Thief sentenced for bank robbery ends cross country spree
James Kimball, a 71 year old career criminal, was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison for a bank robbery that yielded 168000 dollars. He said he treasured the years of life he enjoyed during the spree before his imprisonment. A Los Angeles doctor later suggested he had about two years to live.
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Wichita
Kan
James Kimball
Kimball
Los Angeles
Ottawa
Romeo Lalonde
Catherine Newman
Newman
Denis Couture
Lalonde
Qatar
Kuwait
Iraq
Gulf
Boundary redraws back on the table after Western pressure
The Globe and Mail reports Ottawa will resume electoral boundary review after Liberal suspensions, with a Senate compromise securing six extra Commons seats for Ontario and British Columbia. The move follows Western premiers’ push to protect ridings and MPs.
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Toronto
Toronto Globe and Mail
Senate
British Columbia
Ontario
Liberals
The
Globe
Hat seniors protest Alberta benefit changes
A Hat senior activist blasts Alberta's revised Seniors Benefit plan as insufficient while government officials defend the changes as fair. The plan raises income thresholds for subsidies and premiums, with mixed impacts on middle income seniors and options to appeal.
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Todd Nogier
Alberta
Hat
Noreen Foster
Alberta Council On Aging
Mar
Foster
Alberta Health
Hat Catholic boards seek partial opt out of tax scheme
Premier Ralph Klein outlined a compromise allowing Catholic school boards to partially opt out of the Alberta School Foundation Fund. If opt out, local tax revenue would be reduced from the foundation fund, balancing the change. Medicine Hat Catholics had until April 27 to decide on joining the fund.
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Hat Catholic Board
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Medicine Hat
Klein
School Foundation
Eclipse eclipse blinds Quebec viewers after solar event
At least 17 Quebecers suffered partial blindness after viewing a solar eclipse without protection. A 16 year old girl in Montreal area is now legally blind, and an 11 year old lost a quarter of vision. Seven more cases were reported in Chateauguay Rimouski with teens among the victims.
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Montreal
Francine Mathieu-Millaire
Mathieu-Millaire
Alberta Doctors Split Over Fee Rollback After Agreement
Calgary based MDAM rebels oppose the fee cuts while AMA backed deal is urged for acceptance. MDAM accuses AMA of dividing the profession and breaking the 1992 Alberta Health accord guaranteeing annual increases. Dr Rob Mitchell cites a Calgary Medical Society survey showing 71 percent felt underrepresented.
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Alberta
Alberta DoCtors Medical Association
Pevew
Multi-Disciplinary Association of Medicine
MDAM
AMA
Alberta Health
Rob Mitchell
Mitchell
Calgary Medical Society
Lawyer urges changes to Alberta adoption law
A California attorney warned that Alberta risks becoming a haven for U S baby brokers if its adoption laws are not changed. Jed Somit cited weak rights for unwed fathers and noted six U S birth fathers later found their children adopted in Calgary and Edmonton. The National Organization for Birth Fathers and Adoption Reform is lobbying for reform.
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Kim Lunman
Calgary Herald
Alberta
U.S
California
Jed Somit
Oakland
Somit
Mississippi
Joey Smith Jr
Calgary
Canada
Laurie McMurchie
Edmonton
National Organization For Birth Fathers and Adoption Reform
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