Man crafts four metre maple leaf flag from Coke cans
Proud Pinawa resident Mike Ross builds a four metre maple leaf flag from 2000 Coke cans for Canada 125 celebrations in Pinawa. He stacked cans while recycling and plans to display it locally before hoping it travels to Ottawa or Winnipeg. He does not drink Coke or Pepsi, preferring Canada Dry.
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Pinawa
Man
Mike Ross
Winnipeg
National Art Gallery
Ottawa
Ross
Ozone warnings spark Canadian public concern
A Southam News survey by Angus Reid Group finds most Canadians taking ozone depletion warnings seriously. After Environment Minister Jean Charest cited alarming depletion, over 75 percent say the issue is as serious as portrayed and plan extra sun precautions this summer, with 71 percent of women and 57 percent of men changing habits.
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Ottawa
Southam
Angus Reid Group
Environment
Jean Charest
Smith gets death in 1982 Brown ing murders
Canadian Ronald Allen Smith was sentenced to death for the 1982 killings of Thomas Running Rabbit Jr. and Harvey Madman Jr. in Montana. The May 1 execution was imposed after Judge Douglas Harkin found no mitigating factors. Smith had previous death sentences overturned on appeal.
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Kalispell
Mont
Ronald Allen Smith
Browning
Douglas Harkin
Smith
Red Deer
Alta
Thomas Running Rabbit Jr
Harvey Madman Jr
Flathead County
Ted Lympus
Hashish Overload Confuses Dogs in Containers
In a line from Fagan on page A13, officials describe containers filled with hashish so copious that trained dogs became confused during the inspection. This detail underscores the scale of the seized contraband and the difficulties faced by detection teams.
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Fagan
Rae leads input driven constitutional talks with natives and provinces
Ontario Premier Bob Rae steered a new consultative process involving aboriginal leaders and federal and provincial governments. The plan delays the April tabling of proposals to May and sets regular meetings over 12 weeks with native leaders as full participants, aiming to show a Canadian offer while seeking progress on Senate reform and distinct society.
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Ottawa
Southam
Ontario
Bob Rae
Rae
Meech Lake
Joe Clark
Clark
Quebec
Canada
Ron George
Native Council of Canada
Senate
Distinct Society
Keegstra trial details Jewish conspiracy in notes
Testimony at Jim Keegstra’s trial reveals student notes praising a Jewish conspiracy theory linking Jewish influence to Canadian and American politics. Roth testified he handed out the essay with a 90 percent mark while her own report scored 40 percent.
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Red Deer
Alta
Jim Keegstra
Keegstra
Trudy Roth
Roth
Court of Queen's Bench
U.S
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
South
London
Paris
Booth
Rockefeller
Alberta Eyes Permanent video slots scheme critics warn
CALGARY CP The plan to install more than 8 600 video lottery terminals in bars follows a nine month trial that drew fierce criticism from opponents who say the move will hurt the poor and middle class and turn Alberta into Las Vegas north while Kowalski defends it as popular with players and notes over 10 million wagered on 170 machines. Liberal Percy Wickman calls for public polling before expanding gambling.
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Calgary
Alberta
Las Vegas
Ken Kowalski
Carl de Line
Kowalski
Nepoose seeks federal inquiry into 1987 murder conviction
The Nepoose family presses for a federal probe after the Alberta Court of Appeal freed Wilson Nepoose and ordered a new trial for the Cree man in the Marie Rose Desjarlais case. Alberta's attorney general rules out a provincial inquiry as supporters consider appealing to Kim Campbell for relief.
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Ottawa
Wilson Nepoose
Alberta Court of Appeal
Nepoose
Alberta
Ken Rostad
Kim Campbell
Debbie Nepoose
Wilson
Marie Rose Desjarlais
Campbell
RCMP
Violence escalates as South Africa nears referendum
Twenty three blacks die in factional violence as bombs hit two governing party offices ahead of the referendum. Nelson Mandela warns that a right wing victory could trigger civil war and a new international boycott, while de Klerk denies government involvement. Eighteen die in Umlazi clashes near Durban, with many victims women and children.
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Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
Mandela
African National Congress
F. W. de Klerk
de Klerk
Human Rights Commission
Umlazi
Durban
Independent South African Press Association
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Ann Landers
Bridge City News
Dale Oviatt
Don McGillivray
Doonesbury
Hero International
West
Jeff Hamm
Parkland Fire Department
Edmonton
Pierre Trudeau
Rene Levesque
New York
Hollywood
One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Company
Arthur Lutz
Iisa
James Keegstra
Justice Lutz
Percy Wickman
Wickman
Nepooses
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