Election campaign mudslinging crosses party lines in Canada race
Liberals and New Democrats criticize Alliance leaders while Stockwell Day avoids direct rebuttal. McDonough accuses Alliance of hatred and self interest. Clark denounces intolerance after remarks on homosexuality. Chretien tours New Brunswick and Quebec polls show Martin more popular.
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Canadian Alliance
Alliance
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Liberal Party
Day
Alberta
Regina
NDP
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Joe Clark
Calgary
Jean Chretien
New Brunswick
Chretien
Ottawa
Paul Martin
Martin
Quebec
Asda Bakes 56-kilometre Sausage For World Record
London Reuters reports Asda aims to set a world record with a 56 kilometre sausage named Olde English Park banger. The 16 tonne product will take 36 hours to complete, using 15.5 tonnes of meat and over 5,000 skins, starting at a Sheffield supplier with seven-person teams on four hour shifts. Current record belongs to M M Meat Shops and J M Schneider Inc with a 46.29 kilometre sausage in Kitchener Ontario in 1995.
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Reuters
Asda
Sheffield
England
M&m Meat Shops
J.M. Schneider Inc
Kitchener
Ont
Wisdom on leadership: know, go, and show the way
A succinct quote attributes guidance to a good leader who understands the path, takes it, and leads others along it. It emphasizes practical leadership through knowledge action and example.
Man linked to bank robbery after test drive chase in Medicine Hat
Police charged 35 year old David Rossler after he allegedly took a Ford from Big M Ford Lincoln on a test drive, robbed the Alberta Treasury Branch on Second Street Southeast, and led a high speed chase from Medicine Hat to Eagle Butte Road. A bank manager suffered minor facial injuries. Rossler faces robbery, robbery with violence, dangerous driving, failing to stop, and assault charges and will appear in Medicine Hat court Monday.
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Big M Ford Lincoln Ltd
John McLeod
McLeod
David Rossler
Alberta Treasury
Second Street
S.E
Elkwater
Edgle Butte
Les Phee
Big M
Phee
Highway 3
Eagle Butte
Thelma Road
Rossler
Medicine Har Court
Gas rate hike hits Bow Island and Brooks residents
ATCO Gas and Pipelines announces a more than 100 percent rise effective Nov 1 2000 raising regional rates to 6.49 per gigajoule from 2.90 last year. AltaGas Utilities seeks higher gas recovery charges prompting likely similar increases for nearby towns.
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Bow Island
Brooks
ATCO
AltaGas Utilities Inc
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Dave Morris
EUB Communications
AltaGas
Dunmore
Irvine
Medicine Hat
City
Dave Panabaker
Calgary
Lethbridge
EUB
Panabaker
Albertans to decide windfall spending after debt payoff
Premier Ralph Klein told Alberta Tory delegates that the province will save over 1 billion annually in debt servicing costs and asks Albertans how to spend a potential 5.5 billion surplus. Possible uses include health premium relief, income tax cuts, Heritage Fund reinvestment, or education tax reductions.
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Klein
Ing
Alberta Heritage Savings and Trust Fund
Government appeals spending cap case in federal elections
The federal government asks the Supreme Court to reinstate third party spending limits in Canada Elections Act. Ottawa seeks expedited hearing amid a federal election. Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling suspending the limits, while observers doubt the impact on the election.
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Supreme Court
Tom Wakeling
High Court
Ottawa
Justice Department
Wakeling
National Citizens’ Coalition
Alberta Court of Appeal
Coalition
Stephen Harper
Court of Queen’s Bench
Robert Cairns
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