Newfoundland and Labrador Name Change Proclaimed
Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson signed the proclamation at Rideau Hall renaming the eastern Canadian province Newfoundland and Labrador. Prime Minister Chretien praised Labrador as a full partner with its own geography and culture, as officials including Anne McLellan and Brian Tobin witnessed the ceremony alongside Newfoundland Premier Roger Grimes.
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Ottawa
Adrienne Clarkson
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
Jean Chretien
Rideau Hall
Labrador
Newfoundland
Good Samaritan Recovers Wallet to Reunite Girl with Gifts
Ashley Hemming, 12, credits a stranger Prospero Austria with finding her wallet containing ten dollars and two twenty-dollar cheques. Austria called Nova Scotia authorities to locate the owner and return the wallet saving a planned heart shaped music box purchase for her mother.
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Edmonton
Wah
Ashley Hemming
Prospero Austria
Ashley
Nova Scotia
LaHave
N.S
Austria
Freedom as Expression Reflects Individual Bounds
The quote frames freedom not as a ceiling but as a mirror of personal limits. It attributes the idea to Lai Zhibo, invoking a philosophy of restraint and self-knowledge.
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Lai Zhibo
Freedom of Privacy and Information Act
Brown
Gary Straub
The
John Howard Society
Solicitor General
Jean Olynyk
Olynyk
Taliban surrenders begin in Kandahar region
Taliban forces start handing over weapons in Kandahar amid a surrender deal with opposition leaders. Reports say fighters deposit arms to a cleric and elder led commission, with similar surrenders in Lashkargah and other regional centers. Independent verification was not immediate.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Taliban
Kandahar
Lashkargah
Helmand
Washington
Haron Amin
Northern Alliance
Florida
Ralph Mills
U.S. Central Command
Pentagon
Mullah Mohammed Omar
Omar
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
United States
Duplex fire destroys young Hat family's scorched home
A northeast duplex fire caused by a child playing with matches left a Hat couple and their son without a home. Police estimate over 60 thousand dollars in damage while a cat died in the blaze. The other side escaped major damage but residents lost almost everything. Neighbors and owners organize aid as the family faces a difficult Christmas.
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Hull Cres
N.E
Art Pinnell
Medicine Hat Fire Service
Jack
Lola Bennett
Lola
Bennetts
Salvation Army
Alfred Guscott
Medicine Hat News
Alan Poirier
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