Ice entombed fundraiser aims to aid missing children
Montreal event puts DJ Pete Marier under 2 200 kilograms of ice for 48 hours to raise money for the Missing Children's Network. Los Angeles magician Adam Silkini supervises as temperature in the van stays around 7 Celsius. Marier lies on an insulated mat under a controlled ice chamber with body heat claimed to create an igloo effect and no danger.
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Montreal
Pete Marier
Marier
Los Angeles
Adam Silkini
Silkini
Marer
Silkins
Jury faces Keegstra hate charge decision context and judge warns
The jury must decide if James Keegstra aimed to promote hatred of Jews or protested socialism and communism as enemies of Christianity. Judge Lutz cautioned against taking words out of context and directed jurors to base their verdict on proven intent beyond reasonable doubt. In Ottawa, Bank of Montreal cut a mortgage rate to 6.75 percent, a 26 year low, while the economy showed slight 0.1 percent April growth amid weak service and stock sectors.
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Red Deer
Southam
James Keegstra
Eckville
Alta
Arthur Lutz
Keegstra
Lutz
Ottawa
Bank of Montreal
B of M
Tom Alton
Statistics Canada
Philip Cross
Church conspiracy blamed for Oldman River celebration cancellation
Alberta Public Works Minister Ken Kowalski named United Church of Canada and aboriginal and labor groups as part of a conspiracy that led to the four day 100000 dollar celebration's cancellation at the Oldman River dam near Pincher Creek. Organizers pulled out amid violence concerns and church opposition to the dam's environmental and social impacts.
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Edmonton
United Church of Canada
Oldman River
Alberta
Ken Kowalski
Pincher Creek
Prairie Oyster
Kowalski
United Church
Canadian Environment Network
Winnipeg
Premiers press Ottawa on national unity deadline
Nine of ten premiers meet amid calls for a first ministers talks with Prime Minister Mulroney as Quebec's absence fuels tension. Joe Clark warns Ottawa will act solo if no agreement on a national unity package by the deadline. Rae urges all leaders and aboriginals to reconvene soon.
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Ottawa
Joe Clark
Ontario
Bob Rae
Brian Mulroney
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Clark
Rae
British Columbia
Mike Harcourt
Roy Romanow
Saskatchewan
Romanov
Don Getty
Alberta
Harcourt
G-7 Threatens Crackdown Over Serb Aid Blockade
The G-7 nations warn of military measures if Serb forces hinder international relief to Bosnia and Sarajevo. UN officials report a prisoner exchange halted by sniper and mortar fire, while Canadian troops guard Sarajevo’s airport amid ongoing fighting and shelling.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
APCP
Munich
Group of Seven
UN Security Council
Canada
Miserable weather depresses vacation trade across Canada
The Canadian Press reports a dreary summer as cool wet weather crimped crops and hit tourism. Ontario and Manitoba suffer sharp declines while some regions like British Columbia show some gains from conventions. Hotel bookings fell, with June diving to near zero in parts and operators fearing extended vacancies.
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Peter Boisseau
Donald Blackwood
Cape Breton Tourism Association
Ontario
Manitoba
Bob Sudermann
Grand Beach
Winnipeg
Sudermann
John Whisker
Bearfoot Resort
Orr Lake
British Columbia
Debra Ward
Tourism Industry Association of Canada
Henry Olechowski
Ministry of Agriculture
Canadian families shift as census shows aging and more single parents
The 1991 census from Statistics Canada reveals Canada’s family structure changing. One in five children lives in a single parent family, 2.3 million live alone, and 3.2 million are over 65. Common-law couples rise 49 percent since 1986, now 10 percent of all families. Women head most single-parent households.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Gordon Priest
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