Election 2000 Leaders' tactics to win votes in final days
The piece peers into the strategies of Canadian party leaders as the November 27 vote nears. Jean Chretien seeks to avoid trouble and retain Liberal loyalty, Stockwell Day targets Ontario suburbs for a breakthrough, Alexa McDonough aims to peel left-of-centre Liberals, Joe Clark courts former Conservatives, and Gilles Duceppe pressures soft nationalists for Quebec.
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Matthew Mendelsohn
Queen’s University
Ontario
Tom Flanagan
University of Calgary
Alliance
Reform
New Democrat
Alexa McDonough
Joe Clark
Tories
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Gilles Duceppe
Ottawa
Quebec
Chretien
Bloc Quebecois
Duceppe
Bloc
NDP
Stephane Bureau
Wit and Wisdom on Negotiating with Youth
Quote compilation on handling children and teens with wisdom. Notes two anonymous maxims about thrift, generosity, and negotiation styles attributed to T Kimmel and an anonymous source.
Four year old Toni Stadler skies for record jump in Cape Town
Four year old Toni Stadler completed a tandem skydive at the Cape Parachute Club near Cape Town on October 27. His mother Daniela Busatta says he is likely the youngest skydiver in South Africa and perhaps the world, as he leaped with jump master Paul Lutge from 3,050 meters, free falling for about 30 seconds before the chute opened.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Reuters
Toni Stadler
Toni
Daniela Busatta
Cape
Daniela
Paul Lutge
Quebec leaders clash in televised national debate
The leaders spar over health care and federal Canada Quebec relations in a late debate. Stockwell Day praises a new partnership for Quebec and Canada while Jean Chretien defends health funding and Liberal policies. Day accuses Chretien of broken promises. Duceppe questions the Prime Minister’s honesty on health care.
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Chretien
Duceppe
Jean Chretiens
Clark
Lester Pearson
Liberal Party
McDonough
Centennial Arts and Heritage Centre name chosen for Hat project
Fundraisers in Medicine Hat push the temporary title Centennial Arts and Heritage Centre for a planned 700 seat performing arts centre museum and gallery to open by 2005. The city has set a $25 million budget with $3.7 million raised to date including a $3.5 million provincial centennial grant.
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Medicine Hat
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Hat
Dean Bradford
Bradford
Public Services Committee
Centennial Arts and Heritage Centre
Hatter Nicole Antoneshyn
Antoneshya
Riverside Park
Bush declares victory as Florida recount looms
President hopeful George W. Bush claimed victory in Florida amid a delayed vote tally while Al Gore, who had conceded, withdrew his concession. The race hangs on Florida's 25 electoral votes as networks initially labeled the state for Bush, then unsettled results fueled a dramatic political back and forth.
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United States
Rod Serling
George W. Bush
U.S
al Gore
America
Florida
Jeb Bush
Texas
Cheney
Bush
Austin
Tex
Dick Cheney
Gore
Florida vote timeline shows Bush narrowing Gore call
Early to late Tuesday and into Wednesday control of Florida's result shifts as networks project and retract Gore victory amid close counts. Reports note Bush lead fluctuates with recounts and indecision across networks and agencies.
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