Opera House Gives Free Cough Lozenges to Quiet Audiences
London Covent Garden's Royal Opera House handed out free cough lozenges after Sir Georg Solti complained of wheezing and snuffling during Verdi's La Traviata. Director Jeremy Isaacs urged self-service lozenge use and stressed unwrapping discreteness to avoid disruption.
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London
Reuter
Covent Garden
Royal Opera House
Georg Solti
Opera House
Jeremy Isaacs
the Times
Alberta conservatives to vote on pro football funding
Premier Ralph Klein and the Conservative caucus weigh recommendations to use Sports Select lottery revenues to support pro football in Alberta. A one time injection of lottery cash could aid the Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders, amid deficit-cutting opposition. Cypress Medicine Hat MLA Lorne Taylor signals possible support for a one off measure if revenues are extra.
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Edmonton
Ralph Klein
Alberta
Edmonton Eskimos
Calgary Stampeders
Cypress Medicine Hat
Lorne Taylor
Taylor
National Welfare group calls for closing tax loopholes
The National Council of Welfare urged Ottawa to close $10 billion in tax loopholes and direct half the proceeds to social programs while using the rest to cut the deficit. The 25 year old body says reforms should aid the poor and require short term spending to lower long term social costs.
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Ottawa
National Council of Welfare
Advisory Council
Lloyd Axworthy
Serbs Release 55 Canadian Peacekeepers Near Sarajevo
Bosnian Serbs freed 55 Canadian peacekeepers after two weeks of detention. Twenty returned to Visoko camp by early afternoon while 35 remained at three observation posts awaiting relief. UN and Serbian authorities cited cooperative actions and ongoing negotiations.
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Sarajevo
Rita Lepage
Zagreb
Croatia
LePage
Visoko
Ilijas
Canada
Tom Newton
NATO
Bill Brough
Raymond Crabbe
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Falsified Motel Record Links Taber Murder Suspect Thurston
Lethbridge police inspector says a fake motel registry entry helped point to Jeffrey Thurston in the McCoy murder case. A .22 Ruger pistol found in Thurston’s Mercury Cougar tied to the suspect, leading to charges for the salon robbery and later first degree murder.
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Jeffrey Thurston
Eileen McCoy
Lethbridge
Len Kolpak
Texture Teasers
Thurston
Kolpak
Speedy Heavy Hauling Ltd
Taber
RCMP
McCoy
Walter Coles
Calgary Reformers may break ranks on gay protection
Two Calgary MPs Jim Silye and Stephen Harper say they may support adding sexual orientation as a protected ground in the Canadian Human Rights Act. They spoke in Ottawa as party leader Preston Manning opposed the inclusion. Justice Minister Allan Rock plans to introduce the amendment next year and both MPs will decide after reviewing the bill. Harper will consult constituents before deciding.
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Calgary
Ottawa
Canada
Calgary Centre
Jim Silye
Calgary-West
Stephen Harper
Silve
House of Commons
Preston Manning
Reform Caucus
Silye
Justice
Allan Rock
Harper
Rock
Copps
Intergovernmental Affairs
Marcel Masse
Ottawa could hold its own referendum on independence
Prime Minister Jean Chretien suggested Ottawa might stage its own referendum if Quebec does not pose a clear question. He condemned Jacques Parizeau's referendum plan as undemocratic and a sham while noting it may fail without federal action.
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Joan Bryden
Southam
News
Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Parti Quebecois
Chretien
Jacques Parizeau
St. John’s
Nfld
Liver transplant saves Medicine Hat man after long wait
Larry Petersen of Medicine Hat underwent a liver transplant in Edmonton last weekend after months of red tape and delays. He is recovering at the University of Alberta Hospital while Donna Petersen plans his return home as doctors monitor his progress.
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Medicine Hat
Larry Petersen
Petersen
Edmonton
University of Alberta Hospital
Donna
Alberta
Calgary
Dean
Ed Law
Mid-West Steel Products Ltd
Law
Mid-West Steel
Petersens
General Hospital
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