Quote Sparks Punishment At Beaver Falls High School
Mark Twain quote read over the PA system led Beaver Falls High School to discipline seniors Jessica McCartney and Heidi Schanck for disrespect to the board. Principal Edward Giannini said the punishment came after a teacher approved the quotation source but did not review the exact line.
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Beaver Falls
Mark Twain
Jessica McCartney
Heidi Schanck
Edward Giannini
Edward Young
Alberta Court of Appeal reduces spouse beating sentence
A Calgary man’s sentence for a brutal spousal assault was cut from 214 years to two years less a day under new guidelines. Women's groups call the reduction disappointing as the court had just stressed harsher penalties for repeat offenders. The defendant was not a repeat offender, unlike others in the guideline decision.
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Calgary
Alberta Court of Appeal
Nancy Miller
Alberta Status of Women Action Committee
Quebec warned on limits of constitution talks without participation
Constitutional ministers warned Quebec that changing the agreed package is unlikely without participation. Ontario's Bob Rae and Moe Sihota said Quebec cannot expect wide change, as ministers prepared a final draft of a best efforts package while Quebec signaled reservations on native self government and Senate makeup.
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Southam News
Toronto
Quebec
Joe Clark
Ontario
Bob Rae
B.C
Moe Sihota
Canada
Rae
Robert Bourassa
Gil Remillard
Quebec City
Remillard
Senate
Sihota
Clark
Ottawa
Benoit Bouchard
Newfoundland
Alberta
Bouchard
Mulroney gains hold as Angus Reid poll shows Tories near Liberals
A Southam News Angus Reid poll reports the Conservative Party at 20 percent, up four points from March, two behind the NDP and 16 behind the Liberals. Mulroney leads in PM preference at 20 percent. Chretien has 27 and McLaughlin 24. Regional breakdown shows Liberals strong in Ontario and the Maritimes, with Reform leading in the Prairies and Bloc at seven percent nationally.
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Wayne Lowrie
Southam News
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Angus Reid
Tories
New Democrats
Reform Party
Bloc Quebecois
Quebec
Mulroney
Jean Chretien
NDP
Audrey McLaughlin
Prairies
Liberals
Ontario
Maritimes
Reformers
Bloc
B.C
Reid
Mother’s death after abortion raises questions in BC
In Terrace British Columbia a native woman Myrna George died after an abortion. Coroner James Lynch notes delays in recognizing internal bleeding from a ruptured uterus. Mills Memorial Hospital and the College of Physicians and Surgeons probe the case while family members seek answers for Alyssa and Tristan.
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Myrna George
British Columbia
James Lynch
Lynch
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mills Memorial Hospital
Gordon Boyd
College
Men Should Pay Higher Taxes Over Crime, Says Psychologist
Oakland psychologist June Stephenson argues in her book that men commit most crime and should be taxed an extra 100 dollars to fund social programs and crime prevention. Critics dispute the plan saying it misses the point of shared responsibility and enforcement.
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Ottawa
Southam
Canada
Goran Kapetanovic
Slobodan Milosevic
Momir Bulatovic
Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Kapetanovic
Committee of National Salvation
Oakland
Calif
June Stephenson
Stephenson
Los Angeles
Texas
FBI
Department of Justice
Napa
Diemer, Smith Publishing Co
California
Marc Mauer
Washington
Steve Fama
San Quentin
Fama
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