Ottawa MP cites serious Suffield nerve gas accident
New Democrat MP Jim Fulton says a May 26, 1986 incident at Defence Research Establishment Suffield exposed a technician to sarin gas. An antidote drug toxogonin was injected after inhalation, and the worker narrowly survived. The case prompted joking remarks on the base as antidotes proved effective. The accident prompted evacuation and follow up talks on nerve gas research and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Suffield
New Democrat
Jim Fulton
Department of National Defence
Fulton
Defence
Perrin Beatty
Defence Research Establishment
Medicine Hat
Beatty
Luigi Rossetto
Defence Department
Edmonton
Canada expels 19 Soviet diplomats sparks Kremlin retaliation
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Vorontsov condemned Canada’s expulsion of 19 Soviet diplomats calling it a totally unprovoked insult and warned of retaliation soon. Ambassador Vernon Turner met the Soviet Foreign Ministry, then bid farewell to two expelled Canadian diplomats at Moscow’s airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
CP AP
Vernon Turner
Canada
Yuri Vorontsov
Kremlin
Washington
Turner
Foreign Ministry
External Affairs Department
Ottawa
Soviet Union
Cmdr
Raymond Steele
Evelyn Puxley
Vorontsov
Calgary man sentenced for manslaughter of domineering father
Wafa Farag received seven years in a mental institution for the 1986 bludgeoning of his father Wadie Farag a Seventh Day Adventist minister. Justice Paul Chrumka cited intermittent psychosis as the primary cause of the rage and noted years of tyrannical tyranny at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Wafa Farag
Farag
Court of Queen's Bench
Paul Chrumka
Wadie Farag
Dora
Sandy Park
CIA
Tornado kills Winnipeg worker as Manitoba storm rips south
A Winnipeg City employee, 57, died after a construction trailer overturned in gusts up to 100 km h during a three hour southern Manitoba wind storm. Three more people were hospitalized at Winnipeg’s Red River Exhibition and Gimli saw fires from power lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Red River
London
Ont
Johnson
Mc Renaud
Interlake
Environment Canada
Gimli
Man
Diane Hall
Split polls show Canadians undecided among Mulroney Turner Broadbent
A Angus Reid poll of 1,506 voters for Southam News finds none of the three leaders clearly leads in trust or capability. Mulroney is respected in Quebec for his policies but questioned on character, Turner struggles to seem caring and effective, and Broadbent has a better image yet uncertain foreign policy leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Mulroney
John Turner
Ed Broadbent
Angus Reid
Liberals
NDP
Mulroney
Reid
Rain relief eases large forest fires in Canada
Rain and cooler air aided firefighters in Saskatchewan and Ontario as Sudbury 62 and Sudbury 63 near Sudbury along with a Kenora area blaze slowed. About 1 400 firefighters plus US crews fought 49 Saskatchewan fires while two new threats emerged in Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Sudbury
Shining Tree
Fraser Dunn
Ontario Natural Resources Ministry
Dunn
Sudbury 62
United States
Toronto
Fred Bruin
la Ronge
Glen Connacher
Prince Albert
Connacher
Kenora
Heat wave bakes U S as barges crawl river blockages
Across the United States the heat drives prayers for rain as Mississippi and Ohio barges slowly advance through newly dredged channels. Four deaths tied to the heat. drought lowers river flow, saltwater intrusion threatens drinking water. Authorities plan a 600000 dollar dike near Myrtle Grove to block saltwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mississippi
Ohio
United States
Upper Midwest
U.S
Indiana
Memphis
Tenn
Cairo
Ill
Robert Page
The
Army For Civil Works
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Army Corps of Engineers
Also Mentioned on This Page
WHL
Peter Mehrer
Coster
Robert de St. Croix Seeenee
Soviets
Boris
Boris Becker
Sammy Giammalva
Becker
Les Whittington Southam
U.S. Coast Guard
Jim Clifton
Paducah
Florida
Oregon
Burlington
Reno
Nev
Rapid City
S.D
Huron
8.D
Casper
Wyo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!