Liberal Red Book Leaked as Campaign Promises Surface
Prime Minister Jean Chretien released the Liberal plan a day early after a leak. Reform Leader Preston Manning published a bootleg copy, accusing the Liberals of a 1.8 billion annual promise by March 2000 and a 6.5 billion five year program. The 100 page Red Book outlines spending restorations, tax credits, student grants, Canada Council funding, publishing aid, AIDS funding, pharmacare talks, Quebec recognition, and a potential child tax benefit increase.
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Jean Chretien
Reform
Preston Manning
Chretien
Saskatoon
Quebec
Canada
NDP
Alexa McDonough
Liberal
State of emergency declared as St Andrews floodpath floods area
The Rural Municipality of St Andrews declared a state of emergency as overland flooding forced evacuations and residents faced possible 24 hour displacement. In Winnipeg 80 homes on Victoria Crescent were evacuated with dikes and a leaking culvert in a floodway periphery.
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Winnipeg
Victoria Crescent
Red River
St. Andrews
Manitoba
Emerson
St. Jean
Larry Whitney
Emergency Management Organization
Bishop withholds 3M flood relief in Saguenay case
CHICOUTIMI Que local bishop Jean Guy Couture who oversees 29 million raised in Canada for flood victims says it is too early to decide sharing the 3 million surplus with Manitoba. He notes the fund is a buffer for future claims and downplays Manitoba urgency. Arthur Gagnon St Vincent de Paul Society also questions immediate dispersal.
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Chicoutimi
Que
Canada
Saguenay
Idarity Fund
Red River
St. Vincent-de-Paul Society
Arthur Gagnon
Black bids 923 Million to take Southam control
Conrad Black makes a 923 million dollar offer to acquire all Southam Inc. shares, with 13.50 cash and 10 Hollinger nonvoting shares per share, seeking total access to the publisher's cash flows. Hollinger holds about 51 percent of Southam and plans a board committee to evaluate the bid.
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Toronto
Hollinger
Southam
Conrad Black
Southam Inc
Canada
Black
Hollinger Group
Hollinger Canadian Publishing Holdings
Sterling Newspapers
UniMedia
Medicine Hat News
Calgary Herald
Edmonton Journal
Halifax News
Newfoundland Capital Corp
The
News
When cows fly BERLIN- A cow falls from a Russian plane sinks boat
A Japanese fishing boat was sunk off eastern Russia by a cow free fallen from a transport plane. Russian soldiers reportedly stole cattle, which moved about the aircraft causing the crash. The fishermen were arrested but later cleared after the authorities verified the event.
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Berlin
The
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Europe
Foreign Ministry
Bonn
Moscow
AIDS vaccine protects chimps could aid human trials
University of Pennsylvania researchers report two chimpanzees vaccinated against HIV remained virus-free for up to 53 weeks after exposure and showed only brief early positives. The DNA-based vaccine may also target herpes simplex, hepatitis B and C, suggesting broader disease applications.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Nature Medicine
David Weiner
Weiner
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Canada Council
Reform Party
Pegy
Peter Man
Montreal Street
Canadian Press
Morrison
Winnipeg Free Press
Claude Arpin
Southam Newspapers
Anadian Press
Hollinger International
Baron
Council of Canadians
Ann Landers
Doonesbury
Anatase Sa Sa
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