Chretien leads Team Canada Brazil trade talks sign deals
Prime Minister Jean Chretien joined the Team Canada mission in Sao Paulo and helped secure 145 million in business deals with Brazil. He urged renewed confidence at a luncheon with about 400 businesspeople nine provincial premiers and Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso as tensions rose during the tour.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Jean Chretien
Canada Mission
Chretien
Canada
Mexico City
Brasilia
Laraine Kaminsky
Qottawa
Malkam Consultants Ltd
Provinces push 10 point plan on young offenders
Alberta Ontario Manitoba and Prince Edward Island urge Ottawa to consider a plan to lower criminal responsibility to under 12 in some cases and automatically try 16 year olds as adults for violent crimes. They seek publishing youth convictions and mandatory jail time for weapon offenses.
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Calgary
Iberta
Ottawa
Alberta
Ontario
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Anne McLellan
Jon Havelock
Teen pregnancy rise shocks Canada in new StatsCan findings
Statistics Canada reports a sharp rise in teen pregnancies from 39 340 in 1987 to 46 753 in 1994 with 45 771 in 1995, varying by province. Abortion became more common as births declined to 51 percent of teenage outcomes, highlighting gaps in sex education and contraception access.
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Ottawa
Canada
Statistics Canada
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
B.C
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
StatsCan
Arity
Alberta funds literacy push with 22 million boost
The Alberta government plans 22 million over three years for early literacy programs as part of a 380 million reinvestment in education. 540 full time teaching positions will support Grades 1 and 2 literacy, with 250 teacher interns aiding kindergarten reading assessments this May and June.
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Medicine Hat
Gary Mar
George Davison School
Commissioner of Children’s Services
Webster Niblock
Guy Smith
Smith’s
Connaught School
Gary Deibert
Mar
Alberta
Carol Chawron
Shipwreck Survivors Push Fading Hope Off Newfoundland
Four survivors were plucked from icy waters after the Greek cargo ship Flare broke apart near Newfoundland. Fifteen bodies were recovered as rescuers braved high winds and three metre seas. six crew remained unaccounted amid near freezing temperatures. The four rescued sailors, Filipinos and a Yugoslav, were treated for hypothermia at St Pierre Miquelon hospital.
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Halifax
Newfoundland
Cmdr
Glenn Chamberlain
Tony Isaacs
Armed Forces Labrador
Labrador
Ambulan
Miquelon
Isaacs
St-Pierre
St. Pierren
St-Pierre-Miquelon
Yugoslavia
Ice Storm Recovery Under Way in Quebec
Hydro-Quebec reports progress restoring power after the Ice Storm with crews redeployed from Montreal to Monteregie to aid five hundred thousand customers. Officials expect further rapid restoration by Wednesday as the 9 am to 4 pm power use limit ends and Montreal returns toward normal operations.
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Montreal
Hydro-Quebec
Black Triangle
Quebec
Montereglo
Andre Caille
Port Dalhousie thief given 12 months probation
Ralph York age 23 stole a mountain bike from a Port Dalhousie garage and fled. He hid near Martindale Pond and swam to evade police but surfaced near a patrol car and confessed, after courts noted his overreaction.
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ST. Catharines, Ont
Ralph York
Port Dalhousie
Martindale Pond
Don Wolfe
Niagara
York
Wolfe
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Southam
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Grace Williams
Wyatt
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Renee
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Nelson Mate
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