Teen seeks to ban swearing in readings of Mice and Men
Samantha Robinson 17 gathers 40 students to petition the Waterloo Region District School Board to require new swearing rules. She says reading aloud from John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men includes racially charged terms that make immigrant students and others uncomfortable. The student plans to present the petition at a board committee meeting in Kitchener.
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Cambridge, Ont
Ontario
John Steinbeck
Samantha Robinson
Robinson
Waterloo Region District School Board
Kitchener
Ont
Reward for Calgary horse mutilations rises to ten thousand dollars
A Calgary case sees the reward climb to about $10,000 after Petland initially offered $5,000 following the mutilation of two horses belonging to Guy and Christine Elford. Police suspect possible links to up to 20 similar incidents in the Calgary area. Const. Gordon Johnston notes many calls but few solid leads.
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Calgary
Petland
Guy
Christine Elford
Const
Gordon Johnston
Frigid water saved Ottawa toddler from near drowning
In Ottawa area a 20 month old boy nearly swept away by a creek was saved by unexpectedly cold water. Dr James Hutchison called the recovery remarkable noting hypothermia can protect children due to their small bodies and faster cooling rates. He cited a survival edge when water is under 40.
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Ottawa
Sean McCarthy
James Hutchison
Hutchison
Lee aeeee Iong He who is outside the door has al ready a good part of the journey be hind him
Dutch proverb about progress from distance to goal. This short line contrasts external steps with inner pace, suggesting and outside observer is already part way toward success.
Fire damages about 100 telephone poles near Town and Country Packers
About 100 telephone poles burned mid-morning south of Medicine Hat after cardboard sparks started a grass fire along the railway near 13th Avenue. Fire crews arrived around 11 a.m. and soaked the area with foam to prevent spread as winds remained a concern. The blaze threatened nearby greenhouses across the tracks.
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Medicine Hat A Fe
Town and Country Packers Ltd
13Th Avenue
Dennis Mann
Cypress County
Mann
Cut in interest rates anticipated today
The Bank of Canada is expected to lower rates by a quarter point to stimulate a cooling economy. Analysts note signs of resilience with March job gains and stronger January growth, while inflation trends point to a modest drop to about 2.5 percent and a steady core rate at two percent.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
David Dodge
Marc Levesque
Toronto Dominion Bank
Levesque
Dodge
Canada
Rob Palombi
Standard and Poor
MMS
Toronto
Palombi
Standard and Poor’s
Beer Rescue Sparks River Salvage in Australia
In New South Wales, volunteers retrieved beer from the Tweed River after a delivery truck with 24 000 bottles toppled in April. Divers and scuba teams worked through Easter weekend, with claims of hundreds of bottles recovered as police weighed theft risk but considered unlikely prosecutions.
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Sydney
Australia
Tweed
Stan Singlé
Single
Brooks man killed in truck crash near Brooks
Darren Thomas Warren, 29, died when the tandem axle truck he drove veered off Highway 36 north of Brooks and crashed into a left ditch. He was not wearing a seat belt and was crushed beneath the vehicle. Co workers and Cypress Pipelines colleagues mourn the loss. Police note clear roads and a recently serviced truck with no mechanical faults found.
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Darren Thomas Warren
Brooks
Brooks Rcmp
Paul Post
Warren
Cypress Pipelines
Post
Jerry Rairdon
Rairdon
Calgary airline faces dangerous South Pole rescue mission
Kenn Borek Air of Calgary plans a high risk landing in darkness on snow and ice to airlift Dr. Ronald Shemenski from Antarctica. Weather, wind chills down to 100 C, and no runway raise grave doubts about success as crews refuel in Ecuador and Chile before crossing Drake Passage.
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Calgary
Kenn Borek Air Ltd
South Pole
Ecuador
South America
Ronald Shemenski
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Antarctica
Gerry May
Shemenski
Steve Penikett
Kenn Borek Air
Penikett
Punta Arenas
Chile
Drake Passage
Antarctic Peninsula
Jerri Nielsen
Mars
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