DesHarnais Earns Third Canadian Senior Curling Victory
Doreen DesHarnais completed her Canadian senior women's curling championship round robin with a 7-4 win over Newfoundland in Yorkton. Her Medicine Hat rink of lead Jean Riggins second Kay Pahl and Fern Muirhead finished 7-3 to place third, after Friday losses to Saskatchewan and Ontario eliminated gold hopes.
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Medicine Hat
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Kay Pahl
Fern Muirhead
Des Harnais
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Conference clash at Ottawa economic conference rages over deficit cuts
At the national economic conference in Ottawa, government agents face labor and business groups arguing over deficit reduction. Finance Minister Michael Wilson pushes restraint as Labor calls for job creation, lower rates, and stronger protections. Ministers warn deficits may rise despite cuts.
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Ottawa
Michael Wilson
Wilson
U.S
United States
Rowland Frazee
Royal Bank of Canada
Business Council On
French embassy staff abducted in Beirut by Islamic Holy War
Three French citizens Marcel Fontaine Marcel Carton and Daniela Perez are reported abducted in Beirut by the Islamic Holy War group in retaliation for France's stance on Iraq and arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Anonymous callers linked the disappearances to colonialism and alleged Fontaine passed information to the U.S. The fate of the trio remains unknown.
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Beirut
Lebanon
France
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Marcel Fontaine
Fontaine
Marcel Carton
Danielle Perez
Islamic Holy War
United States
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Terry Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
Geoffrey Nash
Brian Levick
Anderson
Levick
Nash
Nicolas Kluiters
Bekaa Valley
West Beirut
U.S
William Buckley
Benjamin Weir
American University of Beirut
Peter Kilburn
Lawrence Jenco
Jenco
Joliet, Ill
Calgary mailman fights $250,000 legal nightmare
Gordon Vance, a Calgary mailman, faced multiple lawsuits claiming he owed $86,520 to the Royal Bank and $32,000 to G Janssen Homes Ltd over mortgages for property he says he never defaulted on. A Christian Fellowship pastor and his lawyer obtained declarations denying any signings beyond his duplex mortgage.
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Calgary
Gordon Vance
Vance
Royal Bank
Norman Worth
Christian Fellowship
Worth
G. Janssen Homes Ltd
City Electric System
Canadian Western Natural Gas
Larry Litwiniuk
Levesque denounces report on PQ cabinet resignations
Premier Rene Levesque reacted angrily to a Le Devoir story claiming up to 12 PQ ministers and back benchers may not run in the upcoming election. He called the report completely crazy and said ministers consider stepping down only after nine years in power.
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Rene Levesque
Parti Quebecois
le Devoir
Levesque
Quebec National Assembly
Liberals
Gilles Lesage
Lesage
New York
Hydro-Quebec
Justice
Pierre Marc Johnson
Johnson
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