New York air crash kills 67 at Kennedy in fog
Avianca Flight 52, a 149 passenger Boeing 707, crashed near Kennedy International Airport after reporting a failed No 2 engine. The wreckage spread across a Long Island hillside as rescue teams worked amid heavy rain and fog. no Canadian nationals aboard.
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Colombia
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Glen Cove Community Hospital
Federal Aviation Administration
Kennedy Tower
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Matt Murphy
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
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New York
New York City
Europe battered by storm killing 73 across six countries
A storm with winds up to 177 kmh swept southern England and Western Europe, killing 73 people in six nations including 45 in Britain. Roofs collapsed, trees fell, and transport networks stalled as electricity outages affected 250000. Flights and ferries were suspended and services disrupted across the Channel and Ireland.
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Wilson Restores Tax Promise in Commons Debate
Finance Minister Michael Wilson revived an old pledge in the Commons, signaling a renewed commitment to tax policy. The discussion focused on goods taxes and related fiscal measures, with Wilson defending his approach and outlining planned steps.
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Ottawa
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Commons
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New Democrats
NDP
Lorne Nystrom
Tigers trade top scorer to Spokane Chiefs for Green
The Medicine Hat Tigers traded their leading scorer Mark Woolf and defenceman Chris Catremere to the Spokane Chiefs for 19 year old Travis Green. The deal also brings netminder Cam Moon from the Saskatoon Blades for future considerations. Moon could back up Chris Osgood in Spokane.
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Spokane Chiefs
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Saskatoon Blades
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Murder suspect caught in Northern Ontario
Police arrest Peter Peters 28 of London Ontario in a heavy snowstorm after a stolen car arrest near Bruce Mines ends a rampage of abducting robbing and sexually assaulting across Ontario. Suspect faces charges including abduction car theft and breaking and entering. sightings linked to London Toronto St Catharines Brantford Paris and Sault Ste Marie.
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Ontario
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London
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Bruce Mines
Toronto
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Paris
Canada
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Wallaceburg
U.S
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Credit Union
Brantford
Charlene Brittain
Workers abandon Kappler walkout
MARK ROGERS reports that Kappler Dairies Inc. workers ended a strike that began Sept. 29. Union official Bob Milhousen says workers want to move on, while Kappler cites voluntary membership and a Calgary based union. Talks with mediator Tom Corbett did not start. picketing ended in December and production neared full level a month after the strike began. Milhousen expects renewed union organizing in the future.
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Kappler Dairies Inc
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 98
Calgary
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Milhousen
Teamsters
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Ministers face crossing as cabinet splits grow
Ottawa reports say Prime Minister Mulroney may shuffle core ministers amid talk three senior ministers including Clark Crosbie and Masse weigh quitting. Clark, pressed on foreign aid cuts, denies ultimatum claims while Crosbie worries over health from constant travel and Masse mulls Montreal mayor bid as free trade strains film policy.
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Ottawa
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Clark
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Mulroney
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Marcel Masse
Crosbie
Newfoundland
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Masse
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
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