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.
Toronto - NHL tough guy Tie Domi testified Tuesday in defence of his brother at a high-profile Toronto inquiry into a computer leasing scandal. Domi's brother, Dash, is a central figure in the inquiry into why the city spent $110 million on computer leases. Dash is a salesperson for the company that supplied the computers, MFP Financial Services. The inquiry is dealing with allegations that a former top city politician was bribed. Fredericton, N.B. - Residents scoured rural New Brunswick for thousands of cans of stolen beer Tuesday, as the truck driver charged with stealing them was ordered held in custody until a Sept. 8 hearing. RCMP said approximately 5,000 cans of missing Moosehead beer have turned up in a wooded area near Millville, in the third major find since about 50,400 cans disappeared from a transport truck bound for Mexico on Aug. 15. Nearly two-thirds of the load is still missing, and police said residents are combing ditches and backwoods roads, hoping to find the rest. Fredericton - New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord said on Wednesday his government may order nurses back to work if they opt to strike in a vote that is now being counted. The New Brunswick Nurses Union will release the results of the strike vote on Thursday. If the majority votes yes, about 5,000 provincial hospital nurses would be in a strike position on Sept. 9.
