Santa Claus Fund aids Medicine Hat families with record donations
Tim Blackwood and Pat Lonsdale recall helping deliver 80 hampers as part of 40 volunteers who moved more than 400 food hampers and 800 toys. Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund Society raised 72000 dollars the highest since 1982, with support from Day Break Transport and Plymouth Chrysler.
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Tim Blackwood
Pat Lonsdale
Medicine Hat News
Santa Claus Fund Society
Blackwood
News Mailroom
South Alberta Light Horse Regiment Armored Corps
Day Break Transport Ltd
Canada seals free trade deal ending long road to pact
The free trade agreement with the United States received royal assent in a subdued Senate ceremony and takes effect Sunday. Over ten years tariffs and many border restrictions will be phased out as Canada and the U S deepen economic ties in the world’s largest two way trade relationship valued at about 200 billion dollars annually.
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Canada
United States
Senate
Supreme Court
Antonio Lamer
Jeanne Sauve
St. Patrick'’s Day
Brian Mulroney
Ronald Reagan
Shamrock
John Crosbie
Newfoundland
Liberal Senate
Allan MacEachen
Len Legault
Washington
State Department
Thomas Niles
External Affairs Department
Mulroney
Commons
Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Bomb placed on Flight 103 in Frankfurt West Germany
The Times cites investigators who say the Pam Am Boeing 747 was targeted with a bomb placed aboard Flight 103 in Frankfurt. The attack killed all 259 aboard and injured ground victims as searches continue near the Scottish town where the jet fell.
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London
Frankfurt
West Germany
the Times
Heathrow
Times
Pleasure cruise disaster claims Canadian and Briton off Cuba
Toronto survivors report two metre waves flipping a small yacht near Santiago de Cuba. Allan Blakeney, 63, and others describe hours in rough seas with barnacle cuts while rescue arrived. Frances Benson, 64, of Fort St John, B C, is confirmed dead.
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Cuba
Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Blakeney
Santiago de Cuba
Pearson
Stantly
Frances Benson
Fort St. John
B.C
Don Almond
Mulroney backs Meech Lake despite doubts
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney says the Meech Lake accord will face difficulties but will be ratified as is. He rejects reopening the deal though Manitoba and New Brunswick remain undecided, worried it may not fully protect minority rights.
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Montreal
Brian Mulroney
Meech Lake
Mulroney
Manitoba
Quebec
New Brunswick
Amnesty International may back Quebec language law violators
Amnesty International could take up cases of Bill 178 violators if jail terms occur. Roger Clark says jailed offenders would be considered prisoners of conscience and referred to London for review. Experts call the issue a human rights matter tied to language rights protections under international law.
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Amnesty International
Ottawa
Quebec
London
Roger Clark
Amnesty
Clark
Supreme Court of Canada
Universi
Joseph Magnet
Canada
Magnet
Bill
Geneva
United Nations Human Rights Committee
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Medicine Hat Ministerial Association
Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society
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Medicine Hat Plymouth Chrysler
Blackwoods Beverages Ltd
Hat Development Ltd
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Crescent Heights
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David Paterson
Frank Merkl
Alan Poirier
Kathy Morgan
Turner
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