Biker gangs dine publicly to signal truce efforts in Montreal
In a high profile public dinner in a Montreal restaurant, Hells Angels leader Maurice Boucher and Rock Machine head Frederic Faucher joined about 20 lieutenants. Journalists Claude Poirier and a photographer observed a festive mood with Champagne flowing as they left after a photo session.
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Hells Angels
Quebec City
Yves Lavigne
Hells
Maurice
Mom) Boucher
Frederic Faucher
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Rock Machine
Claude Poirier
Allo Police
Quebec
Poirier
Canada says UN stance on Middle East a grave error
Ottawa leaders criticized a UN Security Council resolution backed by Canada as slanted against Israel. Stockwell Day and Solberg called the move a grave error while Prime Minister Chretien urged both sides to halt violence and push peace talks.
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Ottawa
Day
Solberg
Foreign Affairs Department
Canada
Carl Schwenger
Jean Chretien
Woman sues deceased brother's estate for past abuse in Nova Scotia
In Halifax, a Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling allows a woman to sue her deceased brother's estate for alleged abuse from over 50 years ago. The estate, valued around 214000, must face the claim despite the brother's death nearly a year earlier. Justice William Kelly noted evidentiary limits but kept the case moving, citing delay and the plaintiff's late discovery of abuse impacts.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
William Kelly
Kelly
Government air travel costs climb for federal workers
Ottawa’s first government wide accounting shows federal employees took 15,000 business class tickets in the year ending March 31 2000. The extra cost to taxpayers averaged 1055 per ticket and totalled about 16 million annually, due to last minute bookings and preferred airlines.
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Ottawa
Public Works Department
Rider Travel Group Inc
Toronto
Public Works
Rider
Three Die In Northwest Territories Plane Crash
A two engine plane with Copper Mine origin crashed while flying 550 kilometres south to Yellowknife. Search crews found wreckage near Port Radium on Monday. Victims are believed to be from Yellowknife.
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Yellowknife
Northwest Territories
Coronation Gulf
Port Radium
Great Bear Lake
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