Evacuation Ordered After Hillsdale Train Derailment
About 1 200 residents were evacuated within an eight kilometre radius of a Hillsdale derailment involving eight dangerous chemical cars including hydrofluoric acid. Officials warn the heat could rupture the tanker and spread toxins, with the order to last up to two days. No leaks were detected, and the evacuation acts as a precaution as crewsAssess the wreckage and wait for metallurgical checks.
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Hillsdale
Ont
David Korn
Simcoe County
CP Rail
Paul Thurston
Orillia
Georgian Bay
Mississauga
Jim Harvey
Environment Ministry
Ronald Jones
Ontario Federation Agriculture
Korn
Ontario
George Taylor
Tax concessions urged for Alsands project
Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed urged Ottawa to grant tax concessions to save the Alsands oil sands project worth 13 billion dollars. He noted Alberta reduced royalties, housing commitments, and loan guarantees as its moves and said private sector investors must see lower taxes to proceed. Federal and provincial energy ministers plan to meet in Winnipeg next Thursday to discuss new investors.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Ottawa
Lougheed
Canada
Marc Lalonde
Merv Leitch
Winnipeg
Elusive seals and ice delay Gulf of St Lawrence hunt
Heavy ice and elusive seal herds halted the Gulf of St Lawrence seal hunt with officials warning a delay may push openings to several days. Vessels headed to the hunt have not arrived, and ice conditions must improve. Greenpeace plans include hovercraft as a protest tactic amid the coastal seal quota.
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Halifax
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Hovercraft display to aid Gulf of St Lawrence seal hunt
A protest story notes small hovercraft promised as secret weapon. Regulations bar non hunters within half nautical mile of the hunt. Cummings says craft from Vancouver will appear in Halifax, aboard Rainbow Warrior for the seal hunt voyage. Rainbow Warrior must pay a $400 Canada Customs fine before departure. A herd of about 15,000 seals was spotted Friday north of the Magdalen Islands.
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Halifax
Greenpeace
Bob Cummings
Greenpeace Canada
Cummings
Vancouver
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canada Customs
Magdalen Islands
Medical Hat doctor unhappy with City Post service
A Medicine Hat physician criticizes City Post for its handling of a meeting about community clinics. The doctor claims the arrangement failed to provide proper access to stakeholders and calls for improved communication and planning.
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City Post
Williams seeks case continuation as slayings probe narrows
Wayne Williams fears exoneration if authorities close cases on 27 slayings. His lawyer Alvin Binder says Williams hopes the investigation stays open to clear him. A jury convicted him of two murders in Cater and Payne, with parole review possible in seven years.
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Atlanta, Ga
Wayne Williams
Atlanta
Alvin Binder
Mississippi
Williams
Binder
Superior Court
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Clarence Cooper
Georgia
Cater
Payne
Special Force
Atlanta Journal
John Howard Porter
Porter
Lewis Slaton
Robbie Hamrick
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Squadron transfer worries Cold Lake
Alberta residents worry as federal plans move military personnel from CFB Cold Lake to Bagotville Quebec. Defence officials say CF 18 pilots will train at Cold Lake while Bagotville closes its CF 101 base and disbands its squadron over five years. Up to 150 families may relocate.
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Edmonton
Cold Lake
Alta
Bagotville
Que
Alberta
Intergovernmental Affairs
Dick Johnston
Imperial Oil Ltd
Grand Centre
Defence
Gilles Lamontagne
Quebec
Lamontagne
Blaikie accuses Mulroney at Quebec Conservative meet
At a Montreal Quebec Conservative gathering 600 delegates saw national president Blaikie charge Brian Mulroney with trying to seize party leadership. Mulroney denied disloyalty and called Blaikie’s claims McCarthyite while Clark urged unity and Mulroney’s potential candidacy for a future election.
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Montreal
Joe Clark
National Party
Peter Blaikie
Brian Mulroney
Mulroney
Blaikie
Quebec Conservative Association
Roc LaSalle
Quebec
Robert Brunet
Association
Clark
Brian
Marcel Danis
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Leonid Brezhnev
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Allan Coyle
Don McGillivray
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