Maldives helicopter crash kills ten crew and tourists
Canadian pilot from Vancouver and co pilot from Canmore were among ten people killed when a Bell 212 helicopter crashed near Rangali Island in heavy rain. Victims include an Australian, two Belgian tourists, and two Maldivians. Names to be released after next of kin notification.
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Jobless rate at 20-year low reported in Canada and regions
Statistics Canada data show Canada’s national unemployment at 6.9 percent in November, the lowest since August 1981, with job creation of about 60,000 new openings led by full time work. In Medicine Hat-Lethbridge the rate held at 4.2 percent, near a record-low amid a 4.7 percent economy growth in Q3.
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Miss America 1898 Kate Shindle Works As Pastrami Clerk
Former Miss America Kate Shindle, 22, who once earned six figure fame at Atlantic City pageants, now serves pastrami at Artie's deli on 82nd Street and Broadway. She says humility helps when crowds demand hotter pastrami while she seeks stage or screen work and works as a waitress to pay bills.
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WTO talks collapse at Seattle ministerial meeting
Talks to launch a new millennial round of global trade negotiations broke off at the WTO ministerial in Seattle. Officials said late Friday’s deadline passed without an agreement and diplomats noted possible statements declaring an end to the conference. Pierre Pettigrew called the moment of truth as governments faced high domestic stakes.
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Polar Lander touchdown signal not received on Mars
NASA officials at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena awaited confirmation that the Polar Lander had landed near Mars south pole after the expected 12 39 p m signal failed to arrive by 1 24 p m The fate of the $165 million probe remains uncertain amid descent system checks and risk of a loss resembling the earlier Mars Climate Orbiter incident.
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