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.
Ottawa - The federal government has pulled out of a coming conference called "Doing Business with Iran" amid Ottawa's stepped-up calls for justice in the brutal death of Zahra Kazemi. The Iranian-born Canadian citizen died in July 2003, several days after being arrested for taking photos of a demonstration outside a Tehran prison. The doctor who examined the 54-year-old woman has fled Iran. Last week he told an Ottawa news conference of horrific injuries that he said could only have been the result of methodical torture and rape. Ottawa - The Conservative Party said on Wednesday it saw no need for an immediate election despite damning testimony against the ruling Liberal Party at an inquiry into possible kickbacks. What the Conservative position does is guarantee the survival of the minority Liberal government for now. With 99 of 308 seats in the House of Commons, its support is needed to bring down the 133-seat Liberal government. Victoria - British Columbians are shelling out less for legal drugs than any other province, according to a report released Tuesday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. But Canada's total drug bill for medications to treat everything from high cholesterol to chronic shyness continues to climb higher than any other area of health care Ð expected to reach almost $22 billion last year, more than triple what it was 20 years ago.7/4/05
