June 6 1891 obituary and notable events recap
On this date Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, died at 76. In 1953 Queen Elizabeth knighted Edmund Hillary a week after Everest summit. In 1960 Roy Orbison’s Only the Lonely rose to No. 2 on Billboard, inspiring Bruce Springsteen. In 1967 Medicine Hat’s Ajax Mine closed as Henry Miller planned strip mining in Taber.
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John A. Macdonald
Canada
New Zealand
Edmund Hillary
Roy Orbison
Bruce Springsteen
Medicine Hat
Henry Miller
Ajax
Tabor
Notable anniversaries and clashes in recent memory
A collage of events spans 1982 to 2004 including 85,000 at a Rose Bowl anti-nuclear rally featuring Joan Baez Bob Dylan and others in Pasadena 1985 exhumation of Josef Mengele in Brazil 1990 2 Live Crew obscenity ruling later overturned 1996 Elvis related lyrics sold in London 2003 Jean Chretien opens Juno Beach Centre Normandy 60th anniversary marked by Paul Martin in 2004.
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Joan Baez
Bob Dylan
Jackson Browne
Linda Ronstadt
Stevie Wonder
Tom Petty
Rose Bowl
Pasadena
California
Elvis Presley
London
Presley
Terry Fell
Germany
Gladys
Jean Chretien
Juno Beach
Normandy
France
Paul Martin
Alberta police seek hospital reporting of all gun injuries
Edmonton police urge change to law requiring hospitals to report every gunshot wound including minor cases. Sgt. Greg Preston cites Ontario’s new rule that mandates health professionals to verbally report names of gunshot victims to police promptly. The Ontario law is described as Canada’s first of its kind.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ontario
Greg Preston
Edmonton Police Service
Canada
Girl Falls From Moving School Bus on Reserve
A four year old girl is in Edmonton hospital after tumbling from the side door of a moving bus on the Ennineskine reserve in Hobbema. Police say she slipped during a bend as the bus traveled about 30 to 40 kms per hour and was airlifted to the Stollery Children's Hospital in stable condition.
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Hobbema
Alta
Edmonton
Ennineskine
Bruno
Stollery Children's Hospital
Security lapses at Canada Revenue in Halifax region
A federal audit found former Atlantic region Canada Revenue Agency employees retained access to sensitive taxpayer files months after leaving. The lapse involved mainframe IDs and passwords, with 26 percent of employees who left between January 2002 and May 2003 still able to log in.
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Halifax
Canada Revenue Agency
Atlantic
Federal
Department
Civil Service
Parliament to aid ost Canadians reclaim lost citizenship
A poll shows most Canadians oppose Parliament's plan to let people regain citizenship lost as children without returning to Canada. Legislation from 1947 stripped minors when parents naturalized abroad. a 1977 change halted many cases. A private member's bill allows those affected between 1947 and 1977 to apply to resume citizenship without residency, language or knowledge tests.
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Ottawa
Canada
Colima volcano erupts with ash plume in Mexico
A western Mexico eruption at Colima volcano sent a thick black ash column up to five kilometres high. No injuries reported as ash fell on Tonila and San Marcos and evacuations were not ordered. Spokesman Jorge Sapien called it among the strongest in 20 years.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Colima
Jorge Sapien
Tonila
San Marcos
Jackson taken to emergency room in California
Michael Jackson was taken to the Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital near Neverland for treatment of a persistent back problem during his molestation trial. He arrived with a bodyguard around 2 30 p.m. according to spokeswoman Raymone Bain.
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Solvang
Calif
Michael Jackson
Jackson
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital
Neverland Ranch
Raymone Bain
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