Central Park workers set to strike over wage and benefit cuts
Central Park Lodge workers announce a Friday strike amid proposed seven percent pay cuts and loss of benefits including vision coverage and two percent pension contributions. Union official Wayne Covey says concessions have already pushed wages toward poverty, with talks paused until a reduction is lifted.
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Central Park Lodge
Nursing Home
Dean Roy
Wayne Covey
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Covey
Roy
McCoy shot three times in head in Thurston murder trial
Pathologist testifies three gunshot wounds to 46 year old McCoy discovered in autopsy. Prosecutors say Thurston 21 of Taber is charged with first degree murder kidnapping and armed robbery after McCoy disappeared from a Taber convenience store on November 7 and was found two days later. A Ruger .22 pistol found in Thurston’s car matched shell casings and bullets.
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Lethbridge
McCoy
Jeffrey Thurston
Thurston
Alberta
Taber
Lloyd Denmark
Denmark
Gordon Falconer
MPs push to extend locks on dangerous offenders
In Ottawa a pair of private member bills seeks longer stays behind bars for dangerous criminals. Val Meredith would classify Karla Homolka as a dangerous offender, keeping her locked up past a 12 year term. John Nunziata targets parole eligibility for first degree murderers, aiming to end 15 year release rules.
Hat jumper heads to nationals
Megan Wahl, 13, and her horse Geta Bartender known as Mac, from Medicine Hat, compete in the novice youth division at the Quarter Horse Canadian National Championship in Calgary. Wahl seeks Olympic dreams with Spruce Meadows and other events behind her as she balances school and a winter break for Mac.
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Mac
Hat
Megan Wahl
Medicine Hat
Wahl
Calgary
Spruce Meadows
Stockholm plans wine fueled buses to cut ethanol costs
Stockholm officials consider converting surplus Spanish wine into fuel for 82 ethanol powered buses to lower costs tied to forest industry ethanol. Transport chief Claes Anstrand confirmed the plan as Expressen reported. The exact prices for ethanol and wine were not disclosed.
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Stockholm
Claes Anstrand
Expressen
Ex Mafia Enforcer Sings for Simpson Trial
Former mob enforcer Craig Fiato testifies for the prosecution in the OJ Simpson case, detailing a detective’s early suspect status and the police’s warrantless estate search. The defense targets Det. Vannatter and FBI agent Martz, while accusing police and prosecutors of framing Simpson.
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Los Angeles
Fiato Brothers
Philip Vannatter
Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Vannatter
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Canadian Press
Frank Webber
Justin Hexter
Suncrest
Hatters
Edmonton Journal
Bernardo
Nunziata
Canadian Police Association
Ann Landers
Canada
Geta
Associated Press
Brian Kelberg
Martz
FBI
Frederic Whitehurst
Kelberg
Whitehurst
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