Canada weighs Bill C-55 to shield magazine industry
Canadian lawmakers expect broad support for Bill C-55 in third reading while key parties split on passage amid US Canada talks to avert a trade war. Negotiators hailed a breakthrough but details remain vague as Ottawa hints at possible delay after royal assent.
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Australian woman to run euthanasia ad amid opposition
June Burns, 59, terminal bladder cancer patient and mother of four, will air a television ad in Australia arguing for the right to end her life. The spot, aired despite groups against euthanasia, rekindles debate after the 1997 overturn of the country’s only voluntary euthanasia law. Burns says morphine fails to relieve her pain.
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Australia
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Rescue leads rescuers to three men after plane goes down
Report says a Cessna 185 with a pilot and two divers crashed off Queen Charlotte Islands near Murchison Island in Juan Perez Sound. A flash from a camera guided rescuers to the three men who were awaiting rescue around 4 p.m. Friday after preparing to return from South Moresby Island where navigating buoys were being checked.
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Soldier injured in fall near Weinerville
Private Donald Lowden, a Royal Logistical Corps chef, fell at least 30 metres from a cliff near Weinerville early Saturday. He was rescued unconscious but breathing and transported to hospital. his condition remains private under privacy laws. Redcliff RCMP continue the investigation.
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Weinerville
England
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Redcliff Rcmp
Y2K fears fade as tests show little disruption
Canadian reports argue the Y2K bug is largely hyped with tests by Ontario Hydro and early travel bookings showing no glitches. Analysts note minor errors like tax lists and traffic fines misdated by a century, but no major disasters expected in 2000.
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Canada
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Ministry of the Attorney General
Yeltsin impeachment moves through Russian parliament
Russia's Duma plans to set a date to vote on a five count indictment charging President Boris Yeltsin with high treason and crimes against the people. The proceedings come amid a volatile political climate as health and support for Yeltsin wane and uneven paths to impeachment are outlined.
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Youth facing murder charge in Ornoway shooting
RCMP treat the death of 11 year old Tyler Onstine as homicide after a Saturday shooting at a birthday party near Ornoway Alberta. A 13 year old has been charged with second degree murder. investigation continues with multiple youths present.
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CMP
Tyler
Onstine
Ornoway
Edmonton
RCMP
Stony Plain
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