Soldier at Alberta base faces multiple weapons charges
A female soldier at CFB Wainwright was shot by an RCMP officer after an hour long standoff while wielding a handgun. Sgt. Lynda Berthe Barrette, 44, is charged with eight counts including attempted murder and uttering a death threat. She was treated and released into police custody after hospitalization.
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Mounties
Barrette
University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton
Alliance MP slams passport access for dangerous offenders
Canadian Alliance MP Randy White accuses the government of issuing passports to criminals including Christopher Dawson a dangerous sex offender who received a 1997 passport despite Passport Office rules. Government officials cite privacy limits while White warns of broader risks to national security and dangerous offenders in custody.
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Vancouver
Canadian Alliance
Randy White
Christopher Dawson
Passport Office
Dawson
White
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Anti merger rally urges federal disallowance veto
About 100 residents gathered in Montreal West to oppose merging 28 island municipalities into a single city of 1.8 million. Advocates pressed Ottawa to invoke the federal disallowance power against bills 170 and 171 before they take effect January 1.
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Montreal West
Que
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Supreme Court of Canada
Montreal West Coun
Ed Manis
Quebec Court of Appeal
Montreal
Provincial
Equality Party
Ottawa
Mayors Press for Powers to Boost Canada’s Cities
Toronto hosts the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as mayors push for greater autonomy from provincial and federal governments. The group launches a national campaign to secure funds including three cents per litre of the federal gas tax and 1.7 billion dollars for affordable housing.
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Toronto
Canada
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Ottawa
Federation
Jack Layton
Liberals in Saskatchewan vote to choose new leader
Saskatchewan Liberals convene for a weekend leadership vote as party factions clash. Incumbent education minister Jim Melenchuk stays home amid calls to exit the coalition, while contenders Jack Hillson and David Karwacki vie for the top post with no clear outcome.
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Jim Melenchuk
Saskatchewan
Melenchuk
Grit
NDP
New Democrats
Saskatchewan Party
Jack Hillson
Hillson
Saskatoon
David Karwacki
Ron Osika
Osika
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