U S urged to honor Arctic cleanup funding deal
Canadian officials urge the United States to uphold a 1996 agreement to provide 100 million US dollars in credits over 10 years to help offset environmental cleanup of 21 abandoned DEW Line sites and other bases in the Arctic. The U S Senate committee rejected paying.
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Edmonton
United States
U.S. Senate
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Canada
Washington
Douglas Waddell
Waddell
Arctic
Newfoundland
Yukon
Kevin O'Reilly
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
Yellowknife
Tony Downs
Environment
Defence Department
Senate
Joe Clark draft movement heats up in Yellowhead riding
A Web draft Joe Clark site and phone line spark support for the former prime minister in Alberta’s Yellowhead riding. Mayor Tom McGee says Clark has not commented, while officials warn sites do not elect leaders as the plan moves forward. In Calgary a missing girl case closes as suspects and a guard remain in custody.
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Joe Clark
Yellowhead
Joe
Tom McGee
Drayton Valley
Draft Clark
Zack Taylor
Montreal
Blackeye
Clark
McGee
Alberta
Abducted Alberta teen found after manhunt near park
A 14 year old girl abducted near Olds Alberta was located near Chain Lakes Provincial Park after a tip led Wanamaker RCMP to a camping site. Two men and the girl were detained. the girl was unharmed and returned to her family.
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Calgary
Erik Wanamaker
Gordon Robert Kennedy
Alberta
Saunders
Chain ‘Lakes Provincial Park
Wanamaker Rcmp
British Columbia
Elm disease breakthrough eyed to save North American trees
Ontario and Saskatchewan researchers pursue two approaches to halt Dutch elm disease. A University of Toronto team claims a tree vaccine raises immunity, with 340 trees showing 70 percent survival versus 20 percent untreated, as Hubbes presents findings at a Medicine Hat workshop.
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Regina
North America
Europe
Ontario
Saskatchewan
University of Toronto
Martin Hubbes
Hubbes
Medicine Hat
Canada becomes major marijuana exporter to the United States
Vancouver activist Marc Emery cites Canada as a growing marijuana export hub with British Columbia and Ontario producers shipping top quality weed abroad. Det. Bryan Baxter notes the shift from import to export and estimates Canada’s cannabis business at several billions of dollars nationwide.
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Toronto
Canada
United States
Jamaica
Mexico
Thailand
Bryan Baxter
Hamilton-Wentworth
Canad
B.C
Ontario
Baxter
Marc Emery
Vancouver
Emery
Canada-Us
Nine charges faced over dog attack in Medicine Hat
Valina Phillion 14 was released from hospital after eight days recovering from pit bull bites on April 4. Two dogs Athens and Kayne were seized and face potential death. a third dog may be destroyed after a separate application. Owners Coral Page and Monty Geiger appear in provincial court with nine charges each under the city dog bylaw.
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Medicine
Darwin Greaves
Greaves
Coral Page
Monty Geiger
Cooney Rd. S.E
Medicine Hat
Geiger
Valina
Joanne
East Glen
Athens
Kayne
SPCA
Page
Teens Rescued After Lake Couchiching Dock Breaks Away
Three Toronto teens aged 16 17 and 18 were fishing when an abandoned dock blew offshore on Lake Couchiching near Orillia Ontario. Stranded about a kilometer from shore they were rescued by two firefighters in a small boat after enduring a cold and frightening ordeal.
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Orillia
Ont
Toronto
Lake Couchiching
Derek Lami
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