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Technology used in forestry could lead to more crater discoveries
CBC - A meteorite that smashed into Alberta 1,100 years ago could lead to more scientific discoveries, researchers at the University of Alberta said Tuesday, days after a fireball streaked across the skies over Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 25, 2008 6:13 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Saskatchewan Party heaps scorn on NDP over Carriere case
After being lambasted in the legislature Monday for its role in the Murdoch Carriere harassment case, the Opposition NDP abstained from a vote on a motion apologizing to his victims.
CBC.ca  –  Nov 25, 2008 4:46 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Photo from Canada.com Rabbi to testify in Ahenakew trial
Despite a vigorous challenge Tuesday by the defence, a rabbi was qualified as an expert witness at the retrial of former Saskatchewan First Nations leader David Ahenakew, who faces a charge of inciting hatred for anti-Semitic comments he made in 2002.
Canada.com  –  Nov 25, 2008 06:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Victims awarded compensation
The Saskatchewan government will award $255,000 incompensation to women harassed over several years by a formergovernment official whose severance payment sparked an uproar.Murdoch Carriere, who resigned in 2007, picked up $275,000 inseverance from the former NDP government for his "pain andsuf ... more »
Canada.com  –  Nov 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Anti-Semitic tirade replayed
A videotape showing former Saskatchewan native leader DavidAhenakew stating he was told the Second World War was "created bythe Jews" was played in court yesterday on the first day of hisretrial on a charge of inciting hatred.
Canada.com  –  Nov 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Marriage official sues Sask. government over same-sex unions
A Prince Albert marriage commissioner is suing the Saskatchewan partygovernment over a requirement to perform same-sex marriages.
Canada.com  –  Nov 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Photo from Canada.com 10-tonne space rock lit up Prairie skies
A fireball that lit up the skies of Alberta and Saskatchewan lastThursday evening was a chunk of low-flying asteroid that weighed about10 tonnes before it struck Earth’s atmosphere, according to aUniversity of Calgary investigation.
Canada.com  –  Nov 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Asteroid in prairie skies weighed approx. 10 tonnes
A University of Calgary investigation of the fireball that lit up theskies of Alberta and Saskatchewan on Thursday has determined that anasteroid fragment weighing approximately 10 tonnes entered the Earth’satmosphere over the prairie provinces.
Canada.com  –  Nov 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Meteorite hunters head to Alberta-Sask. border for 'Rockstock'
Space enthusiasts are heading to small communities on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border hoping for a chunk of the meteor that streaked across the prairie sky on Thursday night.
CBC.ca  –  Nov 24, 2008 10:35 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Trial begins for man accused in 1975 death
A Prince Albert court has heard that a Saskatchewan man accused of manslaughter in a three-decades-old case admitted in a 911 call he caused the death of his common-law wife.
CBC.ca  –  Nov 24, 2008 9:24 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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