Bouchard rules out quick Quebec vote
The Quebec cabinet signals no snap election over referendum. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Brasard says decisions will wait for the court ruling and outlines cautious steps amid Ottawa’s intervention. Federal lawyers push Quebec sovereignty case while Radio-Canada seeks permission to broadcast.
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Bouchard
Quebec
Montreal
Ottawa
Intergovernmental Affairs
Jacques Brassard
Guy Bertrand
Canada
Radio-Canada
CBC
Bertrand
Marc-Andre Blanchard
Brockville groundhog derby sparks criticism and confusion
In Brockville Ontario a groundhog derby drew external calls from animal rights groups criticizing the spectacle as macabre. Club owner Terry Fox dismissed reputational harm, noting any groundhogs killed would be eaten and promising to use them for meals.
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Brockville
Ont
Doran
Terry Fox
Fox
Bread prices rise at Calgary Co-op stores amid wheat costs
Calgary Co-op plans a price hike on bread by about 10 percent as wheat costs climb. Glenna Cross says the increase will affect all bread products, with whole wheat at 1.92 and regular white at 1.21, reflecting higher flour prices and farmer costs.
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Calgary
Jim Cunningham
Macleod Trail
Southam
Ron Leonhardt
Drumheller
Wild Rose Agricultural Producers
Remand Centre Escapes Prompt Inquiry By MLA
Crime report details two more inmates missing from the Remand Centre Medicine Hat. Chad Allan Collins and Daniel Paul Armstrong believed to have escaped after breaking a window around 1:20 a.m. Police search ongoing as Renner seeks response from Justice Minister Brian Evans.
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Rob Renner
Justice
Brian Evans
Medicine Hat
Chad Allan Collins
Daniel Paul Armstrong
Ostrich industry set for rapid growth in Alberta
Alberta’s fledgling Ostrich Breeders Association envisions a swift rise in demand for ostrich meat, leather, and feathers. Industry leaders estimate 600-700 producers exist, with expansion needed to reach a 1 percent Canadian meat market share within five to ten years. Ostrich meat appears in Calgary and Edmonton menus as producers push broader adoption.
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Iberia
Alberta
John Fehr
North America
Ostrich Breeders Association
Westin Hotel
Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
Sharon Fisk
Alberta Ostrich Breeders Association
Benoit
Engines recovered from Everglades crash
Investigators located submerged engines of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Everglades as navy salvage teams join the search for wreckage and 109 bodies. Divers face near zero visibility while officials assess cause of the smoke and plan recovery of flight data recorders with sonar equipment.
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Navy
Robert Francis
U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
U.S
Everglades
NTSB
Greg Feith
Discount
Florida Everglades
ValuJet
Miami
Altanta
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Canadian Press
Spark Inquiry
Ian McDougall
Medicine Hat News
Charles Redpath
Renner
Evans
Rennand
Redpath
Collins
Armstrong
Remand Centre
Jacqueline Louie Chuck Pimm
Agriculture Canada
Lacombe Research Centre
King Meat
ir-Coaldala
Sociated Press
Ann Landers
Doonesbury
Wright
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