Tulip label sparks talk of hidden image on air freshener
New Orleans readers report seeing a phallic illusion in the pink tulips on the Benuzit's Fresh Cut Flowers air freshener can. Dial Corp spokeswoman Nancy Dedera says it is merely a tulip and offers to send proof. Dial is not recalling cans but has alerted retailers.
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Ottawa presses provinces to cut youth jail use
Justice Minister Allan Rock announced Ottawa’s plan to shift funding away from youth incarceration toward community based supervision and alternatives to detention. He aims to negotiate funding deals to reduce the roughly 130 million of 150 million in youth justice funds spent on jails, noting yearly costs of 70 000 to 100 000 per youth in detention.
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Canada records a record high in 1993 deaths
Statistics Canada reports 1993 deaths rose 4.3 percent to 204,912 due to smoking AIDS lung diseases stroke and other factors. Life expectancy fell slightly, infant mortality rose, births declined amid aging population and fewer women of childbearing age. Immigration would drive future growth.
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Driver charged in hit and run death near Medicine Hat
Dunmore man Ian Robert Van Wert, 24, charged with hit and run and impaired driving causing death in the case of bicyclist Peter Graf, 43, struck 1.8 kilometres south of the city on Black and White Trail Thursday. He faces provincial court June 13.
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Canadians divided over proposed gun control bill support
An Angus Reid poll of 1,500 Canadians taken May 24 to 30 shows about two thirds back federal gun control proposals with 64 percent in support and 32 percent opposed. Respondents from gun households largely oppose the act’s crime-reduction claim while non-gun households show mixed views and regional differences are noted.
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Bosnian Serbs shoot down UN fighter jet
An American F 16 was shot down over Banja Luka by Bosnian Serbs during NATO patrols. A UN source said the jet went down as hostages were promised release, with a rescue operation under way and unclear crew status. The ICRC cited Pale authorities that all UN PROFOR personnel would be freed by weekend.
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Firefighters Brace for Forest Blazes Across Province
Crews stand by as a weather front from British Columbia may trigger new fires in northern Alberta. Fire information officer Jim Skrenek warns of possible lightning strikes if rain fails to arrive, with 773 firefighters and nearly 50 helicopters on standby and 18 fires burning across the region.
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