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The engineer slowly moved the train up again and he shot his rifle again, then a third time. The train would finally stop and the RCMP detachment in Flin Flon was notified. Constables Anderson and Schweitzer responded by taking a train, owned by the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting (HBM&S) company, from the other direction to block the man on the track, putting a train behind him and a train in front of him. McGregor, seeing the train in front of him now, stopped walking. Constable Anderson attempted to arrest the man but a shot was fired that thankfully missed him. It was then that police decided to bide their time until they could arrest the man safely.
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LAST month, the Pallister government unveiled Bill 57, the Protection of Critical Infrastructure Act. Following the lead of several American states and the province of Alberta, Bill 57 would limit protests on and around so-called critical infrastructure.
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LAST month, the Pallister government unveiled Bill 57, the Protection of Critical Infrastructure Act. Following the lead of several American states and the province of Alberta, Bill 57 would limit protests on and around so-called critical infrastructure.
Alberta’s legislation creates offences out of a range of activities, from interrupting the work of an oil sands operation to wilfully entering public roads without lawful right, justification or excuse. Penalties include $10,000 fines and imprisonment for six months on a first offence. Not surprisingly, the Alberta law is already facing a challenge u
- Gail Baker It was there that her mother, Dora (short for Fedora), settled while pregnant with Anna. Tragically, two months after their arrival, Anna’s father, a lumberman, was killed when a tree fell on him. Dora’s employer allowed them to stay, and after Anna was born they lived in Winnipegosis for about a year and a half. Friends of Dora’s knew of a man whose wife had died while giving birth. He had three children and desperately needed help. So, as often happened in those days, a marriage was set up and Dora and Peter Atamanchuk wed.