip
Cairo
Israel
Arafat
Hosni Mubarak
U.S
Warren Christopher
Rabin
Shimon Peres
Crown lays five new charges in Bernardo trial
The Crown charged Paul Bernardo with at least five new offences involving three more victims. Details were not released as Judge Patrick LeSage weighed public access while a publication ban was debated. Bernardo’s lawyer criticized the move as trial by ambush and warned of prejudice.
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ST. Catharines, Ont
Paul Bernardo
Patrick LeSage
Bernardo
Ontario
Michal Fairburn
LeSage
Niagara
Peninsula City
Ken Murray
Murray
Crown
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