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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.

Vancouver - The Air India trial has heard more evidence from an expert who said the damage to the aircraft is consistent with an explosion in the cargo hold. Christopher Peel testified about the damage done to Air India flight 182 following an explosion off the coast of Ireland in June, 1985. Peel told the court, that in his opinion, the damage done to the fuselage is consistent with a bombing. He said the wreckage contains a hole close to where the bomb was believed to be located. Ajaib Singh Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Malik are on trial in B.C. Supreme Court, charged with killing 331 people. Winnipeg - Manitoba could become the first province to rate all video games, making it illegal to rent or sell adult-rated games to people under 18. The legislation is Manitoba's attempt to help concerned parents who complain that video games have become too sexually explicit and too graphically violent. Toronto - Hockey commentator Don Cherry says his future with Hockey Night in Canada is in doubt. The 70-year-old told the Globe and Mail the CBC has not committed to renewing his contract next season. He told the newspaper he'd like to return as co-host of Coach's Corner, the segment he first appeared on in 1980. CBC spokesperson Ruth Ellen Soles said the network had not made any decision yet.

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