Canada Day celebrations mark nation wide pride in Ottawa
Prime Minister Jean Chretien addressed thousands on Parliament Hill praising Canada's federation while noting work remains to strengthen the country. Astronaut Robert Thirske reported visible Canadian cities from space as other events and Cannabis Day observations unfolded in Dartmouth, Vancouver, and Edmonton.
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Canada
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Parliament Hill
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Quebec
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Snowbirds
Robert Thirske
Space
Thirske
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Windsor
Toronto
Dartmouth
Vancouver
Edmonton
Featur
City Hall
Terry Leeson
St. Albert
Alta
Wellington Bar Promotes Chicken Bowling Craze
A Wellington pub faced animal-rights protests for using frozen chickens as bowling balls in a promotional game. Advertised as Naked Chicks and You Bowl Em, the Fat Ladies' Arms Bar briefly cancelled the event after SPCA criticism, but owner Shayne Armstrong declared the stunt back on amid public support.
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Wellington
N.Z
Fat Ladies’ Arms
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Shayne Armstrong
Weather note for IOLA SOUTHERN High Tomorrow 32
Forecast shows a high of 32 for Iola Southern tomorrow with a low of 12 at night. Read weather map on page BG for details.
Adopted Hatters count their blessings on Canada Day
Aileen Leslie and her family celebrate nine years in Canada at Kin Coulee Park. Residents reflect on opportunity, multiculturalism, and national unity as German dancers, Latin bands, and a new art fair mark the Canada Day celebration.
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Canada
Jessica Hayes
Kin Coulee Park
Mitchel Swaren
Kin Coulee
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Scotland
Quebec
Sharon Todd
Unisphere Centre
Kathryn Jodoin
Multicultural Folk Arts Council
Janice Ferguson
Ferguson
Reform MP challenges Ontario libel law in Pratt case
Reform MP Val Meredith faces a $20 000 plus claim from Frank Pratt former CSIS head of internal security. Meredith argues the reverse onus in libel law violates the Charter claiming it infringes freedom of expression. Her defence centers on statements about a purported Soviet era spy linked to a translator in Montreal and Ottawa.
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British Columbia
Reform
Ontario
Val Meredith
Surrey-White Rock
South Langley
Frank Pratt
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Meredith
Commons
National Security
CSIS
Montreal
Soviet Union
House of Commons
Pratt
Eugene Meehan
Canada
Yeltsin Reappears but Appears Pale in Runoff Bid
Yeltsin surfaced in Moscow after four days of seclusion and a string of campaign cancellations. He looked exhausted and pale in a brief TV appeal urging people to vote in the runoff against Communist Gennady Zyuganov. Western reporters noted no health details, while allies and rivals debated his condition as Govorukhin called him a living corpse.
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Oris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Gennady Zyuganov
Ukraine
Moldova
Stanislav Govorukhin
Zyuganov
Actress-model Hemingway dead at 41
Margaux Hemingway granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway was found dead at 41 in her Santa Monica apartment. Coroner cites apparent natural causes linked to epilepsy with no signs of foul play or suicide. Margaux debuted in Lipstick with sister Mariel Hemingway in 1976 and faced critical backlash for a rape-and-revenge role.
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Margaux Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
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Gary Gallinot
Corral
Mariel Hemingway
Hollywood
Mariel
Margaux
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