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Nov 12, 2007 | Interlake Spectator

Retailers join phosphate fight

“For next summer we're making the transition to phosphate-free products. One of the products will be an eco-friendly fertilizer at the garden centre. It's to our advantage to offer these products”

While the provincial government continues to delay the banning of phosphates in automatic dishwasher detergents and fertilizers used in lawn care applications some retailers in Gimli are leading the charge to ... via Interlake Spectator

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Sun Nov 11, 2007

Winnipeg Sun

Bump, groan, bump

“Wanting more liquor, they drove from (Neepawa) about 6 o'clock in the evening to go to the foreign settlement north to get some more liquor”

Run to bootlegger's ended with a farmer as roadkill Three men went out for a night of drinking and only two returned home. via Winnipeg Sun

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Sat Nov 10, 2007

CBC

City, neighbours fight changes made to Winnipeg apartment block

“We're really concerned about how toothless the municipal bylaw enforcementA - or the bylaws themselvesA - appear to be. Others have started to look to see, well, are there other solutions to this challenge?”

The City of Winnipeg says it will take legal action unless major changes are made to what it calls an illegal rooming house in the city's north end, even as the province continues paying rent for people living ... via CBC

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The Toronto Star

Dion's ambitious poverty strategy

“I cannot accept it. As prime minister, I will correct it.”

In a dramatic and welcome move to affirm a progressive agenda for Canada, Liberal Leader Stphane Dion spoke yesterday directly to Canadians Prime Minister Stephen Harper has forgotten and abandoned, namely the ... via The Toronto Star

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Fri Nov 09, 2007

Winnipeg Sun

Alcohol tied to fatal crash?

“I was lying in bed and I heard the tires screeching, and then I heard this loud bang”

A 40-year-old man is suspected of impaired driving in a single-vehicle collision that killed his 36-year-old passenger Wednesday night, Winnipeg police said. via Winnipeg Sun

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MyTELUS

Manitoba government names lakes after soldiers who died in Afghanistan

The Manitoba government is naming two northern lakes after soldiers who died in Afghanistan. via MyTELUS

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CANOE

Boy, 11, faces arson charges

“The thing that motivates me is seeing lives changed, seeing things turn around”

An 11-year-old boy believed to be responsible for several past arsons is accused of setting three new fires that caused $91,000 damage in the North End and North Point Douglas. via CANOE

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Thu Nov 08, 2007

Canoe

Winnipeg man jailed for sexually assaulting daughter

“It appears that all he has done is sat at home smoking marijuana feeling sorry for himself”

A Winnipeg Beach man convicted for the second time of sexually assaulting one of his children has been sentenced to two years in jail. via Canoe

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CANOE

Mastermind behind international crime ring gets eight years in...

“He would even go and take the actual driving test under the alias”

The mastermind behind a global theft ring admitted Wednesday to a decade's worth of sophisticated attacks on banks, stealing a royal diamond from a museum and inadvertently funding terrorism in Iraq. via CANOE

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Winnipeg Sun

SUVs collide, one dead

Horrific crash in W. End Police investigate at the scene of a collision between two SUV's at Clifton and St. via Winnipeg Sun

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Ottawa Business Journal

Cross border shopping with a bang

“At the end of the day, we didn't sell any except to the Belgian army, (but) it cost three times what it would have to buy it from the Germans.”

CADSI's Tim Page. Are the feds doing enough to support domestic industry with defence-related purchases? A recent CBC investigation discovered Canada's military exports, including products for tanks and rocket ... via Ottawa Business Journal

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Wed Nov 07, 2007

Canoe

Baird calls for better pollution reporting from mining industry

“Actions by the minister and his delegates have conflicted with the . . . requirements relating to the reporting of releases and transfers to waste rock dumps and tailing impoundment areas from mining”

Three environmental advocacy groups appeared to get their wish Wednesday just hours after they accused federal Environment Minister John Baird of allowing the mining industry to conceal some of the pollution ... via Canoe

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CBC

High-tech thief helped finance terrorists: Crown

A man described by police as one of the most sophisticated criminal masterminds they've ever seen was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday in a case that involved a global theft ring and terrorist ... via CBC

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Slam Sports

Boy, 13, robbed store twice

“The suspect or (store staff) could have got hurt.”

A 13-year-old boy from the Steinbach area is accused of robbing the same rural store at knifepoint twice in just over two months, RCMP said yesterday. via Slam Sports

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Slam Sports

Girl was 'plaything' in sex assault

“She was a scared, insecure girl with a troubled past trying to adjust to a new situation”

Two Winnipeg men are facing possible jail sentences for a disturbing sex assault that saw a 13-year-old girl stripped naked and then drenched with ketchup and mustard. via Slam Sports

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Tue Nov 06, 2007

Winnipeg Sun

News Sunflashes Column

A 46-year-old woman slain in Portage la Prairie last week died of blood loss due to "sharp force trauma," RCMP said. via Winnipeg Sun

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The Globe and Mail

Quebec to rename part of highway to honour war dead

The section of highway spans from the Turcot Interchange in Montreal to Riveiere-Beaudette, Que., near the Ontario-Quebec boundary. via The Globe and Mail

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Mon Nov 05, 2007

Canada.com

How to escape jail in a mailbag

“Who in the hell has ever escaped from two penitentiaries and a police department detectives' room, and is this smart and intelligent?”

Murderer Richard Lee McNair, one of the United States' most talented escape artists, became one of its most wanted men in April after he "mailed" himself out of a Louisiana penitentiary. via Canada.com

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AVweb

Canadian Pilot Guilty in Crash

A Canadian court has found an Alberta pilot guilty of criminal negligence and unsafe operation of an aircraft for a 2002 accident that led to the death of a Kansas man. via AVweb

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