Winnipeg Free Press workers strike over contract talks
About 1,200 unionized staff at the Winnipeg Free Press walked off the job at 5 p.m. amid failed negotiations. CEP representa tion accounts for over 1,100 workers including reporters and editors, while about 60 press-room staff belong to the Graphic Communications International Union. The paper, owned by FP Canadian Newspapers Ltd, serves a weekday circulation near 129,000.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Canada
Paul McKie
Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union
CEP
Graphic Communications International Union
McKie
The
Free Press
FP Canadian Newspapers Ltd. Partnership
Bob Silver
Ron Stern
Western Glove Works
Thomson Corp
Alberta ethics commissioner criticizes federal watchdog before retirement
Alberta ethics commissioner Bob Clark, who retires April 1, criticizes the federal ethics watchdog led by Howard Wilson for lacking independence. He notes Alberta Ontario and BC systems report to their legislatures, unlike Ottawa. Clark hopes replacement will be chosen similarly. Liberal Leader Ken Nicol calls for an independent, Parliament-appointed ethics commissioner. Ottawa debate on new ethics rules continues amid opposition from backbench MPs.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bob Clark
Howard Wilson
Parliament Hill
Territories
Clark
House of Commons
Wilson
Ontario
British Columbia
Social Credit
Ken Nicol
Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Teens charged with hate after paintball home attacks
Three non Aboriginal teens face charges of promoting hatred after a Hillspring rampage injuring homes and a school with paintball fire. Police report seven houses and an elementary school damaged during a racially charged drive by. Court appearance is set for Oct. 22.
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Gerald Gauthier
Janine Ecklund
Alberta
Newspark
Blood Reserve
Hillspring
Kelli Wells
Blood Tribe
Glenwood-Hillspring
Doug Smith
Glenwood
RCMP
Cardston
Smith
Phil Adams
Wells
Vincent
Southern Alberta
Carolyn Weasel Fat
Rahsaopi
Police probe death of four year old adopted boy in Montreal
Montreal police investigate the suspicious death of a four year old adopted Russian boy who stopped breathing under a babysitter's care. Authorities say doctors found marks on the child and are examining whether illness or other circumstances contributed. The babysitter cared for his own eighteen month old son at the time.
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Montreal
9-1-1
Robert Mansueto
Mansueto
Russia
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Community Savings Foundation
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Health Foundation
Foundation of Memories
Gainsboro Studio
Monarch
Encana
Cablesystems Ltd
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