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La Malbaie, Que. - Facing pressure from all provinces, Solicitor General Wayne Easter said Wednesday the federal government will try to broaden a proposed national sex-offender registry to make it include more offenders. The proposed amendment would see the registry of sex offenders include not only those criminals convicted after the law passes, but those currently serving sentences for sex offences. Ottawa - He's months away from becoming prime minister but Paul Martin is already acting the part, planning an unofficial premiers conference and heading out on his second tour of a disaster area. Martin was to fly to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island late Wednesday to survey damage caused by Hurricane Juan - something Prime Minister Jean Chretien hasn't done. Martin also has a planned meeting with the premiers at the Grey Cup game in Regina on Nov. 16, two days after he becomes Liberal leader Halifax - Nerves were beginning to fray in this battered city Wednesday as tens of thousands of people spent Day 3 without power and many discovered they wouldn't be compensated for property destroyed by hurricane Juan. Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly accused the province's power utility of failing to keep people properly informed about the pace of restoring electricity.
