Swift Current floodwaters receding as ice clears
Saskatchewan officials report water levels dropping after ice jams break downstream. About 12 houses remain flooded, down from 60, while Medicine Hat shoulders lower risk as crews monitor creeks and flood zones. Environmental forecasters cite chinook winds and mountain snowmelt shaping the relief.
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Alex Banga
Saskatchewan Water Corporation
Ponteix
Banga
Hat
Larry Godin
Saskatchewan Hid Financial Crisis To Avoid Bank Run
In 1993 Saskatchewan faced near bankruptcy as deficits grew and bond ratings flagged. Finance Minister Janice MacKinnon said Ottawa, under Brian Mulroney, provided a 45 million dollar emergency aid package after warning Ottawa in January. Premier Roy Romanow later credited quiet federal help with lifting the province from crisis.
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Regina
Janice MacKinnon
Brian Mulroney
Ottawa
MacKinnon
NDP
Roy Romanow
Mulroney
New Democratic Party
Saskatchewan
Don Mazankowski
New Jersey offers Passaic River bridge for sale
Newark AP reports the New Jersey Department of Transportation seeks to sell a 35 metre drawbridge built 76 years ago over the Passaic River before tearing it down for a modern Rutgers Avenue Bridge. Fifteen civic groups and Delaware declined. residents question its value and future use.
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Newark
N.J
Pssst
New Jersey Department of Transportation
Rutgers Avenue
Passaic River
Delaware
Isabel Wittlinger
Bre-X Eyes Lawsuits Over Busang Gold Reports
Bre-X Minerals Ltd says it may sue parties and publications to counter reports casting doubt on its Busang deposit in Indonesia. Shares fell after Jakarta's Mines and Energy Minister hinted a check into a claim the site holds far less gold than previously thought. In Canada, Bre-X holders, especially in St Paul, worry about the company's fate as local investors monitor the situation.
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Jakarta
Busang
Indonesia
Bre-X Minerals, Ltd
Bre-X
Mines and Energy
I.B. Sudjana
Canada
St. Paul
Victor Mailloux
Red Cross fires Lindores as secretary general
Lindores, longtime head of the Red Cross Society of Canada, is terminated after four years. He says the board decided to end his contract because he is not the person to lead the organization in its new direction, and he suggests the firing was not voluntary. He notes his displeasure at not completing the job, while reflecting on his role during the tainted-blood scandal.
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Ottawa de Lindores
Red Cross Society of Canada
Lindores
The
Red Cross
Board of Governors
the Red Cross Society
Lin
Dores
Five cultists die in Quebec house fire linked to doomsday group
In St Casimir Quebec five adult Order of the Solar Temple members perished in a two storey house fire. Police say two youths aged 13 and 16 found dazed in a workshop had taken medication and may have chosen not to join the ritual deaths.
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St-Casimir
Que
Order of the Solar Temple
St- Casimir
Quebec City
Mathias Tellier
Quebec
Tellier
Switzerland
France
Didier Queze
Chantal Goupillot
Bruno Klaus
Pauline Rioux
Goupillot
Suzanne Druan
Oscars poised for spread as English Patient leads bid
The English Patient tops nominations with twelve and may win best picture though a sweep is unlikely. Sling Blade, Shine, and Fargo vie for glory with acting and writing honors potentially split, as Geoffrey Rush headlines best actor and Diane Keaton stands out among best actress hopefuls. The ceremony airs tonight at 7 on channels 4 and 13.
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Los Angeles
Shine
Fargo
Shrine Auditorium
Billy Bob Thornton
Sling Blade
Anthony Minghella
Writers Guild of America
Toronto
Michael Ondaatje
Thornton
Geoffrey Rush
Screen Actors Guild
Diane Keaton
Marvin
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Dina O’meara
Medicine Hat News
South
Tom Tang
Alberta Environment Water Survey
Medicine Hat
Tang
Dave Noble
Swift Current
Canadian Press
Ann
Ann Landers
Associated Press and Canadian Press
Frank Webber Snoopy
Kalan Porter
Medicine Hat College Theatre
Dennis Bueckert
Solar Temple
Yvon Naud
Associat
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