Tobin Pursues Federal Return as Leader Considers Cabinet Bid
Canadian Press reports Newfoundland Liberal Premier Brian Tobin plans to step down after 20 months of a second term to seek election in Bonavista Trinity Conception. MP Fred Mifflin, who held the seat since 1988, will not run again. Prime Minister Jean Chretien may appoint Tobin as a senior minister before the vote, aimed at boosting Liberal fortunes in Atlantic Canada.
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Brian Tobin
Newfoundland
Tobin
Bonavista Trinity Conception
Fred Mifflin
Atlantic Canada
Fugitive father sought after Lethbridge assault case
Police hunt a 23 year old Lethbridge man accused of sexually assaulting his children. He fled in a hijacked truck, prompting a high speed chase with Calgary’s HAWC 1 helicopter ending near Stand Off on the Blood reserve. authorities continue searches with dogs and tribal police assist.
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Lethbridge Olice
Lethbridge
Dave Hastie
Hastie
Calgary Police Service
Blood Tribe
K-9
Walkerton Inquiry Opens Nine Years After Contaminated Water Deaths
The Walkerton Inquiry begins in a town with undrinkable water to determine how seven people died and hundreds sickened from E coli. Justice Dennis OConnor will hear from technical experts and focus on who ran the water system in a town of about five thousand.
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Nive
Canada
Walkerton
Dennis O’connor
Missing girl haunts Surrey as search continues
Heather Thomas, 10, vanished from a townhouse complex in Surrey on October 1 after her bicycle was found abandoned in a parking lot. RCMP investigators say abduction appears likely as neighbours scour the area and police warn of prior attempts in the Vancouver region.
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Vancouver
Canada
Heather Thomas
Clifford Olson
Heather
Surrey
Cpl
Janice Armstrong
Surrey Rcmp
Greater
Olson
Truckers in Ontario vow to park rigs over fuel surcharge
Ontario owner operators with the National Truckers Association vote to halt trucking until shippers pay a diesel fuel surcharge. About 1,800 members across southern Ontario will begin parking at midnight, with spokesman Keith Swayne saying the move leaves the government to decide next steps and noting talks with Economic Development Minister Al Palladini had been progressing.
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Oshawa
Ontntario
National Truckers Association
Ontario
Association
Keith Swayne
al Palladini
Palladini
Susan Manning
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Ottawa
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Walkerton Inquiry
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Bumirovale
Medicine Hat
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IMSOM
Moneiling
JuvBaunng Opbodlls
Ane
Sar
Western Canada
Trans Canada Way
S.E. Medicine Hat
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