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.
Edmonton - Producers, packing plants and politicians cheered the first exports of boneless Alberta beef Wednesday while Canada moved closer to deals with Mexico and the Philippines to open their borders to other beef products. "It's a big step," said Brooks Mayor Don Weisbeck, whose southern Alberta city has been feeling the crunch since the discovery of one cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy May 20 prompted more than 30 countries to ban Canadian beef. Montreal - An 11-month murder trial for 12 Hells Angels and associates ended abruptly Thursday when nine of the accused pleaded guilty to lesser charges. In exchange for their pleas, the Crown dropped the first-degree murder charges against the nine men. Fredericton - Ripples of tragedy from the September 2001 terrorist attacks have washed away the hopes and home of a rural New Brunswick couple. On Thursday, Marion and Nickolaj Pedersen put up a for sale sign on their 100-hectare farm straddling the Canada-U.S. border The couple, who have lived on the farm since 1950, have watched their way of life disappear in the fear and heightened security. "I'm broken-hearted, but I can't take much more of this," Marion Pedersen said of the decision to try selling the farm. Tightened security has caused the U.S. Border Patrol to severely limit access to their road.
