The Record-Courier:(9-14 Edition)

[GAworth]

Due to the fact we will most likely publish tomorrow, we are not publishing a Sunday Paper. We are following the breaking news in Canada.

[GAworth]

The Record-Courier

Serving the Midwest and all of Atlasia

Breaking News
5 Atlasians hospitalized amid anger over drug bust
Those attacked are linked to those found in contact book
Vancouver, BC – Stories are breaking that 5 Atlasians have been assaulted. Two in Winnipeg, one in Toronto, one in Yellowknife, and one St. John’s, Newfoundland have been hospitalized after attacks. They are relatives or friends of those reported to be the dealers of the drugs. Secretary GAworth has condemned the attacks, “No one should be punished for the actions of others, there has been no conviction, I call on an end to the violence and call for a normalization of relations.”

GAworth thrown out of Canada
Prime Minister demanded that he leaves and contemplates closing the Atlasian embassy.
Vancouver, BC- In a press conference, the Prime Minister said, “Those arrested have been making runs similar like this for the last six months. Who knows how many lives have been ruined by these people, and the Atlasian Government has done nothing to stop this. I sat across the table from a Government who did nothing while illegal drugs came across our great country and destroyed lives from coast to coast to coast. Then the reaction from local officials, is we ‘should be lucky’ they haven’t annexed us yet. This indignant attitude that they have shown betrays the decades of close ties we have had with them.”

Canadian Senate debates closing the border
Senators debate restrictions on travel between Atlasia and Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario – Senators today debate a measure to limit travel and closing several border stops. The proposal would limit to about 20 official ports of entry. 4 in British Columbia, 1 in Alberta, 2 in Saskatchewan, 2 in Manitoba, 5 in Ontario, 2 in Quebec, 2 in New Brunswick, 1 in Nova Scotia, 1 in Prince Edward Island, 1 in Newfoundland, and 1 in Yukon. Some Senators are debating proposing an amendment to close the pipelines to Atlasia. “This proposal could kill the Atlasian economy, I am certainly nervous about this over reaction.” The head of the economics department at UC Berkley told us.

Parliament passes condemnation resolution
Measure passes 257-40-11
Ottawa, Ontario – In a rare show of bi-partisan support, MPs voted overwhelmingly to condemn Atlasia for “Endangering the lives of Canadians by allowing drugs to enter freely.” A small faction of the NDP and the Green Party voted no, while the Bloc and a handful of NDP MPs abstained. Conservatives, Liberals, and a majority of the NDP passed the resolution. Although many members support decriminalization of certain drugs, they clarified by attacking the “liberal and lax legalization and decriminalization of dangerous drugs.

[Flake]

Oh my God

[New_Conservative]

Drugs other than marijuana being decriminalized in this country was a huge mistake, just my opinion.

[Sec. of State Superique]

That's no sense. PM me!

[GAworth]

Breaking News

Senate passes border closing measure
50-46 votes in favor
Ottawa, ON - The Senate of Canada has passed the border restriction bill. The vote split the caucuses in the Senate. Conservatives voted 34 – 23 in favor, the Liberal Independents voted 11-21 in favor. Independents and others voted 5-2 in favor. The bill was amended to not include ports but only roads. The Senate will take up a second bill later on ports.
The 20 official crossings are:
1.   Haines Highway Crossing, BC
2.   Sumas Highway Crossing, BC
3.   Highway 95/Moyie River Crossing, BC
4.   Metaline Falls Crossing, BC
5.   Coutts Crossing, AB
6.   Estevan Highway Crossing, SK
7.   North Portal Crossing, SK
8.    Goodlands Crossing, MB
9.   Boissevain/International Peace Gardens Crossing, MB
10.   Rainy River/Atwood Ave. Crossing, ON
11.   Pigeon River Crossing, ON
12.   Detroit Windsor Tunnel Crossing, ON
13.   Thousand Island Bridge Crossing, ON
14.   Ogdenburg-Prescott International Bridge Crossing, ON
15.   Noyan Crossing, QC
16.   Abercorn Crossing, QC
17.   Grand Falls Drum Crossing, NB
18.   Andover Crossing, NB
19.   Alaska Highway Crossing, YK
20.   Little Gold Creek Crossing, YK
Senate of Canada: Airports should be closed to U.S. Air Traffic
Report raises fear of drugs being smuggled in via plane
Ottawa, ON – A dozen Senators have put their name on a motion to block air traffic from Canada. 8 Conservative Senators and 4 Independent Liberal Senators have called for the move after reports have come out that drugs were flown over the border. The Senators claim that a Majority of members support the measure. “We have found that many members support the measure, we will push for the vote later this week.” Senator Doyle of Newfoundland told the press.
Report: “500 Trips”
Canadian Government releases report on massive drug trafficking syndicate
Ottawa, ON- The Minister of Justice today released a document detailing the drugs being imported by the “Pacific Citizen’s Cartel”, the name given to the individuals involved in the drug scandal. The report shows that 500 border crossings have occurred by the P.C.C. bringing in large amounts of drugs. The report also mentions that the cartel has over 800 contacts, majority Atlasians in Canada. Report also states that around a dozen of these trips have occurred via plane.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

[Donerail]

Atlasia accounts for 77% of Canada's exports market and 52% of its imports. A reduction in trade would be decidedly negative for the Atlasian economy, but Canada's the one who's really shooting itself in the foot here.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Atlasia accounts for 77% of Canada's exports market and 52% of its imports. A reduction in trade would be decidedly negative for the Atlasian economy, but Canada's the one who's really shooting itself in the foot here.

On the bright side, the inevitable Canadian economic downturn could potentially cost fantasyland Stephen Harper re-election

[Donerail]

Atlasia accounts for 77% of Canada's exports market and 52% of its imports. A reduction in trade would be decidedly negative for the Atlasian economy, but Canada's the one who's really shooting itself in the foot here.

On the bright side, the inevitable Canadian economic downturn could potentially cost fantasyland Stephen Harper re-election

Given that one in seven Canadian jobs depend on trade with Atlasia, the real question is how long we have to wait until Trudeau's inauguration.

[President Tyrion]

This is pretty lose-lose, but the losses are definitely tilted toward our neighbors to the north.

[Sec. of State Superique]

Open for an interview

[GAworth]

Mouvement souverainiste du Québec!

I heard Marois might make a speech this week.

Open for an interview

Always good to know. I will certainly work to try.

[GAworth]

Breaking News
House of Commons: Do not close the borders
MPs reject Senate bill: 125-181
Ottawa, Ontario – On Friday the House of Commons rejected the border closure bill. Only Conservatives and a handful of Independents voted in favor of the motion. NDP, Liberal, Bloc, Green, an Independent, and around 40 Tories voted against.
Conservative: Yes: 123 No: 38
NDP: Yes: 0 No: 100
Liberal: Yes: 0 No: 36
Bloc: Yes: 0 No: 4
Green: Yes: 0 No: 2
Independents: Yes: 2 No: 1
The Prime Minister announced that he would tighten security at the border but would respect the will of the House. The Premier of Quebec, Pauline Marois has announced that she will oppose any restrictions on the border crossings in Quebec. She announced that the National Assembly will pass a motion condemning the Government of Canada and she is contemplating dropping a Independence Referendum in the National Assembly. The New Democratic Party has announced they will be introducing a motion of no confidence next week into the House of Commons.

Alberta Assembly: We should ramp up the pain on Atlasia
Assembly votes 47-40
Calgary, Alberta – A motion from the Opposition Wild Rose Party has passed the Legislative Assembly. The motion called for the Government of Canada to close the border to Atlasian traffic. The motion also called for oil exports to cease to Atlasia. The Motion passed as follows:
Progressive Conservatives: Yes: 24 No: 35
Wild Rose: Yes: 17 No: 0
Liberal: Yes: 5 No: 0
New Democrats: Yes: 0 No: 4
Independents: Yes: 1 No: 1
The motion came after 3 teens died of a drug overdose. The drugs are believed to have been from Atlasia.

[Donerail]

99% of Canadian oil exports are sent to Atlasia. I really do question who they think they're ramping up the pain on.

[Napoleon]

This saga is pretty stupid. "Allowing drugs to enter Canada"- Canada is responsible for her own border security. "Drugs from Atlasia"- these drugs are most likely produced in Latin America. They may move through Atlasia, they also travel through many other countries. It is unrealistic for this anger to be directed at the US. You also seem to be grossly misunderstanding the liberalization of drug laws here.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I'd be more interested in knowing why the Canadian government went through the very obscure process of originating a bill in the Senate...

[GAworth]

The Record-Courier is proud to announce that we are opening our doors once again.

We will be working on at minimum a weekly basis. We will be working on Stories for our first returned edition. If anyone wishes to sit down for an interview, please let me know.

[Maxwell]

Excellent News!

[Potus]

Fantastic news.

[Cassius]

Great news!

[Lumine]

Excellent!

[GAworth]

The Record-Courier

Marriage a hot topic in Senate

An amendment was presented to the Senate limiting marriage to two people.

Senator Cassius has presented an amendment to the Constitution that will limit marriage to two people. "It is amazing that we are now fighting to protect two person marriages, with no talk of one man, one women. It truly shows you that marriage policy has gone further to the left," an Professor at Georgetown University told us. "Seriously, we are legalizing marriages from people in the same family? We need this amendment," a local doctor told the paper. A GLBT activist commented to the paper, "we laughed in the community when they said our legalization of marriage would lead to polygamy and incestuous marriages, who knew that this would could actually of been true."  
This amendment has seen much resistance from politicians, especially from the Northeast where such marriages proposed to be banned are legal. Many Senators have announced concerns with the plan and the President, though against group marriages, has predicted this will not cross his desk, but would vote for it in a Referendum. To the papers surprise, Senator TNF, JCL, and Deus agree on this issue in opposing it. It appears it will fail with only Lumine showing support for it, with Cynic, Cranberry, and bore joining TNF, JCL, and Deus in stating opposition.

Regional Government Turnover

Almost every region has a new Governor due to resignations.

Pacific
In the last month we have seen the departure of a Vice President, the nomination of a Regional Senator, Pacific Senator Tyrion, to fill his place. That led to Governor Cranberry nominating himself to the vacant senate seat. This saw the election of Simfan (aka Varavour) to the Governor's mansion.
Midwest
Also, during this time, MW Governor Belano departed from office. An election was called which saw Adam "LeBron" Fitzgerald elected unopposed. Althing President Pro-Tempore, Cris, was appointed Archduke and was confirmed by the Althing. This saw the appointment of Fmr. SoIA and former Serene Representative GAworth back to the Althing and running for President Pro-Tempore of the Althing.
Mideast
After much malign and criticism, Governor Keaton resigned, pulled up roots and moved to the Pacific. This caused the Lieutenant Governor, TJ, to assume the Governorship. No word on who the Lt. Gov. will be. Governor Keaton now runs polls from his house in California.
IDS
Well liked Emperor Scott suddenly left his position as Emperor, causing a sudden, 5 hour campaign that saw IDS Legislators Flo and Maxwell vie for the job which saw Maxwell take the title. Fmr. President Duke was appointed to the Legislature by Emperor Maxwell to fill his vacated seat.

The paper is seeking op-eds

The Record-Courier is currently seeking writers of op-eds. "We are looking for voices from the right, the left, and everything in between to write op-eds. We are, at the beginning of the week, going to announce the topic or topics we would like op-eds for, and then will announce when we will want them in by. We will review them, spell check, and then publish them," our Editor-in-Chief told us. The topic we are looking for op-eds this week is The Marriage Amendment before the Senate currently, please submit them by Thursday, September 4th by 5:00pm Atlasian time.

[PPT Spiral]

Correction: Tmth was actually announced as the Mideast's new Lt. Governor, although I don't believe he has actually taken the oath of office yet.

[TNF]

I would love to submit an op-ed.