Political leaders mingle with the people across Canada tour venues
Prime Minister Jean Chretien visited a Toronto union run job training centre and urged restoring benefits for seasonal workers. Joe Clark campaigned at a Peterborough health centre promoting a debt reduction plan. Alexa McDonough pressed for a national home care program in Winnipeg. Gilles Duceppe toured a dairy farm amid candidate tensions. Stockwell Day opened in Calgary before Winnipeg meetings.
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Jean Chretien
Toronto
Tor Aline
Wice
Joe Clark
Peterborough
Clark
CONDP
Alexa McDonough
Winnipeg
Pat Kellerman
McDonough
Liberal
Bloc Quebecois
Gilles Duceppe
Duceppe
Bloc
Quebec
Stockwell Day
Canadian Alliance
Calgary
Storm Washes Ashore Thousands of Lobsters on PEI
A fierce storm battered the north shore of Prince Edward Island washing ashore thousands of lobsters. Vessels and wharves were damaged and many boats sank as harvesters collected the windfall, though many lobsters carried eggs that will not hatch. One fisherman estimated up to 8000 pounds washed up.
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Sea Cow Pond
Pei
Prince Edward Island
Two Ways of Spreading Light Quote Pair
The excerpt pairs a paradox about growing from fear to independence with a Wharton line on sharing illumination. It juxtaposes a child’s dread transforming into a teen’s desire to stay out with a motto about choosing to be a candle or a mirror.
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Edith Wharton
News staff to meet readers at Medicine Hat Mall
Medicine Hat News invites readers to the Medicine Hat Mall on Saturday from opening until 5 p.m. Meet editors from news, advertising, circulation, print, and delivery and discuss Prairie Post TV times youth issues and newspaper sites. Autograph copies of Run That By Me Again by Peter Mehrer. Eligible visitors may win News clocks mugs and souvenirs.
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat Mall
TV Times
Prairie Post
Peter Mehrer
Voter card mix ups spark caution in Medicine Hat
Craig Wood says incorrect voter information cards in Medicine Hat reflect the permanent voters list system and potential for double voting. The nurse, librarian, and officials note safeguards and penalties for fraud while new lists are being updated from door to door and tax file data.
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Medicine
Mehrer
Wood
Elections Canada
Medicine Hat
Ex-Hat cop on trial in Calgary assault case
Mary Jo Voorhees testified Leahey, formerly of Medicine Hat police, attacked Shaun Quirk during a domestic violence call on November 13, 1999. Leahey faces three assault charges from separate incidents as a Calgary officer trainee witness described him choking and punching Quirk and pouring out his beer.
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Calgary
Christopher (Leahey
Mary Jo Voorhees
Shaun Quirk
Christopher Paul Leahey
Medicine Hat
Quirk
Voorhees
Leahey
Police Victim Assistance Unit
Chris Purvis
Shaun
Christopher
Purvis
Alberta museum weighs Latimer inclusion in mercy exhibit
Edmonton officials review a 15 minute video on Jesus in the Age of Television that includes Robert Latimer to illustrate mercy. Latimer’s role sparks protest from disability advocates who seek his edit out and an apology from cabinet minister Stan Woloshyn. The minister may cut the Latimer segment or adjust the exhibit by Tuesday.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Jesus Christ
Robert Latimer
Saskatchewan
Tracy
Mother Teresa
Mahatma Gandhi
Robin Acton
Alberta Association For Community Living
Acton
Provincial
Jesus
Latimer
Tracy Latimer
Stan Woloshyn
Voloshyn
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