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 Vast
extension of human rights urged OTTAWA - Federal law should be
expanded to ban discrimination against the poor, concludes a report
that heralds "a new era" in human rights protection in Canada. Under
the sweeping changes recommended by a government-appointed panel,
human rights abuses would be redefined to include business practices
that limit access to loans, mortgages, bank accounts, telephone
services and other services for people who are on welfare or are
unemployed.

  As good
as golf gets KELOWNA - There were lovely 22-year-old blondes and
awestruck septuagenarians, standing side by side, craning for a
look, all speaking one language. Worship. The older ones have known
Jack Nicklaus most of their adult lives, the teenagers maybe just
since Friday, when he said his tear-stained goodbye at Pebble Beach,
one of those hallmark moments of a sporting life. One way or
another, Nicklaus had touched them all.

 Trading
probe deepens Some of the country's largest brokerage firms -- most owned
by the big banks -- are bracing for what could be an onslaught of
disciplinary action from two of Canada's most powerful securities
regulators as a result of a sweeping probe into alleged stock
manipulation. Three of the major banks -- Royal Bank of Canada,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal -- yesterday
confirmed their involvement in an extensive six-month investigation
by the Ontario Securities Commission and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 Long
says sorry to Alliance TORONTO and OTTAWA - Tom Long
unconditionally apologized to the Canadian Alliance yesterday after
admitting that Quebec campaign workers had manipulated membership
tallies by signing up people without their knowledge or consent.
"Let me say that I am embarrassed and angry with the recruitment
tactics used by my team in Gaspe. This is my campaign and these
things were done on my behalf so I accept full
responsibility.

  Furor
over immigration officials' trophy shirts VANCOUVER - Federal immigration
officials have presented their staff with golf shirts celebrating
last month's deportation of 90 Chinese migrants. Beneath the
official enforcement office crest on the shirt is a red embroidered
inscription which reads: "Class of 90." |
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