Notable Canadian and world figures born or noted on January 3
On January 3, 1827 Letitia Youmans born near Hamilton founded Canada’s second temperance group and led a national union. 1888 J B R Tolkien born in Bloemfontein. 1967 Carl Wilson refused draft oath as conscientious objector. 1985 Grange commission report on Toronto Sick Kids deaths released. 1993 Gasworks Tavern in Toronto announced closing then planned reopening. 1995 Byron MacGregor, broadcaster, dies in Detroit. Karlheinz Schreiber files $35 million suit against CBC over Airbus deal and payoffs allegations involving Brian Mulroney.
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Letitia Youmans
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Canada
Hamilton
Chautauqua Assembly
Women’s Temperance Crusade
Picton
Ont
Karlheinz Schreiber
CBC
Airbus
Brian Mulroney
EUB Conducts Fourth Annual Customer Satisfaction Survey
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board invites all users of EUB information to complete the fourth annual customer satisfaction survey. The survey measures satisfaction with EUB information and services, covers basic data and resource information, and collects feedback. Responses are confidential and aggregate results will be published.
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Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
EUB
One Dead Indian movie stirs controversy and debate
Toronto reports note CTV film One Dead Indian airs Wednesday at 8 p m. The production draws on Peter Edwards book about Ipperwash and the death of Dudley George, highlighting prejudice and injustice amid a multicultural Canadian discourse. In Winnipeg, Sudanese families plan a joint funeral after a weekend double tragedy where a knife attack and police shooting left two youths dead and a community in shock.
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Toronto
CTV
Toronto Star
Peter Edwards
Dudley George
Winnipeg
Zunga Bashir
James David
Bashir
Winter golfing scene at Michaelbrook Golf Kelowna
Michael Kannemeyer and Pat Martin enjoy a round at Michaelbrook Golf in Kelowna British Columbia on Monday. The course stays open most of the year thanks to its location near Okanagan Lake on the valley floor.
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Michael Kannemeyer
Pat Martin
Michaelbrook Golf
Kelowna
B.C
Okanagan Lake
CIA book details covert ops and an Iraqi American asset
Washington reports that a 2002 CIA operation recruited Dr Sawsan Alhaddad of Cleveland to question her brother, a figure in Iraq’s nuclear program. He claimed the program had been dead for a decade as the book State of War notes CIA ignored WMD evidence under Bush.
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Washington
U.S
CIA
Iraq
Sawsan Alhaddad
Cleveland
New York Times
James Risen
George W. Bush
Manitoba expands powers to shield water quality
Winnipeg Manitoba now grants the provincial cabinet broad authority under the Water Protection Act which took effect on New Year’s Day to restrict activities near rivers and lakes. The act aims to map water quality management zones across the province and designate areas off limits to industry and other actions. Water Stewardship Minister Steve Ashton calls it Manitoba’s first broad plan to prospects of water quality protection.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Steve Ashton
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