Record heat bakes Canada with new highs and widespread impacts
A brutal heat wave from Manitoba to Nova Scotia shatters records including Toronto 35.6 C and Hamilton 34.5 C. Rivers of heat buckled tracks while trains halted and forest fires forced evacuations. Schools closed for 30 000 students as UV and smog warnings rise with vulnerable groups at risk.
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Andrew Flynn
Canada
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Toronto
Jim Landry
Mercury
Hamilton
Ottawa
Ontario Hydro
Ontario
Winnipeg
Halifax
London
Windsor
Saskatchewan leaders end election campaign
Liberal Leader Lynda Haverstock makes a bold late push by canvassing in Bill Boyd's Kindersley riding after planning to stay in Saskatoon Greystone. Boyd counters by touring eastern riding stops as NDP Premier Roy Romanow urges strong turnout to secure a mandate for the future.
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Saskatchewan
Lynda Haverstock
Saskatoon
Haverstock
Liberals
Michelle Macafee
Canadian Press
Liberal
Saskatoon Greystone
Bill Boyd
Kindersley
Boyd
CBC
Alberta
Romanow
Inquiry promises protection for Somali mission witnesses
The public inquiry chair says witnesses will be protected from reprisals, while a former officer warns of early punishments by the Defence Department. Letourneau vows monitoring by a Commons committee and possible career reviews, as testimony could be heard privately for vulnerable witnesses.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence Department
Michel Drapeau
Gilles Letourneau
Commons
Letourneau
Canadian Airborne
Somalia
Shidane Arone
Airborne
Shoes Size 12 Tie Simpson Footprints to Bruno Magli Evidence
FBI shoe print expert testified that OJ Simpson's size 12 feet match bloody prints from rare Bruno Magli shoes found near the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Prosecutors note no direct link to Simpson beyond footprint analysis while noting the pricey Italian brand and comparable Reebok size 12 shoes.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Simpson
Bloomingdale’s
New York
Bruno Magli
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Sam Poser
William Bodziak
Tokyo
Italy
Lyon
Lorenzo Styles
Bruno Maglis
Bodziak
Niagara daredevils released after Falls stunt in barrel
Two American thrill seekers Steve Trotter and Lori Martin appeared before a St. Catharines justice of the peace on bail. Martin was released for 2500 dollars while Trotter remained in custody with possible ten thousand dollar bond. They faced charges of trespassing stunt without permit mischief and other counts after going over Niagara Falls in an airtight barrel. The stunt drew thousands of watchers and police warned of potential jail terms and fines exceeding twenty thousand dollars.
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ST. Catharines, Ont
Niagara Falls
Steve Trotter
Lori Martin
Martin
Columbus
Trotter
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Niagara Region
Paul Julian
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