Surprise 50th party triggers hospital code red in Auburn
Betty Cannon and colleagues at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce staged a 50th birthday surprise in the Auburn General Hospital conference room. The trick candles caused the fire alarm to trip, prompting a code red and firefighters to respond as the candles were dunked in water to extinguish.
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Auburn
Wash
Betty Cannon
Chamber of Commerce
Auburn General Hospital
Cannon
Alberta Rejects Underwriting for Airline Rescue Bid
Alberta Treasurer Dick Johnston said the province has no plan to back a stock purchase to rescue Canadian Airlines International. Union claims of a $200 million underwriting were denied, as Liberals urge leaving the Heritage Fund intact. The airline faces merger talks with Air Canada risking thousands of jobs.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian Airlines International
Dick Johnston
Johnston
Liberal
Frank Bruseker
Bruseker
Air Canada
North American free trade deal reaches agreement at Watergate
Negotiators from Canada the United States and Mexico strike a landmark free trade accord after 11 days of talks at the Watergate Hotel. The pact aims to form the world’s largest trading bloc with broad tariff cuts and longer patent protection, pending legislative approvals.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Mexico
Watergate
Michael Wilson
Wash
Bob White
Canadian Labor Congress
Alaska
Yucatan
North America
Brian Mulroney
Ottawa
U.S
Rae blasts Bush free trade push as harm to Canada
Ontario Premier Bob Rae condemned the North American free trade deal as mainly aimed at aiding George Bush's re election campaign. He urged Prime Minister Mulroney to convene a first ministers meeting for a full public debate while noting Canada would bear the costs and workers would suffer from the expanded pact.
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Toronto
George Bush
Canada
Ontario
Bob Rae
Rae
United States
Mexico
Brian Mulroney
U.S
Ottawa weighs Lubicon figures before cash settlement
Federal Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon said Ottawa must know Lubicon Cree beneficiary numbers before fixing a dollar amount. He noted the 73 million offer hinges on population and questioned Chief Bernard Ominayak’s rejection of the deal, saying a precise band list is needed.
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Calgary
Indian Affairs
Tom Siddon
Siddon
Lubicon
Bernard Ominayak
Ominayak
Lubicon Lake
Alberta
Canada
MacKenzie warns U S of bloodbath over Bosnia aid
Canadian Maj Gen Lewis MacKenzie told the U S Senate panel that force to deliver humanitarian aid could become a Vietnam style quagmire in former Yugoslavia. He warned intervention risks American casualties as Bosnian and Serbian negotiators face a fragile stalemate while 315 mothers and children left Sarajevo for Split, marking the first evacuation convoy from the siege.
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Washington
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Lewis MacKenzie
U.S
Senate Armed Services Committee
MacKenzie
Ottawa
Congress
UN Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Bosnia
Haris Silajdzic
Split
Adriatic
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Commerce and Industry
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Silajdzic
Barbara McDougall
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