BC rail and highway chaos as rain delays travel
Persistent rainfall in southern British Columbia triggers mud and rock slides blocking a wide rail and highway corridor. CP Rail reports six new washouts from Rogers Pass to Revelstoke delaying service. detours via Highway 3 or the Yellowhead add hours. CN rails swapping traffic. Rogers Pass highway closures extend at least a week. No deaths or injuries reported.
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British Columbia
Highways Ministry
B.C
West Coast
Highway 3
Canada-U.s
Osoyoos
Cranbrook
Yellowhead
Kamloops
Jasper
Edmonton
CP Rail
Rogers Pass
Revelstoke
Illecillewaet River
Selkirk Mountains
Maurice Zaitlin
Zaitlin
Canadian National Railways
Hope
Popkum
Fraser Valley
RCMP
Golden
Parks Canada
Liberal ministers push social issues to boost election odds
MEECH LAKE Que May Feb Liberal ministers wrapped a day long cabinet strategy session optimistic social issues will drive votes. Environment Minister John Roberts said Liberals will fight to prevent dismantling social security as the mood was enthusiastic and upbeat about restoring lead in polls. The party trails the Conservatives by 16 points, narrowing from a 25 point gap earlier.
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Meech Lake
Que
John Roberts
Gatineau Hills
U K Parliament Rejects Move to Reinstate Death Penalty
The British House of Commons voted 368 to 233 to maintain abolition of capital punishment for murder. Amendments to extend executions for other murder types were rejected. Terrorist cases would largely be tried without juries. The IRA bombed near Belfast, underscoring the debate's urgency. Strong divisions marked the session across UK politics.
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Ann Young
Southam News
London
House of Commons
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Ulster Defence Regiment
IRA
Ulster
Northern Ireland
James Prior
Brittan
Bailiffs seize Maislin tractors at La Salle depot
Bailiffs acting for Societe Generale seized at least 80 Maislin Transport tractor-trailers at the La Salle terminal, with more than 100 trucks planned to be seized in Quebec and Ontario. Layoffs and missed pay cheques prompted protests as Maislin seeks bankruptcy protection under a four month reprieve.
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Montreal
la Salle
Maistin Transport Ltd
Societe Generale (Canada
Paquette Rocheleau Dion Grenier and Associates
Quebec
Ontario
Richter and Associates of
Maislin Transport
Maislin Industries Ltd
Teamsters’ Brotherhood
B C defends hospital user fee rise amid federal clash
B C government backs hospital user fees rising to 8.50 a day and urges Ottawa to fund medicare while leaving administration to the province. Civil servants staged wildcat protests in Victoria Nanaimo and Kamloops as layoffs loom and legislation invites firing without cause for public workers.
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B.C
Jim Nielsen
Ottawa
Victoria
Nanaimo
Kamloops
George Reamsbottom
B.C. Gov
Ernment Employees Union
Ex-police officers receive life terms for second degree murder
Barry Nielsen and Jerry Stolar were sentenced to life with a 15 year minimum for the beating death of Paul Clear on August 17 1981 in Winnipeg. The jury found second degree murder after a five week trial ending with 24 hours of deliberation and DNA-like footprints and fingerprints tied to the case.
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Winnipeg
Hersh Welch
John Scollin
Court of Queen's Bench
Barry Nielsen
Jerry Stolar
Scollin
Nielsen
Stolar
Paul Clear
Clear
Manitoba
Greg Brodsky
Welch
Crown
George Dangerfield
Dangerfield
Detector may have spared jet tragedy near Cincinnati
The Air Line Pilots Association says a simple fire detector on Air Canada Flight 23 could have prevented the disaster that killed 23. The union blames cost concerns and slow safety reforms, while investigators find no solid link to smoking though a passenger may have lit in the lavatory.
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Washington
Air Canada
Cincinnati
U.S. Air Line Pilots Association
Association
Henry Duffy
U.S
Air Safety Agency
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