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.
Ottawa - Continuing merger negotiations with the federal Conservatives into the fall would be a mistake, says Canadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper, because the two negotiating parties are simply spinning their wheels. Harper blew the lid off a summer of confidential negotiations The Alliance said the Conservatives were backsliding on previous commitments while refusing to put forward any specific proposals of their own. A spokesman for the Conservatives said the Alliance walked away from negotiations. Halifax - The cleanup of Halifax, a city battered overnight by a deadly hurricane, began Monday morning at daybreak with power crews inching their way around downed trees, and residents overwhelmed by the devastation. Two people, including a paramedic driving an ambulance, were killed by trees felled by hurricane Juan's gusts, which reached more than 140 kilometres per hour. Regina - The man who was eventually found guilty of a murder that kept David Milgaard wrongfully imprisoned for 23 years lost an appeal Monday to have his conviction overturned. Larry Fisher was convicted in 1999 of the first-degree murder of Gail Miller, a 20-year-old Saskatoon nursing assistant Fisher was given a mandatory life sentence, but will be eligible for parole in 10 years.
