Credit union holdup ends fatally near Trois-Rivieres
Provincial Police said a $30,000 holdup near Trois-Rivieres left one dead and another injured. Dennis McKenzie, 20, was killed after he fired on police as he and three accomplices escaped from Ste Etienne des Gres. A fourth suspect waited in a car.
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Dennis McKenzie
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Ste. Etienne Des Gres
Gulf Oil Canada to raise wholesale fuel prices
Gulf Oil Canada says government crude price rise will lift wholesale gasoline diesel and heating oil costs by about five cents per gallon, effective August 15, as authorities permit a $1.50 per barrel increase in crude.
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Toronto
Gulf Oil Canada
Nova Scotia Sees Travel Up In June Tourists
Halifax AP reports Nova Scotia tourism records show total tourist car traffic rising nine percent in June from a year earlier. U S car entries at Yarmouth climbed seventeen percent and Amherst crossing points noted a twenty one percent increase.
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Tourism Office of
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U.S
Yarmouth
Amherst
Births At Webber Newcomers Can Register This Week
Newcomers to the area with high school age children should register them for fall classes this week, per Biddeford High School guidance. The notices list multiple birth announcements including Mercedes July 3, Robyn Lee July 4, Kristin Josa July 4, Jennifer Lee July 4, Ross Philip July 6, Corey Marcel July 6, Kimberly Ann July 8, Heather Joy July 9, Scott Michael July 10, pggee Mary July 11, Melissa Anaise July 12, and Douglas Dwight II July 14, with addresses in Biddeford Saco Limestone and Old Orchard Beach.
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Biddeford High School
Brian Thayer
Willow Ave
Saco
Mercedes
Gerard Goulet
Lyman Ave
Robyn Lee
Spencer Draggins
Kristin Josa
Jeffrey Boudreau
South St. Biddeford
Jennifer Lee
Donald Rousseau
Wendell Ave
Biddeford
Ross Philip
Reynald
Harold Souliere
High St
Pinansky
Corey Marcel
Larr Nightingale
Ward Road
Limestone
Kimberly Ann
Robert Felker
Ocean Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Heather Joy
Conrad LeGrange
Storer St
Scott Michael
Kevin Savage
North St
Pggee Mary
Quebec Economy In For Tough Times
Statistics show Quebec faces hard blows from inflation and rising unemployment this year. The government plans a wait-and-see approach before counter-measures. Industry Minister Guy Saint-Pierre says intervention will come only after management and workers abandon their uncompromising stance due to the economy. Unemployment stands at 10 percent and is expected to rise in the coming months.
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Quebec
Quebec Industry and Commerce
Guy Saint-Pierre
Needless Surgery Investigated in 1969 Case
Marie Valenzuela told a House subcommittee that a doctor removed tonsils from four of her children and a niece during a winter 1969 procedure intended for one child. One daughter suffered brain injury, pneumonia, and hepatitis. others received settlements. Wolfe testified about up to 3.2 million unnecessary operations yearly, with billions in costs and thousands of deaths, urging independent preoperative review. The panel plans further hearings.
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Washington
Marie Valenzuela
Woodlawn
Calif
Valenzuela
House
Sidney M. Wolfe
United States
Wolfe
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader-affiliated Public Citizen’s Health Research Group
New York City
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