Mexico says human rights record improving amid Chiapas killings
Mexico faces pressure as Chiapas violence escalates with 45 Indians killed by paramilitary forces tied to the ruling party. Mexico City reports police fire on protesters near Ocosingo injuring a woman and a child, while authorities arrest 27 state police. Canada’s Marchi and Governor LeBlanc press Zedillo for action during the Latin American trade mission.
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Mexico City
Deral
Sergio Marchi
Mexico
Marchi
Team Canada Trade Mission
Chiapas
Ernesto Zedillo
Zedillo
Azteca
Ocosingo
San Cristobal
Romeo LeBlanc
Canada
Frechette Named Deputy Secretary General at UN
Lan Frechette of Canada was named deputy secretary general the first time the UN created the post in its 52 year history. She called the UN indispensable and said it is a great honor. The appointment aims to advance Kofi Annan's reform to streamline the bureaucracy.
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United Nations
Lan Frechette
Canada
Frechette
Kofi Eneal Annan
Annan
Palliser Health Authority faces 1 million deficit
Palliser Health Authority in Medicine Hat warns of a $1 million deficit for the coming year risking program cuts. Despite a 1 percent funding rise to $700,000 above last year and Alberta's overall $106 million boost to 17 authorities, Palliser finds costs, inflation, and a $69.5 million budget squeeze.
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Medicine Hat Alliser Health Authority
Halvar Jonson
Alberta
Palliser
Northwestern Health Authority
Tom Seaman
Palliser Health Authority
John Boksteyn
Boksteyn
Authority
Medicine Hat Hospital
Richard van Orman
Bill Ruzycki
Medicine Hat
Health Authority
Alberta Health
Garth Norris
Norris
van Orman
Rob Renner
Lorne Taylor
Gas poisoning traps residents in Lethbridge apartment
Five residents, including a 13 year old girl, were airlifted to Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton with carbon monoxide poisoning after firefighters evacuated a Lethbridge building. Twenty four others were treated by ambulance, and 29 were released. Gas levels reached 200 parts per million with life threatening levels at 400 ppm.
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Southam
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Ted Bochan
Misericordia Hospital
Lethbridge Regional Hospital
Lethbridge Hospital
Diane Shanks
Don Scott
Ring up Rover
British woman Rachel Murray bought a mobile phone for her roommate. The bloodhound Charlie swallowed the device and later regurgitated it intact after a vet advised patience. The phone emerged after 24 hours in perfect working order.
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Rover London
Reuters
Rachel Murray
Charlie
Murray
Canada mobilizes 12000 troops for ice storm relief
Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced Canada's largest peacetime mobilization with 12,000 soldiers on alert to aid Ontario Quebec and Atlantic Canada storm victims. He urged evacutions to shelters and promised compensation for damages as generators and supplies arrive from Calgary Edmonton and beyond.
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Ottawanada
Ontario
Quebec
Atlantic Canada
Jean Chretien
Canada
Manly
Ottawa
Edmonton
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