Canada parties clash over tax cuts and social spending
In a campaign dominated by how to use a federal surplus, NDP leader Alexa McDonough advocates $100 billion for health care home care pharmacare and child care while Liberal PM Jean Chretien hints at a knowledge economy plan and Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe pushes for more social housing. Joe Clark's daughter Catherine Clark urges youth voting enrollment.
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QO Ndp
Alexa McDonough
McDonough
Toronto
Canadian Alliance
Stockwell Day
Paul Martin
Day
Jean Chretien
Canada
Barrie
Ont
Chretien
Montreal
Bloc Quebecois
Gilles Duceppe
Duceppe
Q Montreal
Joe Clark
Catherine Clark
Snake bonded bail bondsman uses big snake in Georgia
In Thomasville Georgia bail bondsman Gary Cooper uses Pete a 1.8 metre boa constrictor to deter fugitives who skip court. He says the sight of the large black snake in a pillowcase makes most defendants submit, with the snake serving as a deterrent rather than a weapon. Cooper notes two kinds of people he handles: fearful and rebellious.
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Thomasville
Gary Cooper
Cooper
Pete
Gas price hikes hit Medicine Hat area businesses hard
ATCO rate increases to six dollars plus per gigajoule threaten Bow Island Sunflower Seed Bow Island Greenhouses and Brooks municipal heating costs. Officials warn the double hit from gas and electricity will raise annual bills for the city and impact Lakeside Packers and AltaGas service areas.
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Medicine Hatven
ATCO
Tom Droog
Bow Island
Droog
Alberta Sunflower Seed Ltd
Klein
Terrie Matz
Bow Island Greenhouses
Matz
Matt
City of Medicine
Tiegs
Lakeside Packers
Hat
Alta- Gas
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
AltaGas
Dunmore
Irvine
Red Deer lawyer sues Stockwell Day over defamation claim
Lorne Goddard, a Red Deer public school trustee, charges that a Stockwell Day letter linked his views to a convicted pedophile in a defamation suit. Day defends with political comment and free speech claims while noting the impact on his family and community.
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Red Deer
Canadian Alliance
Stockwell Day
Day
Lorne Goddard
Goddard
Stockwell
Alberta
Red Deer Advocate
mysouthernalberta com debuts as regional online hub
Southern Alberta Newspapers introduce mysouthernalberta com an umbrella site linking Medicine Hat News Prairie Post Bow Island Commentator Tabor Times Lethbridge Herald. The site offers free web presence for non profits and groups with sections like Class Acts Campaign Corner Service Sector and Big Leagues plus an events calendar to drive traffic and interactivity.
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Southern Alberta
Mysouthernalberta.com
Alberta
Medicine Hat News
Prairie Post
Bow Island Commentator
Tabor Times
Lethbridge Herald
Mike Hertz
Medicine Hat
Southern
Alan Poirier
Poirier
Medicinehatnews.com
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