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 - Strong job growth pushed Canada's unemployment rate in May down to 7.2 per cent, the lowest rate since July 2001. In a speech laden with patriotic references, Conservative leader Stephen Harper announced his party's $58 billion platform Saturday, promising to reduce taxes on middle-class families and boost defence spending. Harper did not provide specific numbers in his speech, but assured Canadians his party could both cut taxes and increase social spending without creating a deficit. Toronto - Canadian TV personality Brian Linehan, best known for his in-depth, informative interviews of everyone from diva Barbra Streisand to radio shock jock Howard Stern to ballerina Karen Kain, died at his home in Toronto Friday. He was 58. Montreal - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney praised Ronald Reagan as "a giant" and "great friend of Canada" after hearing of the former U.S. president's death on Saturday. "Ronald Reagan was a transformational president," Mulroney, who held office at the same time as Reagan, said. Edmonton - A former senior civil servant who defrauded the Alberta government of $124,000 to feed a desperate gambling habit was sentenced Thursday to nine months in jail.
