Rogers Pass highway cut by floods
Floods wash out a 75 metre bridge on the Trans Canada Highway at Woolsley Creek in Glacier National Park forcing an indefinite closure. Sheltering campers are evacuated as six culverts fail, rail lines stall, and routes shift to alternative highways with long detours for travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Glacier National Park
Parks Canada
Bill Gallagher
Revelstoke
Canadian Forces Base
Chilliwack
Woolsley Creek
Rogers Pass
B.C
RCMP
Gallagher
al Menard
Canadian National Railways
Hope
Fraser Valley
Fraser River
IRA landmine kills four Ulster soldiers on remote road
Four Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers were killed and one wounded when IRA guerrillas detonated a landmine under a convoy on a remote country road in Northern Ireland. Police later found two naked bodies in a car near Crossmaglen. authorities suspected executions of informers. The blast destroyed the road and hurled an army vehicle into the air on the Belfast Omagh route near Ballygawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ulster Defence Regiment
IRA
Northern Ireland
Crossmaglen
Irish Republican Army
South Armagh
Irish Republic
Omagh
Ballygawley
Alberta Court of Appeal Finds Narcotics Law Violates Rights
The Alberta Court of Appeal ruled that Section 8 of the federal Narcotics Control Act violates the presumption of innocence by forcing a guilty party to prove he did not intend to sell. In a 2 to 1 decision, the court nullified the provision and ordered new trials where applicable. The ruling aligns with Ontario and other provinces and may reach the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Rosenberg
Association
Ontario Court of Appeal
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Julius Isaac
Premier Devine shuffles Saskatchewan cabinet in major shakeup
Premier Grant Devine turned his first cabinet reshuffle since taking power in April 1932 into a major shakeup on Tuesday. Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devine
Grant Devine
Saskatchewan
Maislin workers seize trucks at Ville LaSalle
Maislin Transport employees block the Ville LaSalle base and seize 13 trucks to press for late pay as the unit seeks bankruptcy protection. Bank of Commerce and the federal government are major creditors, with Maislin posting a $19.9 million loss last year and $4.2 million in Q1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Maislin Transport Ltd
Ville LaSalle
Maislin
Maislin Industries Ltd
Albert Brisson
Gerald Laiseau
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Canada
U.S
Mulroney Captures Central Nova Nomination Crowd
Brian Mulroney won an unopposed nomination in Trenton Nova Scotia before about 2,500 supporters. A 35 minute speech promised solid local representation from MP Elmer MacKay. Key figures included Joe Clark, Robert Stanfield, George Hees, Alvin Sinclair, and Roy DeMarsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Kaye Fulton
Southam
Trenton
N.S
Brian Mulroney
Central Nova
Elmer MacKay
Mulroney
Ing
Liberals
Ontario
George Hees
Nova Scotian
Mulrony
Joe Clark
Ottawa
Civic Centre
MacKay
England
Maureen McTeer
Clark
Newfoundland
James McGrath
Paign
David Crombie
Cambridge
Ont
Chris Speyer
Robert Stanfield
Colchester County
Stanfield
New Glasgow High School
Alvin Sinclair
United Church
Roy DeMarsh
New Democrats
FBI checks into Air Canada DC-9 fire letters
At congressional hearings the FBI was asked to review an anonymous letter about the Air Canada DC 9 fire near Cincinnati that killed 23 of 46 aboard. NTSB head says safety measures could have prevented the tragedy. FBI to probe credibility. sabotage ruled out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elliott Levitas
FBI
Levitas
Also Mentioned on This Page
CP Rail
Via Rail
Calgary
Kamloops
Revelstoke and
Golden
Abbotsford
Toronto
Marc Rosenberg
The
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Seabee Ebayes
Ann Landers
Bruce Levett Pere
Charles Lynch
Aye
Bees City News
Don McGillivray
John R. Walker
Aia
Commerce
Everett McCrimmon
Central
Nova
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!