No Bre X charges after RCMP backs off in scam probe
RCMP announced no criminal charges in the Bre-X Minerals case citing insufficient evidence and witnesses outside Canada. Insp Peter Macaulay said obtaining testimony was blocked by international law and reluctance among Canadian witnesses. Bre-X collapsed in 1997 after Busang gold hoax, once valued over 6 billion US dollars.
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Toronto
Bre-X
RCMP
Canada
Force
Peter Macaulay
Calgary
Busang
Indonesia
Alberta Rcmp
Don McDermid
Macaulay
WCB seeks intervenor role in Medicine Hat methanol case
The Workers Compensation Board seeks intervenor status in a multi million dollar lawsuit by six Medicine Hat transit workers against the city and several firms over methanol exposure. The board argues its principles and compensation powers are at stake and hopes a lawyer will be present at future hearings.
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Medicine Hat
Workers Compensation Board
WCB
Nancy Saul-Demers
Saul-Demers
Eileen Moore
Dave Anton
Larry Ulrichsen
John Wilson
Bill Torok
Darryl Kallis
Court of Queen’s Bench
Alberta
Supreme Court
Saul Demers
Hat
Roy Link
Link
John Hughes
Cameron MacPhail
Lubrizol
Methanex
Novacor Chemicals
Motor Coach Industries
Detroit Diesel
Sypher Muller International
Chretien Receives Running Shoes After Hoops Fall
Prime Minister Jean Chretien, fresh from a stumble during a charity basketball game with Kosovar refugees, received a pair of running shoes from Senator Frank Mahovlich at a Liberal caucus meeting. He joked about the footage of his spill while noting scrapes on his legs and a ruined suit.
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Ottawa
Liberal Caucus
Jean Chretien
CFB Borden
Ont
Frank Mahovlich
Hockey Hall of Fame
Caucus
Joe Fontana
Chretien
Alberta farm land taxation committee weighs market value debate
The committee favors maintaining productive value as the basis for assessing farm land and will conduct impact studies this summer before tighter recommendations. It seeks a clear definition of farming operations and considers exemptions for farm residences while education taxes remain separate. Public hearings drew over 1,000 Albertans.
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Medicine Hat
Richard Marz
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
Dan Hatch Hatch
Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan
Rob Lougheed
Little Bow
Barry McFarland
Medicine Hat News posts 600 daily circulation increase
The Medicine Hat News reports a rise of 600 Daily paid circulation versus last year, averaging 14 100 last month and reaching more than 40 000 readers on some days in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The gain is linked to wider vendor and dealer sales and broader city and area distribution.
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Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat News
Gordon Wright
Thomson Chain
The
News
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Wright
Hank Swankhuizen
Brooks
Swift Current
Swankhuizen
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Tim Campbell
HAT Transit
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London
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Abdullah
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