August 2005 in Canada - August 18, 2005

August 18, 2005

  • Assaulted daughter pleads to keep her father out of jail.(CBC)
  • The Canadian Medical Association announces its support for a two-tiered healthcare system.(CBC)
  • The Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear a case brought forth by four fathers forced to pay back child support.(CTV)
  • The United States Ambassador to Canada urges more talks in the US - Canada softwood lumber dispute.(CTV)
  • HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) is deployed to the Canadian Arctic to prohibit illegal fishing and to reassert sovereignty in the North.(CTV)
  • Alberta police make record ecstasy drug bust.(CTV)
  • Ottawa police begin issuing e-tickets.(CTV)

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