Olson the serial killer sent to Quebec prisons
Clifford Olson, Canada's most notorious serial killer, and 10 other hardened criminals were secretly moved to Quebec prisons from Western Canada Thursday evening. They wore irons and traveled under armed guard to ports near Montreal, with rumors he will be placed in the Archambault Institute super max at Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.
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Montreal
Clifford Olson
Quebec
Olson
Canada
Montreal Gazette
Justice Department
Cain
Archambault Institute
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Mir space station faces power and steering glitches
The battered Mir crew struggles to restore oxygen and critical systems after a power surge disabled the steering computer. NASA said repairs are weeks away with supplies due no earlier than July 5. Foale and crewmates endured offloading waste in bags until toilets were restored. Canada reports experiments on immune response and low gravity materials remain safe.
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Cape Canaveral
Russia
Mir Space Station
Frank Culbertson
NASA
Mir
Culbertson
Michael Foale
U.S
Hat bid to stump elm tree plague in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat conducts field trials to test a capsule serum against Dutch elm disease in 60 to 80 year old elms along 16th Avenue. The project, coordinated with 11 Prairie cities and led by Dr. Martin Hubbes, aims to see if the treatment disperses through trees and slows disease spread.
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Dean Reid
16Th Avenue
Reid
Prairie
Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Corporation-West
Saskatoon
Martin Hubbes
University of Toronto
Faculty of Forestry
Wade Carrier
Hubbes
Peter Mah Wade Carrier
Medicine Hat
Canada to send CF-18s to Bosnia for NATO mission
Canadian CF-18 fighters will fly to Aviano Italy for three months to patrol over Bosnia H Herzegovina. Six aircraft and up to 125 personnel will join NATO stabilisation efforts while reinforcing the no fly zone and protecting ground troops.
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Bosnia
NATO
Yugoslavia
Dayton
Canada
Yvonne Cooper
Cold Lake
Supreme Court of Canada suspends arrest warrant ruling
The Supreme Court will implement a six month transition period delaying the ruling that police must obtain a warrant to arrest in a home unless in hot pursuit. Five governments urged the pause to prevent widespread case disruption. Federal lawyers say warrants are not needed during the transition, while experts call the move reasonable for training and future amendments.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
B.C
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Federal
Justice Department
Robert Frater
Frater
University of Ottawa Law
David Paciocco
Paciocco
Abortion Lunch Hour Clinics Stir UK Debate
Marie Stopes International plans walk-in walk-out abortion clinics in London Manchester and Leeds offering 10 minute vacuum aspiration procedures for under 450 Canadian dollars within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Critics call the move trivializing abortion while supporters hail it as a major service innovation.
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London
Britain
Marie Stopes
Tim Black
Marie Stopes International
Tony Kerridge
Scarisbrick
Rooster with Prosthetic Legs Buried with Honors
Jackson, Michigan AP report tells of Mr. Chicken, a heroic rooster who defended his hens with artificial legs after losing his feet to frost. He was mauled likely by a raccoon. veterinary staff say he will be buried in the flower garden with his legs on and a headstone for the famous little guy.
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England
Mr. Chicken
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Southam Newspapers
Associated Press
Wuat
Si Owen
Ann Landers Wee
Somalia
Dan Loomis
Loomis
Stephen Bindman
U.K
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