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 - Canada's largest lumber producer, Canfor Corp., has rejected the proposed softwood lumber agreement with the United States, dealing a blow to efforts to settle the long-standing trade dispute. The tentative settlement is "disproportionately punishing to Canfor's employees, communities, shareholders and customers," David Emerson, president and chief executive of the Vancouver company, stated Thursday. Douglas, N.B. ) - Authorities have reversed a decision to not close a high school where Monica Gilbert taught so teachers and students can attend the young woman's funeral. Gilbert, a 24-year-old mother-to-be, died Monday when her car skidded on slushy roads and crashed into two other cars following a major winter storm that swept through Atlantic Canada. Gilbert was rushed to a Fredericton hospital where doctors performed emergency surgery to deliver her 26-week-old girl, Emma, who was in serious but stable condition. Montreal - Roads were blocked, day-care service was disrupted and many hospital appointments were cancelled in Quebec Thursday as unions staged protests to denounce Premier Jean Charest's economic and social policies. The Day of Disruption left Montreal commuters scrambling to get to work after some transit commission garages remained closed at rush hour.
