Somalia inquiry cut short sparks anger at Ottawa chair
In Ottawa the Somalia inquiry halted by government order will not probe alleged coverups in the Defence Department. Chair Gilles Letourneau warned no firm conclusions on a coverup. hearings end by March with a June 30 report, sparking protest from lawyers and former officers including Carol Mathieu’s counsel.
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Canadian Airborne Regiment
Somalia
Kim Campbell
Bob Fowler
United Nations
John de Chastelain
John Anderson
Defence Staff
Doug Young
Commissions of Inquiry
Raphael Schachter
Carol Mathieu
Airborne
Africa
Police search for 74 year old man missing since Sunday
Police are seeking Eric James Curwen 74 missing since Sunday after last seen westbound on the Trans-Canada Highway. Hat police divided the area into grids and search his home at 525 Second Ave S.E. He may be confused with possible Alzheimer's, wearing green joggers and a navy tuque, driving a 1982 AMC Concord CML 394.
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Eric James Curwen
Frank Potter
Curwen
Second Ave. S.E
Hilda
Saibal Nandy
Second Avenue
Potter
Strike Flight Tie-Up Hits Canadian Regional Lines
About 900 pilots across Air Nova Air Ontario Air BC and Air Alliance walk out for higher pay at Air Canada the unions seek access to better jobs. Regions offer triple Aeroplan points to lure passengers while 146 Air Ontario flight attendants cope with work stoppages. Delays and cancellations ripple nationwide as talks resume in Toronto.
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Air Canada
Air Nova
Joseph Randell
Air Ontario
Air B.C
Air Alliance
Roger Burgess-Webb
Canadian Air Line Pilots Association
Aeroplan
Leanne Perreault
Pilots’ Association
Toronto
Vincent Charron
Quebec City
Five Die In Kimberley BC Helicopter Crash
A helicopter crash near Boulder Pass west of Kimberley B C killed five people including Mountain High Helicopter owner Jorg Marquart and Ptarmigan Tours owner Art Twomey. The group was en route to Boulder Hut Lodge for an avalanche training course when the craft buried in snow. Cranbrook pilot Clay Wilson found the wreck and aided recovery as medics and police joined the scene.
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CBC Television
Kimberley
B.C
Rocky Mountains
RCMP
Jorg Marquart
Mountain High Helicopter
Ptarmigan Tours
Art Twomey
Skookumchuk
Boulder Pass
Nathan Emery
Golden
Kent Swanson
Mammoth
Calif
Warren Williams
Doncaster
Australia
Boulder Hut Lodge
Twomey
Cranbrook
Clay Wilson
Wilson
Bighorn Helicopters
Royal Mail apologizes after mail delivered in hearse
A sick elderly couple in Newton Aycliffe received mail in a hearse when a postman used his own vehicle to deliver letters on a busy day. Christine Thornton 65 and Gordon 72 were distressed by the sight of a cardiovascular surgeon letter arriving in the funeral vehicle.
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London
Reuter
Britain
Royal Mail
Christine Thornton
Gordon
Thornton
Newton Aycliffe
England
Temple violence at Sikh temple draws injunction bid
Surrey senior Sikh temple leader seeks court order to bar about a dozen people from the Guru Nanak temple grounds after a Saturday brawl in which four people were hospitalized. RCMP from Surrey and Vancouver issued a Canada wide warrant for Piara Singh Panasar for attempted murder. Police say six weapons were seized and two suspects were detained.
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Vancouver
Surrey
Vancouver Rcmp
Surrey Rcmp
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