Zoo bans perfume to calm animals at Basildon park
Yolande Surcouf, owner of a Basildon zoo northeast of London, says lions leopards lynxes and some primates become embarrassingly lascivious when exposed to strong scents. She cites civet and deer musk as similar to natural signals and notes staff must not wear strong perfume or aftershave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basildon
England
Reuter
Yolande Surcouf
London
Independent
Surcouf
Soldiers Testify They Fired at Mosque Door in Hebron Attack
Two soldiers contradicted officers at an Israeli inquiry saying they aimed at a mosque doorway during the Hebron massacre chaos on February 25. They claimed their shots were to stop an attack, while the army says no Palestinians were hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Hebron
Kobi Yosef
Niv Drori
Drori
Premier Ralph Klein greeted by back doors protest in Medicine Hat
Protesters outside the Medicine Hat Lodge urged Premier Klein to halt education and health cuts as about 40 demonstrators clashed with a 400-strong Tory fundraising dinner inside. Klein defended deficit elimination and argued most Albertans support his plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Klein
Medicine Hat
Sheila Reed
Klein
Icine Hat Lodge
Garth Grimm
Canada
Alberta
Ori
Vince
Calvin Wilson
Student Association
Robert Miskiw
Asia
Lodge
Party
Jack Sneddon
Stan Krause
Jenner
Krause
Cabinet split over saving West Edmonton Mall loans
Treasurer Jim Dinning rejects government intervention to back West Edmonton Mall with a new lender in a $300 million refinancing. Minister Ken Kowalski argues the mall is vital for tourism and should have the government's facilitator role in negotiations with First Boston. The dispute follows a Feb 4 letter from Nader Ghermezian citing a receiver and frozen cash flow under Gentra Inc. and other lenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton Journal
Jim Dinning
West Edmonton Mall
Ken Kowalski
Dinning
Kowalski
Alberta
West Edmonton
Rocky Mountains
North America
South America
Triple 5
First Boston
New York
Ralph Klein
Triple Five
Nader Ghermezian
Ghermezian
Gentra Inc
Royal Trustco
TV fight over Married With Children leaves two badly injured in Toronto
Police said a Wednesday dispute during a TV viewing led to severe injuries. A 20 year old woman suffered chest back and leg wounds and an almost severed arm after a stabbing and hacking attack. her partner sustained a groin slash and a broken arm. Both were treated, she in critical condition at Sunnybrook Hospital after seven hours of surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Pat Tallon
Katey Sagal
Peg Bundy
Fox Network
Tallon
Sunnybrook Hospital
Moody's questions Alberta budget and possible tax hikes
Moody's notes Alberta's deficit targets for 1996-97 but warns that continued spending cuts could lead to tax increases to balance the budget. The firm says tax hikes might precede deficit elimination if expenditure reductions falter, despite Alberta’s plan and Dinning's opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary Herald
Edmonton
New York
Alberta
Moody’s
Jim Dinning
Bill Streeter
Prosecutor asks 15 years in prison for Belet Huen beating case
Lt Col Peter Tinsley urged a court martial to sentence Pte Elvin Kyle Brown to at least 15 years for manslaughter and torture in the Shidane Abukar Arone death in Somalia. He asked that five officers convict Brown dismiss him with disgrace and warned of a 40 year message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Bindin
Southam News
CFB
Petawawa
Ont
Elvin Kyle Brown
Peter Tinsley
Brown
Tinsley
Canadian Airborne
Shidane Abukar Arone
Belet Huen
Somalia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zoo
Tuscaloosa
Ala
U.S
U. S
Sam Pointer
Pointer
Dow Corning Corp
United States
Midland
Mich
Barbara Carmichael
Ann Landers
City News
Doonesbury
Medicine Hat Lodge
Peter Mah
Premier
Sagal
Streeter
Moody's
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!