Five fishermen arrested in Nova Scotia lobster clash
Five fishermen were arrested after a week of tension over lobster traps in West Publico Nova Scotia. A Wednesday raid by more than 100 fishermen led to ram raids on two Department of Fisheries vessels, burning and sinking them. Police say piracy and arson charges were being drafted as the dispute prompts arming of officers and political fallout.
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West Publico
N.S
Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
Federal Fisheries Department
RCMP
Pierre Comeau
Department
Louisburg
Ken Streatch
Streatch
Ottawa
Pierre de Bane
West Pubnico
Israeli Lebanese U S talks stall on Lebanon pullout accord
Negotiators from Israel Lebanon and the United States failed to finish texts for a withdrawal accord as Syria rejected the draft. Meetings are set for Sunday to continue work while concerns persist about timelines and broader regional troop withdrawals. Syria reportedly maintains opposition to the accord amid the stalemate.
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Ap-Reuters Netanya
Israel
U.S
Lebanon
Syria
Avi Pazner
Foreign Ministry
Lougheed calls for tolerance amid anti-Semitic row
Premier Lougheed urged Albertans to renew commitment to tolerance and respect as he acknowledged recent anti-Semitic comments. Education Minister Dave King will review curricula and a program on racism with the Alberta Cultural Heritage Council, while Labour Minister Les Young handles the human rights commission request. Opposition critics say the premier stopped short.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Central Alberta
Lougheed
Labor
Les Young
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Alberta
Alberta Cultural Heritage Council
Dave King
Conservatives to audit voting at Winnipeg meeting
The Conservative Party orders an internal review of voting procedures at its Winnipeg meet and earlier leadership election. Ottawa accountants Touche, Ross and Co will lead the inquiry, with a possible ballot recount still under consideration. The probe covers long-standing Tory conventions as well as the January showdown.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Federal Conservative Party
Winnipeg
Joe Clark
Touche, Ross and Co
Chartered Accountants
Clark
PC National
Pierre Fortier
Fortier
Michael Krauss
Conservative National
Ross
Krauss
New charges laid in 1971 murder
Roy Ebsary, 71, hospitalized with a broken neck, charged with second degree murder in the 1971 killing of Sandy Seale. Don Marshall, a Mi'kmaq man, was later acquitted on appeal. Witness James MacNeil testified Ebsary stabbed Seale during an attempted robbery in a city park.
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Sydney
N.S
Roy Newman Ebsary
Elisary
Sandy Seale
Donald Marshall
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Marshall
Ebsary
Supreme Court
James MacNeil
Seale
MacNeil
C Channel to offer free telecast amid financial woes
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved C Channel’s emergency subscription drive to broadcast its signal unscrambled on cable this weekend. Hosts include Karen Kain Liona Boyd John Hirsch Andrea Martin Al Waxman and Margaret Atwood as part of the effort to attract paying subscribers.
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Gramming
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Karen Kain
Liona Boyd
John Hirsch
Andrea Martin
SCTV
al Waxman
Margaret Atwood
Trudeau pushes Senate reform as committee study continues
Prime Minister Trudeau said he will push a Senate reform bill before the next election if a special Commons committee report is unanimous. He favors an elected Upper Chamber with possible provincial input, and a green paper outlining reform options.
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John Ferguson
Southam
Ottawa
Trudeau
Senate
Senate Commons
Special Commons Senate
Commons
Air Canada DC-9 Ditches on Regina Tar Mac Run
An Air Canada DC-9 jet left the Vancouver Regina flight path and ran off the tar mac at Regina Airport, ending its Vancouver to Regina service. No further details are provided in the snippet.
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Air Canada
Vancouver
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