Letter from Wiebo Ludwig prompts reexamination of 1998 Suncor bombing case
Canadian press reports Edmonton poised to reopen probe into the 1998 Suncor Cabin Creek bombing after Ludwig admits explosive rhetoric may have influenced a son. RCMP say they will follow up on the new information, while Ludwig says he did not commit the bombing but accepts responsibility for rhetoric. Ludwig, 58, was convicted in April on explosives and mischief charges connected to the Hinton wellsite attack and Norcen well casing. Suncor notes in letter that Ludwig considers alternate, peaceful engagement with industry.
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Edmonton
Suncor
Alberta
Wiebo Ludwig
Ludwig
RCMP
K-Division
Don McDermid
Suncor Energy
Rick Gamree
Cabin Creek
Hinton
Norcen Energy
Gordon Lambert
Alberta doctor urges mandatory organ consent from families
Dr John Butt former Alberta chief medical examiner urges Canada to require doctors and nurses to ask relatives of dying patients about organ harvesting. He cites his inquiry into Swissair Flight 111 deaths and says truthful compassionate communication is essential to increase procurement.
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Calgary
Alberta
John Butt
International Association of Forensic Nurses
Canada
Butt
Swiss Air Flight 111
Five-vehicle Trans-Canada inferno claims Hat teen life
Investigators consider charges against the tanker driver after a fog shrouded crash near Tilley that killed 16 year old Joseph Vessey in a sleeper cab. The crash involved four trucks carrying crude oil, beef, concrete blocks, and mail, with oil igniting and a second trailer bursting.
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Medicine Hat
Trans-Canada
Tilley
Canada Post
Hat Teen
Joseph Vessey
Calgary
Brooks Hospital
Todd Sikorsky
RCMP
Bud Chima
Rcmp Const
Paul Post
Post
Shaun Fagan
Fagan
Chris Burgess
Brooks
Burgess
Teen remembered Joseph Vessey in fatal truck oil-spot crash
Joseph Vessey a Crescent Heights High School grade 10 student 16 died when his father's rig and three other vehicles collided with an oil tanker turning into a pumping station east of Tilley early Saturday. Close friend Jere Reeder 16 recalls their boyhood bond and Vessey daring nature. His father David Vessey was only lightly hurt and the family awaits a media statement.
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Medicine Hat Hi
Joseph Vessey
Jere Reeder
Vessey
Tilley
Reeder
Crescent Heights High School
McCoy
David Vessey
Medicine Hat
Brooks
Joseph
Japanese Olympic champion drinks hornet juice for boost
Tokyo based Naoko Takahashi who won Sydney gold reportedly drank hornet stomach juice before and during a race. Scientists claim the 100 percent natural extract enhances performance by aiding hornets to fly long distances and shows a similar effect on humans, though the claim blends myth with sport claim.
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Tokyo
Reuters
Sydney
Naoko Takahashi
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
Jury selection starts for Thatcher faint-hope clause hearing
Regina man Tony Wilson, whose wife JoAnn was killed by Nolin Thatcher, urges life sentence without parole for 25 years. Thatcher, son of former Saskatchewan premier Ross Thatcher, was convicted of first degree murder in 1984 and faces a faint-hope hearing in Moose Jaw asking for early parole consideration. Wilson may submit a victim impact statement.
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Regina
Nolin Thatcher
Saskatchewan
Tony Wilson
JoAnn Wilson
Thatcher
Wilson
Ross Thatcher
Moose Jaw
Sask
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