Tuesday, April 3, 2007 Robert ‘Bob’ Edmonds, who sued the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), died Monday in hospital at age 83 of cancer. “He’ll be remembered as the guy who just wouldn’t go away,” said Ontario Ombudsman André Marin speaking of the loss. “I was the speakerphone and he was the speaker –…
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Wikinews Shorts: June 13, 2007
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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
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New Zealand pilot selling uniform online
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Wikinews’ overview of the year 2007
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Leonard Skinner, namesake of rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies at age 77
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Forty Hells Angels locations in Canada raided by police
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