Flu may drift from Asia via wind to North America
Winnipeg climate expert Rick Raddatz says fluenza viruses can travel on wind currents from Asia across the Pacific to the eastern seaboard, suggesting airborne spread before any single sneeze. He notes no smoking gun but allows for windborne transmission and observations on how travel affects spread.
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Winnipeg
China
Asia
Pacific
Eastern Seaboard
North America
Rick Raddatz
Raddatz
Climate Centre
Grain handlers resume work at Vancouver terminals after legislation
Grainhandlers return to Vancouver grain terminals Sunday following back-to-work law passed in the House. Union official Henry Kanes calls the move a victory for terminal owners who push a seven day week with no overtime. Backlog of 18 ships waited in English Bay, total 630000 tonnes slated for Soviet Union and Asia. 16 more ships en route.
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Vancouver
House of Commons
Henry Kanes
Grainworkers Union
Kanes
Kuwait martial law court sentences six to be hanged
A Kuwaiti martial law court convicted 16 people on Saturday for working on an Iraqi run publication during Baghdad’s occupation, sentencing six to be hanged and 10 to ten years in prison. Eight journalists were acquitted and one defendant, Mohan Majid Khalaf, was sentenced in absentia.
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Kuwait City
Baghdad
Kuwait
Al-Nida
Mohan Majid Khalaf
Spermicides deemed not high risk by expert Neufeld
On Page B3, Neufeld states this is not high risk and the hazards tied to spermicides are pregnancy, not disease. The remark appears in a brief health note on contraception risks and safety.
Getty to dine with Queen during Royal Ascot visit
Alberta Premier Don Getty and his wife will meet Queen Elizabeth at Ascot during an 11 day trip to London Paris and New York billed as a trade and tourism mission. Critics note the itinerary was not released and question costs including a Concorde return flight and Ritz hotel rates.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Don Getty
Queen Elizabeth
Gettys
Royal Ascot
Edmonton Journal
Buckinghamshire
England
London
Paris
New York
Getty
Ascot
New Democrat
Ray Martin
Air France
Bob Giffin
Martin
Giffin
Lobregt
Ritz
South Africa votes to end apartheid race laws
Parliament approves repeal of the Population Registration Act 1950 and de Klerk vows swift signing. White lawmakers back the measure 89 to 38 with unanimous support from mixed race and Indian chambers. Mandela urges unity for a non racial constitution framework as de Klerk aims for negotiations this year.
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Cape Town
Reuter
South Africa
F. W. de Klerk
Gene Louw
de Klerk
Nelson Mandela
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Mandela
African National Congress
Roelf Meyer
Meyer
Ash-choked refugees flee Pinatubo eruption in Philippines
Tens of thousands trek ash clogged highways toward Manila as Mount Pinatubo erupts at lower intensity. At least 76 killed since June 9. U S military evacuates 20 000 dependents. Canadians advised to leave danger zone. Officials report ongoing eruptive activity and fissure risks. Government evacuation shifts begin for Olongapo San Fernando and Angeles amid transport shortages.
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Angeles
Philippines
Mount Pinatubo
Manila
Red Cross
U.S
Pinatubo
Rolando Rimando
Philippine Institute of Vulcanology and Seismology
Olongapo
San Fernando
Public Health Warns Cuts Endanger Prevention Efforts
Health officials warn federal and provincial budget cuts imperil disease prevention and public health programs. Merv Ungurain notes reduced funding could erase 3.3 billion this year and 30 billion by 1996, threatening vaccination, water testing, and food inspections while highlighting rising inequities among low income Canadians.
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Patrick Nagle
Southam
Regina
Merv Ungurain
The
Canadian Public Health Association
Association
Ungurain
Nova Scotia
Mulroney and Kohl urge western aid to Soviet Union
Prime Minister Mulroney and German Chancellor Kohl voiced doubts about Quebec's independence and backed western aid to the Soviet Union. Kohl warned against passivity and urged decisive Western action ahead of the G7 summit.
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Deidesheim
Germany
Brian Mulroney
Helmut Kohl
Quebec
Soviet Union
Kohl
Canada
U.S
Europe
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Neufeld
Ann Landers
AG City
Don McGillivray
Doonesbury
West
City of Toronto Public Health Department
Michael Rachlis
Rachlis
Mulroney
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