Quebec Premier Seals Trade Pact Amid Backing from Colleagues
Quebec premier signs a trade agreement and receives strong show of support from colleagues. The signing underscores unity among provincial leaders and signals momentum for the pact as key opponents remain silent.
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Quebec
Drive-By Fash ions turn fashion on its head in New Hampshire
Derry New Hampshire shop owner Frank Allgeyer sells custom hole punched clothing as Drive-By Fash ions. Customers choose handgun rifle or machine gun holes with prices 35 dollars for trousers and jackets 15 dollars for T shirts. State AG accuses him of profiting from gang violence.
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Derry
N.H
Frank Allgeyer
Allgeyer
Altgeyer
State Attorney General’s Office
Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragments Leave Prominent Black Scar on Jupiter
Fragment 6 scarring Jupiter appears as the largest discreet feature observed on the planet since 1610. Fragment H's fireball was reported 50 times brighter than Jupiter by Chilean observers, while infrared images from Keck and Hubble reveal hot gas bubbles extending beyond the planet’s limb. Scientists note the puzzling lack of detected water in the clouds and ongoing searches.
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Greenbelt
Jupiter
Solar
Steve Moran
Goddard Space Flight Centre
Moran
Chile
Maran
Lucy McFadden
University of Maryland
Earth
Heidi Hammel
Space Telescope Science Institute
Keck
Hawaii
Hat nears 46 000 census shows 2000 gain in two years
Medicine Hat’s 1994 city census records a population rise to 45 892 from 43 807 in 1992, the largest gain since 1981. Officials cite steady inward migration from B C and Saskatchewan, with economic factors and no sales tax drawing families.
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Glen Wilson
Medicine Hat
Nanaimo
B.C
Wilson
McDonald's
the Hat
Ald
Ken Sauer
Sauer
Shelley
Glen
Shelley Wilson
Alberta
Highlights of 1994 Medicine Hat census
The 1994 city census shows 48 percent of residents live south of Seven Persons Creek, up from 35 percent in 1980. Ross Glen and surrounding southeast neighborhoods hold nearly a quarter of the population. Downtown and northern areas show small gains after 1990 declines. The city ages as 15 percent are 65 plus, births decline, and women outnumber men 23,521 to 22,371 with men leading in ages 24 and under.
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Larry Godin
the Hat
B.C
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Godin
West Crescent Heights
Seven Persons Creek
Ross Glen
South Ridge
Southview Drive
S.E
Dunmore Road
Tom
Janice Johnson
Jay-Laine
Gas City
Blast destroys Jewish building in Buenos Aires killing at least 26
Rescue crews scoured a collapsed seven story structure housing two Jewish groups after an explosion in Buenos Aires. At least 26 people died and more than 120 were injured as a three day mourning period was declared. Authorities detained a Iraqi passport holder and a German woman. Iran and Islamic extremism were suspected as possible causes.
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Buenos Aires
Carlos Menem
Menem
Brazil
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Iran
Argentina
Rwanda rebels end civil war and form new government
In Kigali the APCP rebels inaugurated a new government after declaring the civil war over. Faustin Twagiramungu became prime minister and Pasteur Bizimungu president as refugees flee to Zaire amid fears of reprisals for mass killings by Hutu militias.
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Kigali
Rwanda
APCP
Zaire
Faustin Twagiramungu
Pasteur Bizimungu
Paul Kagame
Twagiramungu
Alberta Pays More Into Confederation, Study Finds
A Canadian Tax Foundation study reports Alberta contributed 32.9 billion more to Ottawa than it received from 1977 to 1992, while Quebec showed a 95.1 billion net gain. The foundation urges a fairer Confederation and notes Alberta bears a heavier financial load amid Ottawa’s deficits and Alberta’s austerity measures.
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Edmonton
Canadian Tax Foundation
Alberta
Confederation
Canadian Tax Journal
Ottawa
Quebec
Liberal Treasury
Mike Jey
Foundation
Toronto
Percy
University of Alberta
Ralph Klein
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