Lacombe votes to remove video lottery terminals
Lacombe Alberta residents vote 935 for removing VLTs and 929 to keep them with 17 ballots rejected. Mayor Budd notes a possible recount while Rev. MacNeil celebrates a ban aimed at easing addiction. The bylaw proceeds to two readings before provincial action to remove the machines. Co‑manager Kraus laments public stigma yet defends legality of the business.
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Lacombe
Alberta
Charles Budd
Kirk MacNeil
MacNeil
Main Street
Randy Kraus
Kraus
Canadian Forces to drop death penalty from military law
Ottawa reports the National Defence Act will remove the death penalty for wartime offenses, ending a punishment retained after 1976. Only historical executions and wartime cases remain as examples of past justice.
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Ottawa
National Defence Act
Medicine Hat man appears on murder charge in teen death
Gerald Mayhew 38 appeared in Medicine Hat Court of Queen's Bench facing first degree murder charges in Amber Dickson 15 found dead October 14 in a downtown apartment. Crown says autopsy results due in four weeks, next hearing November 4. Dickson's funeral held at Patterson Armouries at 2 PM.
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Medicine Hat
Gerald Mayhew
Queen’s Bench
Amber Dickson
Mayhew
Adele Kent
Randall Pick
Dickson
Darwin
Greaves
Patterson Armouries
Picketing Health Workers Pressure Alberta Contract Talks
About 60 Medicine Hat Health Sciences Association members staged a lunch hour information picket outside Medicine Hat Regional Hospital amid Alberta wide protests. Paramedic Sepah Mazloum and respiratory therapist Bob Kovalik led the action as negotiations with provincial health authorities stalled on terms and the union eyed possible job actions while mediation began.
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Sepah Mazioum
Bob Kovalik
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Medicine
Brenda Slater
Garland
Alberta
Slater
Sepah Mazloum
Elaine McFadden
Red Deer
McFadden
Association
Elisabeth Ballermann
Klein Says Hong Kong Visit Is Business As Usual
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein told Canadian business leaders in Hong Kong that nothing has changed since the handover, calling it business as usual. Pro-democracy groups condemned the trip as one sided, noting Klein did not meet them. A Democratic party spokesman criticized the remark as silencing elected leaders.
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Hong Kong
Klein
Hongong
Alberta
Ralph Klein
China
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Democratic Party
Chretien Seeks Russia Land Mine Pact and Trade Deals
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien visited Moscow with aims to push Russia to sign the land mine ban treaty and expand investment. A joint statement signals possible early signature and extends a moratorium on mine exports. Talks also cover a Team Canada trade mission and a potential CANDU reactor purchase amid concerns over foreign investment protections.
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Jean Chretien
Moscow
Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Chretien
Yeltsin
Canada
Chernomyrdin
IMP
Halifax
Aerostar
Wrong Way Corrigan Turtle Rescued In Alaska After Northward Drift
A warm water green sea turtle nicknamed Wrong Way Corrigan was rescued near Prince William Sound Alaska after wandering thousands of miles north of its typical range. The creature, fitted with a satellite transmitter in July, initially headed south before turning north again leaving scientists tracking its voyage.
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Corrigan
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Pacific
San Francisco Bay
Douglas
Atlantic
Cortigan
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Ray Rudowski
Helen Branswell
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