Commons to push sex bill amendments in speedy vote
Ottawa CP The Commons justice committee plans extra sittings to speed passage of Criminal Code amendments on sex provisions. Justice Minister Jean Chretien says he may revise contentious changes while opposition MPs warn amendments could delay summer adjournment. The bill replaces rape and indecent assault with sexual and aggravated sexual assault, ends husband's immunity, tightens child pornography rules, and creates a new childnapping offense. it retains some old provisions like buggery and bestiality except in specific cases.
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Ottawa
Commons Justice Committee
Justice
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Commons
New Democratic Party
Canada lifts ban on Argentine imports as Falklands war ends
Ottawa announces lifting of the import ban on Argentina after the Falkland Islands conflict is deemed over The government will resume export credits for Canadian exporters but keeps a ban on military shipments to Argentina for now If fighting resumes Ottawa will reassess its stance and Britain remains excluded from credit deals
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Ottawa
Falkland Islands
Mark MacGuigan
MacGuigan
Argentina
Canada
Falklands
Quebec MDs resume practice after back-to-work law
About 5,500 Quebec general practitioners returned to work and hospital duties after a five day strike ended by a back-to-work law. Interns and residents who walked out remain out. officials meet later to decide how to proceed.
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Montreal
Quebec
Represen
Richer
North Pole Flight Delivers Thrill Yet Clouds Obscure View
A Boeing 707 charter carried Canadian adventurers to the North Pole in a first commercial polar flight. Passengers paid 597 dollars for 13 hours aloft with champagne and filet mignon, while observers recalled family doubts and Santa chatter. Clouds hid Arctic Ocean ice and a celebratory moment.
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Charles Campbell
North Pole
Agnes Asta
Cleveland
Iva Rhodes
Canada
Toronto
Arctic Ocean
The
Pole
Barber Pole
Betty Drewery
Sudbury
Ont
Antarctica
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A & B Steel & Aluminum
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Clement Richer
Quebec Federation of General Practitioners
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Chapados
Santa Claus
John Waldie
Larry Moore
Moore
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