Britons eye wild bets on Elvis and Loch Ness in 1995
London bookmaker William Hill quotes 500-1 odds Elvis is found alive in 1995 and 1000-1 that the Loch Ness Monster is proven real next year. Other bets include the Archbishop confirming the Second Coming and a Wimbledon singles title by a Briton. The firm offers 14 million to 1 against Elvis causing a UFO crash into Loch Ness.
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London
Reuter
Elvis Presley
William Hill
Canterbury
Christ
Britain
Elvis
Loch Ness
Alberta to phase out power price equalization act
Alberta will repeal the Electric Energy Marketing Act, ending the 14 year old rule that set uniform electricity generation costs. The changes aim to lower future power costs for consumers, but subsidies for northern lines will continue until 2000.
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Calgary
Alberta
Pat Black
US North Korea meet at Panmunjom over helicopter downing
US and North Korean officials opened border talks at Panmunjom on the downing of a US Army helicopter. North Korea had earlier rejected talks pending its investigation, while statements indicated the helicopter may have been shot down or made an emergency landing with casualties and captives.
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Seoul
Reuter-Ap
United States
North Korea
Panmunjom
U.S
North
South Korea
David Hibmon
Bobby Hall
Pentagon
Yonhap
United Nations
Pyongyang
Washington
Court backs ECS Kindergartens Funding Freedom
Alberta Court of Appeal ruled that Edmonton Public School Board did not act illegally in shifting 3.5 million from Grade 1 to 12 to subsidize a full-time kindergarten program. Parents and officials debate funding levels and future mandates as boards seek uniform kindergarten across the province.
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Brenda Weiss
Alberta Court of Appeal
Edmonton Public School Board
Weiss
Elm Street
ECS
Hat
Medicine Hat
Harold Storlien
Lorne Niven
Niven
Alberta
Halvar Jonson
Grant Mitchell
Alberta Education
Rebels down Russian chopper near Grozny in fierce battle
Chechen fighters shot down a Russian helicopter about 20 kilometres northeast of Grozny as Russian columns and heavy fire pressed toward the city. A Western photographer said the chopper burst into flames after Chechen forces unleashed a heavy barrage.
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Grozny
Russia
Reuter
Petropavlovskaya
Boris Yeltsin
Chechnya
Kremlin
City waste system earns low 4 of 10 in Ernst and Young report
Ernst and Young researchers told aldermen that the city’s solid waste fleet is outdated with trucks dating to 1978 and lifespans stretched beyond eight years. The panel urged replacing trucks soon while council weighs four bid types for new units and considers contracting out options.
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Ernst and Young
Ronald Thiessen
Council
Aldren Sauer
Thiessen
Ontario
Wittke- Northside
Wittke Waste Products
Utilities Services Committee
Wittke
Ald
Duane Roset
Roset
James Goliath
Goliath
Saskatchewan Conservatives seek to avoid testifying in fraud case
Former Saskatchewan premier Grant Devine and nine current and former Tory legislators asked a higher court to quash subpoenas and adjourn the Scraba preliminary inquiry to January 9. Lawyers argued compelling testimony infringes suspects right to remain silent as John Scraba faces fraud charges including possession of cash and a vehicle.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Grant Devine
John Scraba
Scraba
Devine
Bill Neudorf
John Britton
Beattie Martin
Ray Meiklejohn
Sherwin Petersen
Lloyd Muller
Muller
Fred Kovach
Kovach
RCMP
Ken Bellerose
No White Christmas Expected in Alberta Says Climatologist
Environment Canada forecaster says chinook conditions persist through Christmas with most Alberta snow confined to southwest mountain areas. Edson and High Level report the deepest snow, Medicine Hat sees little precipitation, and the week before Christmas stays dry with above normal daytime highs and much warmer nights.
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Environment Canada
Paul Petropoulos
Jack Frost
Santa
Petropoulos
Alberta
Lethbridge
Santa Claus
Edmonton
Banff
Monton
Medicine Hat
Brian Stifora
Edson
Lloydminster
Red Deer
Calgary
Stifora
North Pole
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Ann Landers
Moscow
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