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St. John's Nfld .- About 100 people demonstrated on the steps of Newfoundland's legislature Tuesday after back-to-work legislation imposed a new contract on 20,000 civil servants. It also imposes a four-year contract on the workers that includes a two-year wage freeze, with a five per cent raise in the final two years of the deal. Toronto - The Ontario government is expected to unveil a new law requiring booster seats for children who are too big for toddler seats, but too small to be protected by seatbelts. It hopes to cut by up to 75 per cent the number of children injured or killed in cars. Montreal - A man from Quebec wrongfully convicted of rape wants $8.7 million to compensate for his family's "nightmare." Michel Dumont spent nearly three years in jail and said that as a convicted rapist, his life in prison was hell. His children were taken away from him, and he said they were abused in foster care. Ottawa - Data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday show there were fewer divorces in 2002 than in previous years, but the rate of divorces per 100 marriages remained nearly constant. In 2002, the divorce rate was 37.9 per cent. It was 37.6 per cent in 2001, and in 2000 it was 37.7 per cent. Couples with marriages between four and five years old were the most likely to divorce. After five years, the risk of divorce decreases.
