U S hostage Reed freed after more than three years in Lebanon
American hostage Frank Reed, held in Lebanon for about 34 years according to a State Department note, was released and moved toward Damascus. Syrian officials confirmed the release in Beirut, noting Reed would reach Damascus within two hours. Reed, a Malden Mass. native, was freed under an arrangement tied to Iran hostage dynamics and regional diplomacy.
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Washington
Frank Reed
Lebanon
U.S. State Department
Kim Hoggard
Damascus
Reed
Beirut
Malden
Mass
Organization of the Islamic Dawn
U.S
Iran
Tehran Times
Polhill
Standoff at Akwesasne Mohawk reserve escalates with gunfire
Sporadic gunfire and vehicle damage mark a tense standoff at the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve as gambling supporters and opponents clash. About 500 Mohawks flee the area while 24 are moved by barge to Cornwall. Leaders threaten self help if governments do not intervene.
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Ont
Akwesasne
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Ontario
New York State
Mike Mitchell
Mitchell
Francis Boots
Warrior Society
Terry White
Reserve
Trudeau Tops Poll in Canadian Prefers Trudeau Over Mulroney
A Gallup poll shows 59 percent of Canadians believe Pierre Trudeau is doing a better job as prime minister than Brian Mulroney. Fifteen percent favor Mulroney and sixteen percent choose neither.
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Pierre Trudeau
Brian Mulroney
Gallup
Trudeau
Mulroney
Winter cold returns to southern Alberta weather
A cold wet front swept through Medicine Hat over the weekend bringing sun and cloud with showers. Highs reach 7 to 8 C today rising to 18 to 20 C by Friday with frosty nights expected until then. Two weather related accidents occurred in the region including a damage collision on the Allowance Avenue overpass and a horse trailer rollover on Highway 41.
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Peter Hays
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Elwyn Holmberg
Lethbridge
Holmberg
Saskatchewan
Allowance Avenue
Cype
John Rombough
David J. Neufeld
Bullivant Cros
Hill
Terry Wilkins
Schuler
Highway 321
Saskatoon
Calgary
Kindersley
Sask
Central
Lithuanians rally for independence amid Moscow crisis
Thousands of Lithuanians packed Vilnius Cathedral Square to hear Beethoven's Ninth as support for independence grows. Cyclists marched through the city center while Moscow's energy blockade threatens workers and factories. Prime figures in Vilnius seek Western intervention as talks hint at a possible end to the impasse.
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Baltic Republic
Kremlin
Vilnius
Vytautas Landsbergis
Independence Movement
Lithuania
Mikhail Gorbachev
NBC
Landsbergis
Gorbachev
West
America
Russia
Kazimiera Prunskiene
Montreal
Mirabel
Prunskiene
North America
U.S
Canadian economy shrinks again in February
Statistics Canada reports February production down 0.1 percent after a 0.3 percent January drop, marking the first back-to-back declines since 1982. Service sector contracts due to housing sales fall, raising questions about a recession as high rates persist. Economist Ron Kennedy says it is too soon to tell. Prime rate climbs to 14.25 percent in mid February.
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Statistics Canada
Ron Kennedy
Kennedy
Montreal hijacker sentenced for bus siege at Parliament Hill
Charles Yacoub, a Lebanese-born Montrealer convicted last month for forcible confinement after commandeering a bus to Parliament Hill, was sentenced to five years. An additional consecutive year was given for use of a weapon, with an eight year ban on firearms or explosives.
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Ottawa
Charles Yacoub
Parliament Hill
Travel legislation reviewed after fifth charter collapse
Federal officials study travel laws after the fifth Canadian charter carrier failed in five months. The National Transportation Agency says monitoring has intensified as Thomson Vacations enters receivership and Odyssey International faces debt. Ontario travel registrar Hal Burns notes possible higher emergency fund assessments while a government industry airlift assists stranded travelers in the Caribbean and U.S. sun spots. The fund covers refunds up to 3,500 and future-booking refunds for Thomson clients, with Ontario Travel Industry Fund financing the 2.4 million airlift cost, now totaling about 3.8 million in the fund.
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Toronto
Karen Laughlin
National Transportation Agency
Ontario
Hal Burns
Thomson Vacations
Odyssey International
Soundair Corp
Odyssey
Royal Bank of Canada
Caribbean
U.S
Thomson
Campion
Ontario Travel Industry Fund
Ne Fund
Burns
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Reuters
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Fifth Charter
Nationair
Worldways Airlines
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West Palm Beach
Barbados
Antigua
Ab Campion
Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations
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