Utah Floods Prompt Shelters After Muddy Deluge
A wall of mud and water breached sandbagged banks along Stone Creek in Bountiful, forcing hundreds into shelters. No serious injuries were reported. a man suffered a broken leg. About 400 Farming ton residents sheltered with kin as officials monitored a major mudslide. In Salt Lake County, 200 trailer-court residents evacuated though no imminent flood danger remained. Nevada reported a deadly Slide Mountain slide near Carson City with one death and multiple injuries.
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Utah
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Bountiful
Dave Florence
American Red Cross
Farmington
Big Cottonwood Creek
Salt Lake County
Terry Baker
Tions
Nevada
Slide Mountain
Carson City
Forest fire stalls near Swan Hills Alberta winds ease
Rain and a shift in wind direction slowed a large Alberta forest fire threatening Swan Hills with evacuation for the second time in two years. About 200 firefighters and volunteers fought through the night to build guards. the fire was still out of control but hopes rose to contain it as more crews head in.
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Swan Hills
Alta
Cliff Henderson
Alberta Forest Service Forest Protection Branch
Edmonton
Cliff Smith
Forest Protection
Alberta
Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd
Kaplan defends new Canadian Intelligence Security Service
Solicitor General Robert Kaplan says critics misread existing laws and federal powers. He notes the agency will exceed current rules yet require judicial authorization and feature an annual external Parliament reporting review. Provensstate attorneys general warned the agency could threaten civil rights.
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Ottawa
Robert Kaplan
Kaplan
Ing
Rcmp Security Service
Charlottetown
Quebec union chief weighs suit over Libyan ties allegations
Quebec labor leader Yvon Charbonneau said he may sue three Liberal MPs who accused him of links to pro-Moscow and Libyan regimes. He claims the accusations aim to derail opposition to Ariel Sharon’s Montreal visit where a charity dinner was to feature the former Israeli defence minister.
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Montreal
Quebec
Yvon Charbonneau
Liberals
Muammar Khadafy
Charbonneau
Ariel Sharon
Quebec Teachers Federation
Sharon
Pepin limits grain rates and adds subsidized crops
Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin announced a 10 percent basket price cap on prairie grain freight and added four crops to the subsidized list. The changes aim to move Pepin's bill forward on Crow rate reform amid party opposition and a stalled Commons debate.
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Ottawa
Jean-Luc Pepin
Pepin
New Democratic Party
Saskatchewan
Bill McKnight
Kindersley-Lloydminister
Grain freight rate proposals face farmer criticism
Western agricultural producers say Jean-Luc Pepin has a long way to go to satisfy them with revisions to the Crowsnest Pass grain freight rate. The minister proposes a 10 percent basket price cap with four added crops for subsidized shipping, while critics push for farmer choice and question crop selections.
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Jean-Luc Pepin
Pepin
Alberta Wheat Pool
Laurence Nicholson
Meter beater fined for vandalizing parking meter in Medicine Hat
James Herron aged 32 was fined 300 in provincial court after police saw him assaulting a parking meter at the Assiniboia Inn lot on May 24. He caused 28.45 in damage and was ordered to pay restitution. he faced counts of disturbing the peace and mischief.
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Medicine Hat
James Herron
Assiniboia Inn
Third St. S.E
Herron
Dominion St. S.E
Philip Wambolt
Harvard surgeon urges starving brain dead and helpless patients
Dr Dwight Harken at Medic Canada suggests depriving 250 000 Americans and a similar number in Canada of life support in nursing homes. He calls for screening to identify irreversible cases and a team to decide which patients to let go while arguing society cannot afford universal best care.
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Dwight Harken
Medic Canada
Harken
Vatican
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