Atlantic storm batters Canada with floods and snow
A major winter storm battered Atlantic Canada with hurricane winds and 29 cm of snow. One woman died in Nova Scotia when her car hit an oncoming vehicle near Truro. About 130 residents were forced from homes in Placentia, Newfoundland, as two-metre tides and 130 kmh winds flooded 50 properties.
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Halifax
Atlantic Canada
Folly Mountain
N.S
Wendy Lawrence Seaman
Kentville
Quebec
Truro
Nova Scotia
Placentia
Mid
George Linehan
U S and Libya clash over downing of Libyan jets
At a United Nations Security Council session Libya and the United States spar over the downing of two Libyan MiGs by U S warplanes. U S Ambassador Okun says self defense as Libyan planes posed an imminent threat while Libya calls the action a prelude to aggression and demands formal condemnation.
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United Nations
APCP
Libya
United States
U.S
Security Council
Ali Sunni Muntasser
Herbert Okun
Council
Arab League
Bahrain
Burkina Faso
Cuba
Syria
Tunisia
Geoffrey Howe
Paris
Joe Clark
George Shultz
Canada
Mediterranean
Clark
Shultz
Two Sikhs hanged for Gandhi killing
In New Delhi the 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi led to two Sikhs being hanged at Tihar Jail. Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh declared their innocence and then shouted a religious battle cry as the nooses were set. Authorities reported no immediate casualties but threats of retaliation followed.
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New Delhi
APCP
Indira Gandhi
Satwant Singh
Gandhi
Kehar Singh
Tihar
Home Ministry
India
Rajinder Singh
Jasbair Kaur
Keher Singh
Indira Candhi
Nedved father pleads for son's well being in defection case
Jaroslav Nedved, father of Czech hockey defector Peter Nedved, pleads for news on his son's plans and health from Leberec, Czechia. He questions why Peter is in hiding and hopes for contact or a Canada trip to discuss his future hockey prospects and NHL readiness.
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Calgary
Peter Nedved
Jaroslav Nedved
Calgary Herald
Leberec
Czechoslovakia
Nedved
Peter
Canada
Sonja
the Herald
National Hockey League
NHL
Snowstorm snarls Alberta roads and prompts warnings
The province faces a major winter storm with Calgary recording 63 accidents as heavy snow closes routes within an 80 kilometre radius. Medicine Hat reports 16.9 centimetres of snow with more on the way and officials warn of avalanche danger in rocky mountain parks. Road crews focus on priority arteries while AMA calls note surge in road line inquiries.
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Bironn Nichol
McCleod Trail
Calgary
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Brian Foden
the News
Rocky Mountain
Lake Louise
Kootenay Pass
Don Moerike
Alberta Motor Association
Stephenie Willette
the Hat
Willette
Trans-Canada
AMA
Tuttle
Brier Park Road
Dunmore Road
S.E. Hill
Altamont Group Aims Alberta to California Gas Pipeline
A Calgary consortium of seven producers led by Home Oil seeks to push natural gas exports to California via a potential 1 billion dollar pipeline. The Altamont plan involves Amoco Canada Canadian Occidental Esso Mobil Petro-Canada Shell and others accounting for substantial Canadian gas output. Preliminary studies total about 500000 US dollars and a direct Alberta to southern California route is identified as preferred.
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Calgary
California
Altamont
San Francisco
California Public Utilities Commission
Amoco Canada Petroleum Co
Canadian Occidental Petrolum Ltd
Esso Resources Canada Ltd
Home
Ken Jackson
Texas
United States
Alberta
Pacific Gas Transmission Co
APEX
Shell
Alberta Energy Co
Separatist leader calls critics racists over English signs
Gilles Rheaume head of Parti Independantiste says Albertans and others who criticize Quebec for banning English on state signs are racists aiding the independence movement. Franco-Albertan Georges Ares calls the remark out of line but notes separatists stereotype francophones outside Quebec.
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Edmonton
Georges Ares
Rheaume
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Ann Landers
Sto City
Atlantic
Linehan
Felix Collins
New Brunswick
South Shore
Newfoundland
St. John’s
Cape Breton
Muntasser
Supreme Court
Weree
Phil's Towing Service
Phil
Eleanor Getz
Pat Roan
Roan
Bill Tuttle
Ares
Association Canadienne-Francaise de L’alberta
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