Ben Johnson linked to steroid program before Seoul Olympics
Coach Charlie Francis testified at a federal inquiry that Johnson and other Canadian athletes were on a drug program from August 24 to September 2 prior to Johnson's Seoul 100 meters. He confirmed a steroid program existed but said he did not know Johnson used stanozolol.
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Toronto
Ben Johnson
Charlie Francis
Johnson
Seoul
Francis
Cesai Williams
Angella Issajenko
Mark McKay
Tracy Smith
International Olympic Committee
Poisons Found in Wapiti River Fish Near Grande Prairie
Federal documents show fish from the Wapiti River below a Grande Prairie pulp mill contain 2 3 7 8 TCDF furans at twice federal tolerance. Scientist urges residents downstream to avoid fish and test drinking water. study ranks Wapiti furans highest among 14 mills. Procter and Gamble mill spends 400 million to double capacity.
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Grande Prairie
Alta
Wapiti River
Calgary Herald
Wapiti
Joseph Cummins
University of Western Ontario
Quebec
Procter and Gamble
Partial solar eclipse seen similarly from Hatters and Calgary
Dave Conley of the Alberta Science Centre notes about 50.1 percent of the sun will be obscured in Medicine Hat and 50.5 percent in Calgary during the Tuesday eclipse. Observers are urged to view safely using No 14 arc welders glass or indirect projection methods at Sunridge Observatory starting 11 a.m.
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Medicine Hat
Conley
Planetarium
Erich Petke
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Alaska
Petrie
Petke
Ozone Expert Sees Long Decline With CFC Ban
U S scientist Sherry Rowland warns the ozone layer will worsen until century's end even if all CFCs are banned now. She notes buildup in the stratosphere causes chlorine release, ozone destruction, and potential climate effects. Kenya hosts a 120 nation ozone conference. Canada moves to ban CFC packaging by 1990.
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London
APCP
U.S
Sherry Rowland
Daniel Arap Moi
Kenya
Rowland
Canada
Alberta activists warn of political price over pension benefits
Alberta activists lobby for protection of disabled residents from losing federal pension income. Roberta Devaul, 58, says the province docks CPP disability payments from its own Assured Income program, totaling 464 monthly, if federal benefits raise total beyond 720. She plans court action and urges letters to Perrin Beatty. Grant Mitchell attended the meeting.
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Edmonton
Devaul
Alberta Social Services Department
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Alberta Social Services
Connie Osterman
Osterman
Radical Palestinian group threatens Rushdie in Syria
Ahmed Jibril leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command says his group will kill author Salman Rushdie and carry out Ayatollah Khomeini's death edict. The faction claims to oppose Yasser Arafat’s policies and bases about 1,000 fighters in Syria and Lebanon. A spokesman calls the statement a death sentence.
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Ap-Reuters-Cp
Syria
Salman Rushdie
Rushdie
Ahmed Jibril
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Khomeini
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Jibril
Lebanon
Principal Group investors protest slow government refunds
In Calgary a母ther warns her family could be homeless by May 1 if promised payments from the Principal Group collapse are not received. Protesters confront Premier Getty as they demand the remaining funds from a $70 million government payout and criticize delays while an inquiry into the subsidiaries winds down.
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Calgary
Darnell Sininger
Alberta
Don Getty
Baloney
Sininger
Getty
Randy Weeks
First Investors Corp
Associated Investors of Canada
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Michelle Weiss
Medicine Hat High
Licesean
Paul van Peenen
University of California At Irvine
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