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The Canadian Press News Agenda for Thursday, May 1
(Broadcast News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) EDITORS: Following is a list of news events for May 1 as of 11:45 p.m. ET: x-denotes wire, y-denotes picture, z-denotes graphics coverage. Copy from other events based on merit and availability. All times local unless otherwise noted. Queries about these events and stories in The Canadian Press report should be directed to the departments listed below (all phone numbers 416 area code):
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WORLD
FAIRFAX, VA. _ Land developer and homebuilder Brookfield Homes holds first-quarter earnings conference call. Webcast at www.brookfieldhomes.com or go to 1-800-319-4610. (5:30 p.m.)
NEW YORK _ Thomson Reuters first-quarter earnings call. Webcast at www.thomsonreuters.com (10 a.m.)
NEW YORK _ Marketing firm MDC Partners issues first-quarter earnings after markets close. Conference call May 2.
ATLANTIC
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. _ Public inquiry into hundreds of botched breast-cancer tests in Newfoundland. Expected to run beyond July. (9:30 a.m. at 50 Tiffany Lane)
AMHERST, N.S. _ Nova Scotia Power to announce local wind energy project. (10:30 a.m. at Wandlyn Inn)
SYDNEY, N.S. _ The captain and first officer of the Farley Mowat are scheduled to appear in court regarding their charges under marine mammal regulations and the Fisheries Act. (Sydney court house)
WINDSOR, N.S. _ Funding announcement by Premier Rodney MacDonald related to the Windsor Curling Club airs on EastLink Television. (7 p.m. at EastLink Television)
QUEBEC
MONTREAL _ Bondholders appeal Quebec Court's ruling in favour of BCE's $52-billion takeover led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Scheduled until May 2.
y-MONTREAL _ SNC Lavalin annual meeting. (11 a.m. at Salles de Gesus, 1200 Bleury.)
MONTREAL _ Daniel Cormier trial continues with testimony of alleged sexual abuse victim. Cormier claims to have married the girl when she was 10-years-old. (Palais de justice)
QUEBEC _ Medical sterilization equipment maker TSO3 Inc. holds annual and special meeting. Webcast at www.tso3.com (10:30 a.m. at Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, Salon Paul-Rainville, 1st avenue Wolfe-Montcalm)
OTTAWA
xy-OTTAWA _ Daily question period. (2:15 p.m. at House of Commons, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ University of Guelph professor Smaro Kamboureli speaks on the importance of the study and teaching of culture. (7:45 a.m. at Parliament Hill, Wellington St., Parliamentary Restaurant, 6th Floor)
xy-OTTAWA _ 2006 Census information on income and earnings and housing and shelter costs released. (8:30 a.m. at 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway)
OTTAWA _ Senate environment committee hears witnesses on its mandate. Subject to change without notice. (8:30 a.m. at Room 2, Victoria Building, 140 Wellington St.)
OTTAWA _ Joint Commons-Senate scrutiny of regulations committee hears witnesses on statutory instruments. Subject to change without notice. (8:30 a.m. at Room 160-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons agriculture committee hears witnesses on product of Canada claims. Subject to change without notice. (9 a.m. at Room 371, West Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Senate agriculture committee hears witnesses on future of agriculture. Subject to change without notice. (9 a.m. at Room 9, Victoria Building, 140 Wellington St.)
OTTAWA _ Commons fisheries committee hears witnesses on main estimates. Subject to change without notice. (9 a.m. at Room 213, Wellington Building, 180 Wellington St.)
OTTAWA _ Commons human resources committee hears witnesses on employment insurance financing board. Subject to change without notice. (9 a.m. at Room 112-N, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons languages committee hears witnesses on Canada-community agreements. Subject to change without notice. (9 a.m. at Room 308, West Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser at Commons status of women committee meeting on gender budgets. Subject to change without notice. (9 a.m. at Room 209, West Block, Parliament Hill)
x-OTTAWA _ New Democratic MPs hold news conference on Statistics Canada report on widening income gap. (9:30 a.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Supreme Court renders judgments in various appeals. Briefing at 9:15 a.m. in the Press Room. (9:45 a.m. at Supreme Court, 301 Wellington St.)
OTTAWA _ Supreme Court renders judgments in various leave applications. (9:45 a.m. at Supreme Court, 301 Wellington St.)
x-OTTAWA _ Small Business Secretary of State Diane Ablonczy holds news conference on reducing paperwork burden on small and medium businesses. (10 a.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Members of Commons estimates committee holds news conference after tabling report titled Right Pay for Valuable Employees. (10:30 a.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Senate legal affairs committee hears witnesses on Bill S-224: vacancies. Subject to change without notice. (10:45 a.m. at Room 257, East Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Senate fisheries committee hears witnesses on Arctic study. Subject to change without notice. (10:45 a.m. at Room 160-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Senate cities subcommittee hears witnesses on large cities issues. Subject to change without notice. (10:45 a.m. at Room 2, Victoria Building, 140 Wellington St.)
OTTAWA _ Commons industry committee hears witnesses on science and technology. Subject to change without notice. (11 a.m. at Room 308, West Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons health committee hears witnesses on post-market pharmaceuticals. Subject to change without notice. (11 a.m. at Room 237-C, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons public accounts committee hears witnesses on budget officer and on greening government. Subject to change without notice. (11 a.m. at Room 253-D, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons natural resources committee meets in camera. Subject to change without notice. (11 a.m. at Room 371, West Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons human resources subcommittee meets in camera. Subject to change without notice. (11 a.m. at Room 112-N, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
x-OTTAWA _ Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney at Senate banking committee hearing witnesses on Bank of Canada report. Subject to change without notice. (11:45 a.m. at Room 9, Victoria Building, 140 Wellington St.)
OTTAWA _ Special Commons committee on the mission in Afghanistan hears witnesses. Subject to change without notice. (12 p.m. at Room 209, West Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Public service professionals rally for action at the bargaining table. (12 p.m. at L'Esplanade Laurier, Laurier Avenue West at Bank Street)
OTTAWA _ News conference on United Nations declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (12:30 p.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ New Democratic Judy Wasylycia-Leis holds news conference on bill lowering the permissible noise level in children's toys. (1 p.m. at Room 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier delivers remarks marking Yom Hashoah. (3 p.m. at Parliament Hill, Wellington St.)
OTTAWA _ House Speaker Peter Milliken hosts a reception for recipients of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Tragically Hip and Eugene Levy among recipients. (3:15 p.m. at Speaker's Salon, Room 216-N, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons access-ethics committee hears witnesses on Privacy Act reform. Subject to change without notice. (3:30 p.m. at Room 269, West Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons heritage committee hears witnesses on plans and priorities of CBC/Radio-Canada. Subject to change without notice. (3:30 p.m. at Room 237-C, Centre Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons foreign affairs committee meets in camera. Subject to change without notice. (3:30 p.m. at Room 308, West Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Commons defence committee hears witnesses in camera. Subject to change without notice. (3:30 p.m. at Room 362, East Block, Parliament Hill)
OTTAWA _ Gov. Gen. of New Zealand Anand Satyanand breakfasts (8 a.m., Cdn. Govt. Guest House) with Defence Minister Peter MacKay, lays wreath (10 a.m., National War Memorial), meets Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean (11:30 a.m., Rideau Hall, Study), lunches (12:30 p.m., Rideau Hall, dining room) and visits (4:20 p.m.) War Amps National Headquarters, 2827 Riverside Dr. (various locales)
ONTARIO
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. _ Drug firm Cipher Pharmaceuticals holds first-quarter earnings conference call. Dial 416-644-3418. (8:30 a.m.)
OAKVILLE, Ont. _ Tim Hortons issues first-quarter earnings. Conference call and annual meeting May 2.
OWEN SOUND, Ont. _ Media conference call by Grey Bruce Health Services about patient diagnosis or treatment that might have been affected by errors discovered in the work of one of its three pathologists. (8:30 a.m.)
THORNHILL, Ont. _ Madeleine Meilleur, minister of community and social services, announces housing development for people with disabilities. (11:45 a.m. at 927 Clarke Ave. W.)
x-TORONTO _ Ontario legislature sits Monday through Thursday. (2 p.m. at Ontario legislature)
TORONTO _ Industry leaders discuss Canada's alternative energy market at conference called Alternative Energy: Innovation, Integration and Commercialization. Through May 1. (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 255 Bremner Blvd.)
TORONTO _ RioCan REIT holds first-quarter earnings conference call. Dial 416-641-6120, code: 3257836 (pound key). (9 a.m.)
x-TORONTO _ Former prime minister Paul Martin hosts conference on developing aboriginal economies. (9 a.m. at University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Bennett Lecture Hall, 78 Queen's Park Circle)
x-TORONTO _ Military reservists Brian Deganis, 23, Jeffery Hall, 24, and Mountaz Ibrahim, 25, to be sentenced for their roles in the beating death of homeless man Paul Croutch. (9:30 a.m. at 361 University Ave.)
TORONTO _ Mortgage lender Equitable Group holds first-quarter earnings conference call. Dial 416-644-3416 or webcast at www.equitablegroupinc.com (10 a.m.)
x-TORONTO _ Magna International holds shareholders' meeting at 10 a.m. at Roy Thomson Hall. First-quarter earnings conference call follows at 1:30 p.m. Dial 1-800-763-5615 or go to www.magna.com (10 a.m. at Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Ave. )
TORONTO _ Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Rick Bartolucci announces emergency preparedness strategy. (10 a.m. at Downsview Park, main parking lot, Carl Hall Road)
TORONTO _ Education Minister Kathleen Wynne makes announcement on expansion of literacy program for young children. (10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School, 125 Glenmount Ave.)
TORONTO _ Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau unveils newly refurbished CA Planetarium at Ontario Science Centre. (11:30 a.m. at Ontario Science Centre, CA Planetarium, Level C, 770 Don Mills Rd.)
TORONTO _ Misha Glenny, British journalist and specialist on Eastern and Southeastern Europe, will speak to the Canadian Club on "McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Underworld." (12 p.m. at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Room 107)
TORONTO _ Ontario Nurses' Association president Linda Haslam-Stroud speaks on ending workplace violence. (12 p.m. at Queen's Park)
TORONTO _ Alternative Energy Conference. Robert Gallant, president and CEO of GreenField Ethanol speaks on "The Future for Ethanol and Biofuels." (1:15 p.m. at Metro Toronto Convention Centre)
TORONTO _ Top Canadian business leaders hold panel discussion on entrepreneurship. Attendees include McDonald's of Canada senior chairman George Cohon, Tim Hortons founder Ron Joyce and Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk. (1:30 p.m. at Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Business Management, 55 Dundas St. W.)
TORONTO _ Family and supporters of Adolf Horvath, a Roma fugitive, demonstrate at Hungarian consulate against his extradition. (2 p.m. at 425 Bloor St. E.)
TORONTO _ Education Minister Kathleen Wynne addresses Kids' Internet Safety Alliance's annual Founders Fundraising Gala. (6 p.m. at Liberty Grand, Governor's Room, 25 British Columbia Rd.)
TORONTO _ Northgate releases first-quarter results after markets close followed by a conference call at 6 p.m.
PRAIRIES
BANFF, Alta. _ Sunshine ski resort faces four charges under Alberta's occupational health and safety act relating to the death of 25-year-old Ontario man Karl Stunt on his first day of work in Aug. 2004. (10 a.m. at Banff Provincial Court)
CALGARY _ Summit on sustainable choices in land use, mobility, energy and community building. Conference program at: www.gaininggroundsummit.com/calgary. Through May 2. (8:30 a.m. at Westin hotel, 320-4th Ave SW)
CALGARY _ Louise Rogers, 40, appears in court to face three charges under Traffic Safety Act after a nine-year-old girl was killed in a school bus accident in October 2007. (9 a.m. at Room 308 - Provincial court - 601-5th Street SW)
x-CALGARY _ Imperial Oil Ltd. holds its annual general meeting and reports first-quarter results. (9:30 a.m. at Telus Convention Centre)
CALGARY _ Talisman Energy holds conference call for first-quarter earnings. Dial 1-800-732-9307. (11 a.m.)
CALGARY _ Calgary Roughnecks host media availability prior to hosting Colorado Mammoth in NLL playoff action (11:30 a.m. at 206 11 Ave SE, Suite 1)
EDMONTON _ Trial of Thomas Svekla, accused of second-degree murder and interfering with human remains in the deaths of two prostitutes.
EDMONTON _ An autopsy will be done on the body of a deceased male found in the Spruce Grove area on April 29. (9 a.m.)
xy-EDMONTON _ Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at the opening of the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute. He will be joined by Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach and federal Health Minister Tony Clement. (10:30 a.m. at 8440 112 St.)
EDMONTON _ Major Gary Whelan, commanding officer of the Signal Squadron, will lead 80 ceremonially dressed troops in a Freedom of the City parade. (12 p.m.)
EDMONTON _ Engineering firm Stantec will discuss first-quarter earnings at conference call. Webcast at www.stantec.com or dial 1-866-322-2356. (2 p.m.)
EDMONTON _ The University of Alberta plays host to a Religion and Culture conference, featuring guest speaker Michel Desjardins of Wilfrid Laurier University. (University of Alberta)
UNDATED _ Thirty-five people to walk 300 kilometres from Calgary to Edmonton to push for an end to the violence in western Sudan.
WETASKIWIN, Alta. _ Gale Van Oosterhout, charged with accessory after the fact to murder in the death of Hugh Oswald, 57, found in a burning van, to appear in court for election and plea.
WINNIPEG _ B'nai Brith Holocaust commemoration ceremony. (9:30 a.m. at Legislature, Committee Room 254)
WINNIPEG _ Financial services firm Great-West Lifeco holds first-quarter earnings conference call. Dial 416-406-6419. (1 p.m.)
WINNIPEG _ Sentencing for Scott Trembley, convicted of dangerous driving causing death in a fatal crash that killed Linda Rudnicki in June 2005.
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. _ Marlene Lena Henderson, 51, appears in court on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a 39-year-old woman. (Provincial court)
REGINA _ An announcement to introduce the new president of the University of Regina. (10 a.m. at Philips, Hager and North Atrium Centre for Kinesiology, University of Regina)
REGINA _ Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud and Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities President Dave Marit announce details of the Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program. (11:30 a.m. at outside Rm. 334, Saskatchewan Legislative Building)
REGINA _ Labour groups hold a May Day rally in front of the legislative building to oppose essential services legislation. (12 p.m. at Saskatchewan Legislative Building)
BRITISH COLUMBIA
COMOX, B.C. _ Commonwealth air crews compete in annual Fincastle competition. Media flights aboard CP-140 Aurora and opportunties to interview Fincastle competitors. (12:45 p.m. at Ryan Rd at Little River Road (CFB Comox))
ESQUIMALT, B.C. _ Media is invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony of first three of the Victoria Police Department's newly approved 19 recruits. (8:30 a.m. at Esquimalt Council Chambers)
PORT MOODY, B.C. _ premier Campbell gives' keynote address at Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Lunch. (12 p.m. at Boathouse Restaurant, 2770 Esplanade Ave. )
y-SURREY, B.C. _ Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger sentenced for impaired driving after being stopped for speeding in June, 2006. (9:30 a.m. at Surrey Provincial Court, Courtroom 103)
VANCOUVER _ Trial of five men accused of kidnapping university student Graham McMynn. (10 a.m. at B.C. Supreme Court, courtroom 20)
VANCOUVER _ Portland Health Society and VANDU lawsuits challenging federal government drug exemption and their need to operate Insite. Through May 7. (10 a.m. at B.C. Supreme Court, 800 Smithe St.)
VANCOUVER _ Forestry firm TimberWest holds first-quarter earnings conference call. Dial 1-800-896-6826. (8 a.m.)
VANCOUVER _ Public inquiry into death of homeless alcoholic Frank Paul, who was found dead in an alley in December 1998 after he was dumped there by a police officer. Through May 9. (9:30 a.m. at 605 Robson St., 12th floor)
VANCOUVER _ Premier Gordon Campbell attends grand opening of the Joanne Brown Centre for Families. (5:45 p.m. at Joanne Brown Centre for Families)
VANCOUVER _ Premier Gordon Campbell attends grand opening of the Joanne Brown Centre for Families. (5:45 p.m. at Joanne Brown Centre for Families)
VANCOUVER _ Pacific Youth Robotics Society Open House, showcasing robotics inventions by students at Metro Vancouver high schools. (6 p.m. at David Thompson Secondary School, 1755 East 55th Avenue )
x-VICTORIA _ Coroner Jeffrey Dolan and a five-person jury will hear evidence from subpoenaed witnesses to determine the facts around the deaths of Christian Lee, Sunny Park, Kum Lea Chun, Moon Kyu Park and Peter Lee in Oak Bay on Sept. 4, 2007. Through May 2. (9:30 a.m. at B.C. Supreme Court, 850 Burdett Ave. Court 304)
x-VICTORIA _ BC Legislature sits Mon-Thur. 10 a.m. Mon, Tue, Thur 1:30 p.m. Mon-Thur
(The Canadian Press _ Toronto)
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