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National News
Hockey moms and dads in Calgary are required to take an anger management course as part of Hockey Calgary's Respect in Sports initiative. If they don't participate in the course, their son or daughter will be unable to play in the sport.
Parents had to attend the course before midnight on October 15. By October 19, at least one parent of each of the 11,190 players had taken the program while 230 families have been informed their child cannot play.
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Colonel Russell Williams has pleaded guilty to two first-degree murder charges, two sexual assaults and 82 breaking-andentering charges relating to the lingerie he stole from neighbours and friends. He also stalked, raped and killed two women and documented some of his crimes and break-ins through video and photographs.
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In Ontario, the provincial government will be requiring that CEOs of hospitals and universities post their expenses online and make them available to the public to help keep tabs on inappropriate spending. Legislation was posted October 20, and it included a ban on hospitals, post-secondary institutions, school boards and other publicly funded institutions from using the public's money to fund lobbyists.
International News
The 33 miners rescued from a Chilean mine are at the forefront of many people's minds, but a mining disaster in Yuzhou, China did not have the same happy ending. Nearly 240 people escaped from the mine when a gas leak occurred early in the morning on October 16. The remaining 37 people who were missing or trapped have been confirmed dead. China is home to some of the deadliest mines in the world; over 2,600 people died in coal mine accidents last year alone.
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On October 19, the JetBlue flight attendant who quit his job in the coolest way possible — yelling at passengers over the public address system, grabbing a couple of beers and hopping down the plane's inflatable emergency chute — has been charged with two counts of criminal mischief. Steven Slater, left, who became an Internet hero for his impressive quitting style in August, was also ordered to undergo counseling for alcohol and substance abuse. He was also ordered to reimburse JetBlue for $10,000 to cover the costs of repairing the chute.
compiled by Jessica Ireland and Erika Faust
Hockey moms and dads in Calgary are required to take an anger management course as part of Hockey Calgary's Respect in Sports initiative. If they don't participate in the course, their son or daughter will be unable to play in the sport.
Parents had to attend the course before midnight on October 15. By October 19, at least one parent of each of the 11,190 players had taken the program while 230 families have been informed their child cannot play.
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Colonel Russell Williams has pleaded guilty to two first-degree murder charges, two sexual assaults and 82 breaking-andentering charges relating to the lingerie he stole from neighbours and friends. He also stalked, raped and killed two women and documented some of his crimes and break-ins through video and photographs.
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In Ontario, the provincial government will be requiring that CEOs of hospitals and universities post their expenses online and make them available to the public to help keep tabs on inappropriate spending. Legislation was posted October 20, and it included a ban on hospitals, post-secondary institutions, school boards and other publicly funded institutions from using the public's money to fund lobbyists.
International News
The 33 miners rescued from a Chilean mine are at the forefront of many people's minds, but a mining disaster in Yuzhou, China did not have the same happy ending. Nearly 240 people escaped from the mine when a gas leak occurred early in the morning on October 16. The remaining 37 people who were missing or trapped have been confirmed dead. China is home to some of the deadliest mines in the world; over 2,600 people died in coal mine accidents last year alone.
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On October 19, the JetBlue flight attendant who quit his job in the coolest way possible — yelling at passengers over the public address system, grabbing a couple of beers and hopping down the plane's inflatable emergency chute — has been charged with two counts of criminal mischief. Steven Slater, left, who became an Internet hero for his impressive quitting style in August, was also ordered to undergo counseling for alcohol and substance abuse. He was also ordered to reimburse JetBlue for $10,000 to cover the costs of repairing the chute.
compiled by Jessica Ireland and Erika Faust
