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The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.

The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.

Toronto - Police were asking for witnesses to come forward after a motorist was struck in the head and seriously injured by a truck part that flew through the windshield of his car early Saturday afternoon. The 59-year-old man was driving when a part broke loose from a truck that was likely traveling in the opposite direction. Ottawa - Canada's ruling Liberals are heading for another parliamentary majority but voter intentions are "fluid" before an election expected to be called next week, according to a poll released on Saturday. Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberal government has the support of 40 percent of Canadians, enough to maintain control of the legislative agenda in Parliament, the Ipsos-Reid survey published in the Globe and Mail found. The Conservatives, the only real national threat to the Liberals, saw their support slip two points to 24 percent, while the left-leaning New Democrats fell to 15 percent from 16 percent. Moose Jaw, Sask. - Two pilots safely ejected when a small training plane crashed near Moose Jaw's military base Friday afternoon. Eyewitnesses reported seeing two parachutes deploy before the plane hit the ground just northwest of 15 Wing Moose Jaw. Edmonton - Two teenagers have lost another round in their fight to lower the voting age with a Court of Appeal decision to dismiss their challenge to Alberta election laws.

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