Poland lifts censorship on foreign correspondents
Polish authorities announced that censorship of reports by foreign correspondents is lifted in Warsaw. Newsrooms can file stories via Telex at the foreign press centre without censor approval delays as martial law nears four weeks in effect.
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Ap-Reuters
Warsaw
Poland
Radio Warsaw
PAP
Warsaw Radio
Jerzy Ozdowski
Boguslaw Stachura
Independent
Solidarity Union Movement
Stachura
Quake Rocks the Maritimes Across New Brunswick and Beyond
A strong earthquake measured about 5.5 to 5.9 on the Richter scale struck central New Brunswick and was felt across the Maritimes, parts of Quebec and New England. It caused minor damage at the center near the Northwest Miramichi River Valley and rattled structures in Fredericton Bathurst and Prince Edward Island with no injuries reported. Authorities noted aftershocks and questioned the repeating tremor in the same area.
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Halifax
New Brunswick
Maritimes
Quebec
New England
Seismological Laboratory
Energy, Mines and Resources Department
Fredericton
Newcastle
United States
Boulder
Colo
Dalhousie University
St. John River
Bathurst
N.B
Borden
P.E.I
Merril Edwards
University of New Brunswick
Unb
Edwards
Miramichi River
Ottawa
Klein backs bums statement over Calgary crime plan
Calgary Mayor Ralph Klein vows a tougher stance in February to curb rising crime and seeks power to move unwanted newcomers out of the city. He defends remarks blaming intrastate arrivals for crime while drawing support from the Newcomers Club and criticism from unemployed Eastern Canadians seeking work.
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Calgary
Ralph Klein
Klein
Calgary Newcomers’ Club
Nicole Ange Larocque
Quebec
Larocque
Bears Meet Colts In McCoy High School Snake Pit
Aden Bowman High School Bears faced the McCoy High School Colts in a challenging game described as the Colts' Snake Pit. The report notes the competitive atmosphere and the outcome as part of a local sports roundup.
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Bears
Aden Bowman
McCoy High School
Snake Pit
Alberta doctors urged to bill patients directly
The Alberta Medical Association recommends direct patient billing for 2,500 doctors but few follow it. Reports vary from 10 to 14 percent of physicians billing directly in Edmonton and Calgary, with many undecided. Direct billing shifts payment to patients, who must cover about 30 percent more than the provincial fee schedule, while some doctors practice extra billing.
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Edmonton
Alberta Medical Association
Harold Swanson
Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons
AMA
Friends of Medicare
The
Journal
Calgary
Herald
Medical Association
Alberta
Association
Alex McPherson
Canadian yachtsman released on probation after rescue
John Harrison of Halifax and Vancouver was released on one year probation after pleading no contest to a reduced second degree theft charge. He and his two daughters were rescued from Palmyra Island on December 10 after their 13 metre trimaran Sisyphus was dismasted.
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Wailuku
Hawaii
Pacific
John Harrison
Halifax
Vancouver
Honolulu
Palmyra Island
Harrison
Maui
Eric Romancheck
Canada weighs political sanctions at NATO over Poland
Ottawa says no decision yet on economic sanctions against Poland or the Soviet Union. Officials expect possible unanimity on political moves at NATO and Madrid conference, with Canada backing UN and human rights actions and urging dialogue with Solidarity while avoiding broad sanctions.
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Ottawa
Mark MacGuigan
NATO
Poland
Soviet Union
Canada
West
Germany
Russia
International Labor Organization
UN Human Rights Commission
Solidarity Trade Union
Human Rights Commission
Washington
West Germany
Madrid
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