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 star witness in the Air India trial cried on the stand Monday as she told court that a man she loved confessed his involvement in Canada's worst mass murder. "We had Air India crash," she said Ripudaman Singh Malik told her in 1996. Pointing his finger at her, he added: "Nobody, I mean nobody, can do anything. It's all for Sikhism." The Crown believes Malik and his co-accused Ajaib Singh Bagri were part of a Sikh extremist group that loaded bomb-laden suitcases onto planes leaving Vancouver and connecting with Air India flights in Toronto and Tokyo. A total of 331 people died. Edmonton - Alberta's Conservative government, which has been split over the issue of auto insurance reform, agreed Monday to freeze rates for up to 18 months. Montreal - It didn't take Jean Charest long to put two of his big-name political friends to work for him. The Quebec premier announced Monday that ex-prime minister Brian Mulroney and former Quebec premier Daniel Johnson will head a provincial government committee that will look at the creation of superhospitals in Montreal. Mulroney, was Charest's boss in Ottawa from 1984 to 1993, and Johnson, a close friend whom Charest replaced as Liberal leader in 1998. The premier's job offer will give them each $1,000 a day.
