Canada earns silver at world hockey championship
Canada finished with silver, its best since 1985, after beating Czechoslovakia 4-3 in the final game. Scott Stevens scored the winner on the power play as Mark Messier Dave Babych and Steve Yzerman also tallied. the Soviet Union won the gold by defeating Canada earlier in the tournament.
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Stockholm
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Scott Stevens
Washington Capitals
Stevens
Mark Messier
Dave Babych
Steve Yzerman
Sweden
Doctor’s Testimony Links Steroids to Animal Use in 1985
In Toronto, a federal inquiry heard that Ben Johnson’s physician bought large quantities of steroids for animals starting in 1985. Joseph Kiefer, Sterling Drug Ltd. director, testified Dr Jamie Astaphan began purchasing stanozolol tablets in June 1985 for veterinary use and not human therapy.
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Toronto
Ben Johnson
Joseph Kiefer
Sterling Drug Ltd
North America
Jamie Astaphan
NATO rift widens over short range nuclear weapons
West Germany's Helmut Kohl and Britain's Margaret Thatcher clash on early talks for cutting short range nuclear weapons. Kohl backs prompt U S Soviet negotiations and a Brussels summit implies unity, while Thatcher resists eliminating these weapons and calls for alliance consensus.
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Deidesheim
West Germany
Helmut Kohl
Margaret Thatcher
NATO
West
Ern Alliance
Kohl
Thatcher
Brussels
U S
George Bush
Rhine
Mannheim
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Land board resignations spark Alberta uproar
Alberta MLAs demand explanation after chair Lionel Wood and member Clarence Rusnell resign over hearings problems in Medicine Hat. Hearings on compensation for Sunderland's Hat Development Ltd. for expropriated land tied to the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Alberta
Land Compensation Board
Medicine Hat
Lionel Wood
Don Getty
Calgary
Edmonton
Wood
Clarence Rusnell
Sheldon Chumb
Ruswell
Getty
Tom Sunderland
Hat Development Ltd
Dunmore Road
S.E. Sawyer
Jim Prentice
Medicine Hat News
Rusnell
Sunderland
Gunman in Whitley Bay goes on 15 minute shooting spree
A 22 year old man from Whitley Bay opened fire in Monkseaton and nearby areas injuring 14 and killing one. He fled to a pub where an officer in an unmarked car arrested him. Police gave no motive. Six wounded were admitted to hospital.
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Whitley Bay
England
Monkseaton
North Tyneside Hospital
Michael Scargill
Explosion wrecks Elkwater cabin destroys neighbor homes
Paul Strickland reports a blast at the Smythes Elkwater cabin Saturday night. Fate spared the couple who were at a Medicine Hat banquet as crews battled fires, with damage estimated near $70,000 to the cottage and a 1966 Chevrolet truck destroyed. Fire investigators from Lethbridge planned to investigate today.
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Paul Strickland
Norm Smythe
Margie
Elkwater
Ladies of the Shrine Club
Medicine Hat
Orv Kope
Smythe
Kope
Ernie Kline
Elkwater Fire Department
Larry Weiss
Weiss
Lethbridge
Kline
Portage la Prairie protests base closure rally
More than 700 residents packed Ecole Prince Charles gym to oppose Ottawa’s plan to close CFB Portage la Prairie. Local politicians condemned the move, arguing it devastates a city of 13 000 and costs 600 million over 15 years. Conservative MP Felix Holtman vowed to press for proof the closure is economically sound.
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Portage LA Prairie
Man
Manitoba
Ottawa
Canadian Forces
Winnipeg
Felix Holtman
Holtman
Finance
Michael Wilson
Canada
Defence
Bill McKnight
Ecole Prince Charles
Cfb Portage la Prairie
Gary Filmon
Sharon Carstairs
NDP
Cally
Barry Watson
Meech Lake
Que
Connery
Portage
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Antananarivo
Madagascar
Holy Father
Indian Ocean
Rostad
Ken Rostad
New Democrat
Mountain View
Bob Hawkesworth
Hawkesworth
Brian O’ferrall
Bennett Jones
O’ferrall
Prentice
Ken Heads
Northumbria Ambulance Service
SPREE
Fate
Cypress
Cypress Hills
Wes Mickey
Mickey
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