Debate over medicare fuels federal election clash in Canada
The leak of a Canadian Alliance discussion paper proposing user fees and more private health care sparked party denials and cross party rebuttals. Prime Minister Jean Chretien warned Canadians while Alliance leaders distanced themselves from the memo. In Montreal, NDP candidate David Bernans camped outside Paul Martin's office seeking a debate.
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Canadian Alliance
Bob Mills
Alliance Health
Commons
Canadian Health Coalition
Alliance
Jason Kenney
Stockwell Day
Jean Chretien
NDP
Alexa McDonough
Day
Bloc Quebecois
Gilles Duceppe
David Bernans
Martin
Bernans
LaSalle-Emard
Stand Out Wisdom Amid Gap-Filling World
A reflective piece urges embracing individuality in a society pressing conformity. It emphasizes courage, self trust, and deliberate nonconformity as paths to authentic personal growth.
Kiss at City Hall re-creates Paris romance photo
Paris Match marks the 50th anniversary of Le Baiser de l Hotel de Ville by inviting couples to recreate the kiss scene at the City Hall. About 25 couples posed in the first hours despite rain and wind. The original 1950 photo by Robert Doisneau, taken for Life, became a symbol of Paris as the capital of lovers.
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Paris
Robert Doisneau
Paris Match
Doisneau
Life Magazine
Bewick murder trial opens in Swift Current
The Ontario teen charged with second degree murder in the death of Hatter James Bewick faces a jury trial in Court of Queen’s Bench. Bewick, 58, was found Aug 7 1999 between grain bins near Tompkins Saskatchewan after he vanished July 29. The trial, expected to last two weeks, begins with jury selection and initial witnesses.
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Medicine Hat
Ontario
James Bewick
Swift Current
Bewick
Tompkins
Sask
Thunder Bay
Ont
Bush campaign moves to court over Florida recount
George W. Bush shifts fight for the presidency to the courts with a request to stop a broader hand recount in Florida. Anxious to hold a razor-thin 300 vote lead, Bush faces rival Al Gore vowing to challenge the process in a Miami court as Florida’s 25 electoral votes hang in the balance.
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Keys
White House
Bush
Palm Beach
Gore
Elections Board
Swift Current Woman Dies After Highway 4 Head-On Crash
Kristine Meyers 22 and passenger Rick Dunbar 32 die when a southbound pickup crosses the center line on Highway 4 ten kilometres south of Swift Current. The driver of the pickup was treated and released. Alcohol is suspected. investigation ongoing. Meyers worked for a Swift Current veterinarian and planned a Ukraine orphanage trip. Funeral set for Wednesday at Full Gospel Church.
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Medicine Hat
Kristine Meyers
Meyers
Swift Current
Rick Dunbar
Regina
Bill Berker
RCMP
Briercrest Bible School
Moose Jaw
Karen Meyers
Highway 4
Betker
Laws of Life
Dunbar
Ukraine
Full Gospel
Bell rides Tadpole to CFR bull riding title in emotional finale
Rob Bell of British Columbia won the Canadian Finals Rodeo bull riding crown with a 90.5 ride aboard Tadpole, ending a five day event that opened with a tribute to fallen Alberta riders Chris Self and Glen Keeley. Come Bouvier of Empress finished second in money and stayed on for an 87.5 ride aboard Doctor X.
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Skyreach Centre
Chris
Glen
Bell
Canada
Tadpole
Franklin Rodeo Co
Rainier
Self
Medicine Hat
Nanton
Keeley
B.C
CFR
Bouvier
Doctor X
Seven Persons
Kelly Armstrong
Kesler
Copenhagen
Big Valley
Marty Broderson
Vauxhall
Karson Legault
Val Marie
C+ Rodeo
Willy
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