Edmonton man faces dropped charges over Hinton oil well blast
Wiebo Ludwig 56 and three others faced mischief charges after a blast at a Suncor Energy oil well 60 km north of Hinton. Prosecutors withdrew the case citing lack of evidence and no injuries reported. Ludwig had long protested environmental damage from oil and gas development on his Trickle Creek farm.
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Edmonton
Hinton
Wiebo Ludwig
Trickle Creek
Grande Prairie
Ludwig
Mamie
Wiebo Jr
Richard Boonstra
Suncor
RCMP
Steven Koval
Koval
Alberta
Peter Tadman
New Bank for Small Business Aims to Lead Canada Lending
Southam News reports Royal Bank and Bank of Montreal plan a multi billion dollar merger tied bank within a bank to serve small and medium sized businesses. The venture would be the largest specialized lender for small businesses in North America designed to overcome opposition to bank concentration.
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Toronto
Canada
Royal Bank
Bank of Montreal
Southam News
North America
Man jailed over error on court document line
John Pispidikis spent seven nights in Don jail after a clerical mistake on a court form. He had pleaded guilty to two traffic offences and faced a $1000 fine for driving with a suspended licence, with one year to pay. Authorities arrested him with handcuffs in his office before transferring him to jail.
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Toronto
John Pispidikis
Pispidikis
Don
Brooks mayor urges action after fatal Trans-Canada Cassils Road crashes
Brooks Alberta, Mayor Bob Breakell says transportation changes at the Trans-Canada Highway and Cassils Road are insufficient after two deaths in August and September and a third fatality on Tuesday. The highway study ponders an overpass and median widening to ease vehicle flow, while residents seek traffic lights and safer crossing options. Selmer Lien, 90, died crossing Trans-Canada at Highway 36. Estella Lien remains stable and Natalie Horne in Calgary is serious but stable.
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Brooks Books
Bob Breakell
Alberta
Cassils Road
Brooks
Breakell
Berta
Selmer Lien
Kinistino
Sask
Trans. ‘Canada
Estella Lien
Brooks Health Centre
Calgary
Natalie Horne
Foothills Hospital
Lien
No overpass or lights on Cassils Road intersection says minister
Breakers question deaths to force action as Transportation Minister Walter Paszkowski notes Cassils Road intersection is not busy enough for an overpass and the province resists traffic lights on Highway 36. He argues lights cause accidents because drivers do not expect to stop on the highway.
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Walter Paszkowski
Cassils
Memorial for Victims of Swissair Flight 111 in Nova Scotia
A memorial service in Peggy’s Cove NS honored 229 victims of Swissair Flight 111 with about 175 family members present. Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Swiss President Flavio Cotti attended as mourners read the passenger and crew names. A retired pilot blamed the Swissair captain for the crash citing delayed action after cockpit smoke.
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Indian Harbour
N.S
Swissair
Sel Yiul Greathonday
Peggy’s Cove
Salvation Army
Liz Church
Sally Budge
Richard Walsh
Jean Chretien
Flavio Cotti
Gordon Giffin
U.S
Canada
Swissair Flight 111
Don Tynan
American Airlines
N. Ss
Clinton faces potential impeachment with boxed evidence
36 boxes delivered to Congress contain material Starr characterizes as substantial and credible, including grand jury evidence and lurid details of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. The report alleges possible obstruction of justice perjury witness tampering and abuse of power, while Kendall disputes the impeachment basis.
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Washington
Bill Clinton
Kenneth Starr
Clinton
Monica Lewinsky
U.S. Congress
Richard Nixon
Watergate
Starr
FBI
Capitol Hill
United States
Charles Bakaly
Lewinsky
David Kendall
Kendall
Dire warning of global deflation akin to Dirty thirties
A senior economist warns that global deflation is emerging, with stock markets slipping and the dollar pressured as Asia sinks toward recession. He cautions the downturn could sharpen into a broader crisis, with recession risks rising toward 50 percent by 2000.
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Ottawa
David Rosenberg
Nesbitt Burns
Asia
Hoonies
Rosenberg
Canada
Russia
Latin
tMp
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Southam Newspapers
Kingsway
Esso
Billboard
Ann Landers
Finance Canada
City News
Trans-Canada
Peter
Mah. Mitchell
Behoads of
Parks de Pythians
Trea Hls
Brooks Roadrunner
Carson Kendel
VicCoy High School
Roadrunners
Pythons
Fucut
Nadian
Congress
Canadian Press
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