Campaign plane incident and broad election clashes across Canada
Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s campaign Boeing 737 diverted to Quebec City after electrical generator failure causing a smoke filled cabin. Across Canada leaders criticized crime and proposed hardline measures while a misconduct incident surfaced in Montreal as Stockwell Day taunted Liberal spending with a joke book. Reports also note contentious cafe moment and riding race in St Albert where Alliance and NDP field candidates.
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Quebec City
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Alliance
Statistics Canada
Montreal
Stockwell Day
Toronto
Joe Clark
Winnipeg
Montreal — Alliance
Edimag of
Day
Liberals
Edmonton
St. Albert
John Williams
NDP
John Glass Williams
Stolen Corvette Turns Charity Windfall in Manitoba
A 1981 Corvette stolen from a Manitoba dealer years ago reappeared in 1999 with 56 kilometres. Insurance paid out, and the finder held a raffle with half proceeds going to the Children's Wish Foundation and the memorial fund for scholarships. One hundred raffle tickets at $100 each sold out nationwide.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Children’s Wish Foundation
Nortel Drop Triggers TSE 300 Slide Investors See Bargains
Local advisers in Medicine Hat report limited panic as the TSE 300 fell 840.26 points led by Nortel Networks whose stock tumbled to 71.55. Analysts say many investors, including pension funds and RRSP holders, viewed the drop as a buying opportunity while warning against overreliance on Nortel’s weight in the index.
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Medicine Hat
Nortel
TSE
RRSP
Keith Frost
Edward Jones In the Hat
Edward Jones
Frost
Doug Nerland
BBC Dominion Securities In
Nerland
Appeal court upholds unlimited third party spending in election
The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling suspending third party spending limits and maintaining no cap on political advertising by groups in the federal election. The ruling also preserves requiring registration for ads over $500 and keeps the Nov 27 election timing in view.
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Calgary
Alberta Court of Appeal
Robert Cairns
Court of Queen’s Bench
Cairns
National Citizens’ Coalition
Thomas Wakeling
Appeal Court
Supreme Court of Canada
Carole Conrad
Coalition
Alan Hunter
Wakeling
Elections Canada
Harmony Hall cancels Redcliff rave after police warning
Embers of Medicine Hat area rave scene prompted Harmony Hall in Redcliff to cancel a planned party after RCMP warned of drug use and violence. Catering manager Linda Koenig says the hall feared damage like a Seven Persons incident, while organizers claim police overreacted and that security was in place.
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Medicine Hat
Harmony Hall
Redcliff
Linda Koenig
Koenig
RCMP
Jay Watford
Watford
Jesse Swain
Swain
Harmony Club
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Harters
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Dave McCord Grant
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Lion’s Park
Wes Wood
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