Canada Post expects Christmas mail delivered on time
The volume of Christmas mail is up but Canada Post expects no problems delivering most parcels cards and letters before Christmas. Spokesman Ed Roworth said they hit the peak sorting now and some glitches may occur. He noted contingency plans and chartered flights kept mail moving after Air Canada labor dispute resolution.
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Toronto
Canada Post
Ed Roworth
Crown Corporation
Roworth
Air Canada
Canada
Pac-Man Marathon Aids Leukemia Fight
Michel St sine, 19, a junior college student, played Pac-Man for 72 consecutive hours during a weekend fundraising drive that topped $8,000 to combat leukemia. He was inspired after mentoring a day-camp child in this city 110 kilometers east of Montreal and plans to file a notarized statement with Guinness.
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Michel St Sine
Montreal
Guinness Book of Records
Air Littoral Embraer Brasília Crashes in Bordeaux Approach
A French commuter airliner on approach to Bordeaux crashed today with 16 aboard. Firemen reported 15 severely burned bodies among the wreckage of the twin engined Embraer Brasilia. The Air France colors plane was operated by Air Littoral and was flying Brussels to Madrid with a Bordeaux stopover.
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SNES
Bordeaux
France
Reuter
Air France
Air Littoral
Brussels
Madrid
Dona Paz Disaster Sets Philippine Sea Toll Into Question
About 1,500 missing feared dead after the Dona Paz passenger ship and the tanker Victor collided off Mindoro en route to Manila. Eight ships and two helicopters searched for survivors. authorities cited passenger and crew counts from 1,493 to 2,200 capacity, with conflicting reports on total aboard.
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Manila
Ap-Reuters
U.S. Air Force
Dona Paz
Leyte
Tacloban
Victor
Eusebio Go
Sulpicio Lines
Mindoro Island
Cmdr
Cipriano Luspo
Philippines Coast Guard
Like a murder mystery behind toxic PEI mussels
Canadian scientists compare the toxic mussel mystery to a crime story as domoic acid is linked to deaths and illness. The prime suspect is the seaweed chondria, with tests awaiting next summer and further clues from Cardigan Bay.
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Halifax
Canada
Prince Edward Island
Roger Foxall
Agatha Christie
P.E.I
Japan
Foxall
National Research Council
Halifax Laboratories
Atlantic
Cardigan Bay
Jeff Wright
Bethlehem mayor halts Christmas celebrations amid violence
Bethlehem Mayor Elias Freij cancels all non religious Christmas events including the reception and Boy Scout parades to protest Israeli occupation and recent unrest that has cut tourist visits. He notes the 1967 first curtailment context and calls for solidarity as shops strike over violence in the West Bank.
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Bethlehem
Elias Freij
Freij
West Bank
Jesus
Talks continue as Contra offensive fails to derail peace
In Santo Domingo representatives from Nicaragua and the Contras said peace talks would proceed today despite a major U.S. backed offensive on Sunday. Contras claim 7 000 rebels hit bases while the government says 1 000 were involved and repelling the attack. A Sandinista official and Contra spokesman stress talks will go on seeking to end the guerrilla war that has caused about 40000 deaths. Archbishop Obando y Bravo acts as mediator in Managua.
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Bosco Matamoros
Nicaraguan Resistance
Santo Domingo
Miguel Cardinal Obando Y Bravo
Managua
Salmonella fears loom over Christmas turkey meals
Montreal health officials warn salmonellosis linked to turkey is a recurring Christmas problem. Dr John Carsley notes the elderly and young most at risk as lab data show rising cases in Canada. Proper cooking and hygiene are urged to curb outbreaks from contaminated poultry.
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Nancy Durnford
Southam News
Montreal
Mary Smith
Boxing
John Carsley
Montreal General Hospital
Turkey
Canada
Laboratory
Centre For Disease Control
Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Hermy Lior
Laboratory Centre For Disease Control
Agriculture Canada
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Ann Landers Saeed
John Ferguson
Pete Massey
Reuters
Philippines Navy
Bataan
Masbate
Iluzon
Philippine Sea
Luzon
Greenpeace
Yokohama Harbor
Antarctic
Wright
Church of the Nativity
Gaza City
National Research Council Canada
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