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 - Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler said Wednesday he expects the Supreme Court to uphold the federal government's same-sex marriage legislation when it offers its opinion Thursday morning. The court is expected to rule on proposed legislation that would make Canada among the first countries in the world to recognize same-sex marriage. Ottawa proposed changing the definition of marriage to the "lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others" rather than the "lawful union of one man and one woman." Ottawa - The federal government will install dirty-bomb detectors at the Ottawa International Airport as part of a test project that could see them placed in airports across the country. The $4-million project is designed to detect crude devices that use conventional explosives to scatter radioactive material over a wide area. The detectors are aimed at quelling fears a dirty bomb could be smuggled into an airport or on a plane. Last year, documents uncovered in Afghanistan suggested Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network had built a dirty bomb. Toronto - Canadians travelling to the Dominican Republic will be banned from donating blood for six months after they've returned, Canadian Blood Services said Wednesday. The decision comes after six Canadians contracted malaria after going to the Caribbean nation since October.
