Sault Ste. Marie serenade ends as mistaken peeping Tom
In Sault Ste. Marie Ontario at 6 a.m. a would be Romeo serenading his girlfriend was mistaken for a peeping Tom after an anonymous call. Officers found an unidentified male singing to his girlfriend and looking in a window. Sgt. Ray Haines said they were in love and the serenade ended with the man sent home. He added it was common for town loons to sing, even without a full moon.
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Ont
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Forged Letter Ties Hostage Talks to Western Crisis
In Beirut a pro Iran cleric hints a hostage may be the special envoy to the UN, while a rival group fires RPGs at a UN office in Beirut. In Ottawa RCMP are asked to probe an alleged forgery of Deputy Indian Affairs Minister Swain's letter backing Neil Sterritt amid internal chiefs' clash over the Indian Act.
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Lebanon
United Nations
Islamic Jihad
UN Development Program
Israel
Ottawa
RCMP
Harry Swain
Swain
Neil Sterritt
British Columbia
Sterritt
B.C
Department
Fair hearing requires overseas proceedings says Vander Zalm
Former premier Vander Zalm argues the only way to obtain a fair hearing is to conduct it outside of the country. He asserts this position in a Page A7 interview.
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Vander Zalm
Police hunt two others in Medicine Hat armed robbery attempt
Police seek two additional suspects after an early Tuesday robbery at the Silver Buckle Inn. An armed man was arrested inside the 687 South Railway St. S.E. site around 3 am, with a tactical team and canine unit locating two unarmed suspects who were later released. Wayne Straub, 23, faces multiple charges and is held at the remand centre.
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Medicine Hat
Silver Buckle Inn
South Railway St. S.E
Richard Rasmussen
Rasmussen
John Hashem
Ezzie’s
Thomas Deis
Wayne Straub
Straub
Medicine Hat Remand
Mulroney ready to fight Tory rebels at party meeting
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney arrived for the Tory biennial meeting vowing to face any internal critics. Delegates, protesters outside the Metro Convention Centre and party president Gerry St. Germain signaled divisions as about 2,500 delegates prepare for a five day policy convention with 320 resolutions on deck.
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Toronto
Brian Mulroney
Downtown Metro
Mulroney
William Hamilton
New Brunswick
Dihan Seneviratne
Calgary
National Party
Gerry St. Ger
Ottawa
Quebec
METRO
Lights fail at rural crossing in fatal CN Rail collision
Eyewitness John Gillis of Gibson Petroleum testified that warning lights at the Kinsella Alberta crossing were not functioning when Roy Fisher’s tanker crossed tracks and was struck by a CN Rail freight train. Fisher and three train crewmen died. Gillis described the moment as the worst day of his life.
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Kinsella
Alta
John Gillis
Gillis
Roy Fisher
Fisher
CN Rail
Edmonton
Roy
Gibson Petroleum Co. Ltd
John
Turkey Declares Five Kilometer Buffer Zone in Iraq
Ankara says it will occupy a five kilometre deep buffer zone along the northern Iraq border to stop Kurdish guerrilla infiltrations. Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz warned that anyone entering the area without permission will be fired upon as Turkey fights rebel bases after sending troops north.
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Ankara
Turkey
Iraq
Mesut Yilmaz
Hurriyet
Michener remembered as stabilizing Governor General of Canada
Former Governor General Roland Michener, 91, died in Toronto after a long career in constitutional duty. Sworn in in 1967, he guided the monarchy through Centennial tensions and crises, acting as a bridge between governments and strengthening royal ties amid Quebec tensions and a War Measures Act era. He received the Order of Canada as part of honors announced shortly after his swearing in.
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Roland Michener
Canada
Michener
Toronto
Order of Canada
Government House
Pearson
Trudeauu
Quebec
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