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.
Powassan, Ont. - An Ontario town has moved to restrict ownership of pit bulls, requiring them to be spayed or neutered and kept in secure areas. The council of Powassan, 260 kilometres north of Toronto, has passed a bylaw compelling pit bull owners to pay $250 for a restricted dog licence. The dog must be kept indoors or within a fenced-in area, with signs alerting visitors that a restricted dog lives there. When the dog is in public, it must be walked on a one-metre leash by an adult and muzzled at all times. St. John's, Nfld. - The Newfoundland Supreme Court has cleared the way for two lesbian couples to marry legally, making Newfoundland and Labrador the seventh province to sanction same-sex marriage. Newfoundland now joins Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and the Yukon in legalizing same-sex marriages. The federal government will introduce a bill early in the new year giving gays and lesbians the legal right to marry. Lower Sackville, N.S. - A member of Parliament from Nova Scotia is lobbying to make it illegal to sell the war medals of dead veterans. Currently, Canada's war veterans cannot sell their medals, but family members who inherit them can. A Victoria Cross was recently put up for auction over the internet. But a Canada-wide effort raised $300,000 to keep the medal out of the hands of a British collector.
