Quebec panel says province marks time in fight against crime
A royal commission in Quebec blasts police, lawyers and judges for a reactive system and calls for radical reform to humanize justice. It urges regional police forces, expanded legal aid, a true declaration of human rights with a public protector, bail reform, and separate verdicts from sentencing.
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Quebec
Justice Commission
Jean-Jacques Bertrand
Commission
Yves Prevost
Kremlin shooting disrupts cosmonaut ceremony unclear motive
A gunman opened fire at Borovitsky Gate near the Kremlin entrance during a ceremony honoring four cosmonauts. The incident, witnessed by over a thousand onlookers, was kept from foreign press and official confirmation came only after inquiries. The gunman was seized. officials described him as schizophrenic, with reports of injuries to a chauffeur and a motorcycle police officer. cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov Boris Volynov Alexei Yeliseyev Yevgeny Khrunov were present. Bergovoy was in a separate limo.
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Kremlin
Foreign Ministry
Communist Party
Bergovoyy
Borovitsky Gate
Bergovoy
Liberals deny Tory charges in grain tie up
Ottawa CBC report says three Liberal cabinet ministers defended the government amid Conservative claims of mismanagement causing a West Coast grain bottleneck. MPs cited high demand, cold weather, and railcar shortages as factors delaying exports of No 2 Northern wheat to Vancouver.
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Ottawa
Vancouver
Stanley Korchinski
Pc—Mackenzie
Vancouver 1
Jean-Luc Pepin
H. A. Olson
Maple Leaf Mills Limited
Vincent McNaughton
West Coast
Medicine Hat
McNaughton
Pepin
Canadian Wheat Board
CPR
Montreal
Prairies
Medical facility shortfall prompts Northern health push
The Northwest Territories council heard that $2 million yearly for three years is needed to meet facility needs. Dr. Gordon C. Butler cited nurses in three communities living in unsuitable quarters and called for a mental health facility to address rising issues among young natives.
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Yellowknife
Territorial Council
Northwest Territories
Gordon C. Butler
Edmonton
Federal
Northern Health Services
Clyde River
Baffin Island
Montreal
Butler
N.W.T. Health Department
North
Rest
Canada
Council
Calgary couple to stand trial for manslaughter
Julius and Julia Martisz of Calgary were ordered to stand trial for manslaughter and criminal negligence in Alberta Supreme Court after their 18 year old daughter Eva Ferenczi died in hospital and two sisters suffered malnutrition and bruises. Bail was denied. Detectives testified Eva and her sisters Julia and Helen were found injured in a basement with ties and burns. Helen described tying, burning, and torture while eating discarded pancakes.
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Calgary
Julius
Julia Martisz
Alberta Supreme Court
John Harvie
Eva Ferenczi
Leslie Samo
Lyan
Harvie
Ken McNeill
Eva
Julia
Helen
McNeill
Julia Ferenczi
Weather to Stay Cold Until Wages Up in Calgary
Calgary endures its 16th straight below zero day as a non militant weather group vows to keep the city cold until salary negotiations end. Forecasters warn temper atures may barely rise this week, overturning earlier moderation hopes.
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Calgary
Pueblo skipper faces naval inquiry over Pueblo surrender
Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher told a five admiral court of inquiry he may be suspected of violating USNR Article 0730 by surrendering the Pueblo to North Korea. He vowed to continue detailing the ship's capture and 11 months of captivity as the court warned statements could be used against him.
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Coronado
Calif
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bucher
Wonsan Harbor
Navy
William Newsome
USNR
Czech liberals return to Prague
Two Czechoslovak liberal reform figures Ota Sik and Edward Goldstuecker are back in Prague after exile. Reports place them amid recent self-immolations and Russian arrests, marking the latest phase of upheaval since the August invasion. Sik arrived from Vienna by train. Goldstuecker from England.
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Prague
Reuters
Ota Sik
Eduard Goldstuecker
Writers Union
Czechoslovakia
Sik
Vienna
Austria
Train collision kills engineer in Alberta province
Canadian National Railways crews worked through the night after a two-train crash at Fitzwilliam Alto 260 miles west of Edmonton. Engineer Donald W Anderson 36 of Jasper was killed as 19 of 66 wheat cars derailed. Two bull dozer handlers were injured, brakeman A B Krauza escaped unharmed after jumping clear.
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Edmonton
Canadian National Railways
Fitzwilliam
Alto
Here
Donald W
Sonny) Anderson
Jasper
CNR
Jack Thornton
A. B. Krauza
Sonny
Mr. Krauza
Locksmith attempts self immolation in Ljubljana
A 24 year old locksmith tried to burn himself to death in Ljubljana Slovenia as reported by Tanjug. The incident occurred in the capital of Yugoslavia during a day of unrest in the northwestern region.
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Belgrade
Reuters
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Yugoslavia
Tanjug
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