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Edmonton - Four brown Stetsons were carried through a solemn sea of red serge Thursday afternoon and gently set below portraits of the four RCMP officers gunned down in the line of duty last week, as a memorial service for the constables began. Thousands of police officers, mourners and dignitaries have gathered inside an Edmonton pavilion to honour the four slain RCMP officers, the largest memorial in the Mounties' history. Constables Peter Schiemann, Leo Johnston, Anthony Gordon and Brock Myrol were shot and killed while investigating stolen property and a marijuana grow operation last Thursday near Mayerthorpe, Alta. Halifax - The Maritimes and Newfoundland are cleaning up from a windstorm that blew off roofs, knocked down power lines and bowled over tractor-trailers. Nova Scotia police warned drivers to stay off roads strewn with debris as gusts hit 146 km/h. Richmond, B.C. - A hotel in British Columbia has been found 50 per cent liable for the actions of a drunk patron who got behind the wheel and drove into a crowd of people, injuring five of them seriously. A B.C. Supreme Court judge found that bar staff at the Steveston Hotel in Steveston, near Richmond, neglected their duty to stop 20-year-old Harry McWilliams from drinking and driving in June 1999. Damages in the lawsuit have yet to be decided.
