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 - Several men being held at a Toronto-area detention centre on suspicions they have al-Qaida terrorist ties have been moved into their own cells because they've been attacked by other inmates, the men's lawyer said Wednesday. Project Thread alleges some of the suspects experimented with explosives and wanted to find out the measurements of prominent buildings, including the CN Tower Halifax - Federal Health Minister Anne McLellan gave her support Wednesday to the creation of a national agency to respond quickly to health emergencies, despite estimates it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars annually. McLellan, meeting with provincial and territorial ministers, said such a body would help track crises, such as the SARS outbreak and the West Nile virus. "I believe a Canadian public health centre or agency which is linked to existing provincial and territorial centres will be very important," she said in Halifax. Ottawa - Self-employed men earned more on average than self-employed women in 2001, Statistics Canada says. However, while the number of women reporting self-income increased between 1997 and 2001, the number of self-employed men fell. In 2001, on average, men earned $18,327 from self-employment, while women earned $10,523 the agency reported.
