Vancouver tops Canada in UFO reports, BC leads year
The 1990 Canadian UFO Survey shows British Columbia accounting for 114 of 232 reported unidentified flying objects, about 49 percent. Mike Strainic of the Mutual UFO Network notes a public-awareness drive may skew results and argues the data do not prove craziness. Quebec reported 36 sightings.
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Vancouver
Canada
Mike Strainic
B.C
Mutual Ufo Network
Strainic
Quebec
Bush Returns to White House After Stabilization Efforts
President George Bush, 66, was brought back to the White House after Bethesda doctors stabilized his heartbeat with medication. He remained under monitoring as officials weighed possible anesthesia, while Vice President Dan Quayle's role was temporarily in question. In Croatia, Yugoslav troops and tanks entered the Vukovar area amid civil tensions, with 17 killed last week and fears of broader conflict as clashes and violence continued.
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Washington
U.S
George Bush
White House
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bush
Camp David
Dan Quayle
Quayle
Belgrade
Reuter
Vukovar
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Tanjug
Danube
Serbia
Borovo Selo
Osijek
Krajina
Charter of Rights tossed into constitutional washtub
Paragraph notes an aggressive critique of the Charter of Rights and calls for a constitutional overhaul. The column, listed on page B3 by Landolt, frames the issue as a cleansing act on legal protections.
Calgary alderman backs city red-light district stance
Calgary Alderman Bev Longstaff urged a city regulated red-light district after touring the prostitute row and seeing girls as young as eleven. Mayor Duerr and Police Chief Borbridge signaled cautious openness while Pastor Allan Dunbar opposed the idea, and Alderman Schmal dismissed legalization.
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Calgary
Ald
Bev Longstaff
Longstaff
Ottawa
Allan Dunbar
Cambrian Heights Church of Christ
Amsterdam
Canada
al Duerr
Gerry Borbridge
Duerr
Bev
Borbridge
John Schmal
Police Commission
Schmal
Typhoon Devastation in Bangladesh Exacts Heavy Toll
Storm-ravaged lowlands face rising death toll with official counts over 125000 and Red Crescent warning of 200000. Relief efforts stalled by storms and floods as hunger looms, looting reported, and aid drops meet disaster scenes.
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Dhaka
Bangladesh
Mohammad Musa
Care International
The
Red Crescent
Red Cross
John Mohrbacher
CARE
New York
Sangbad
Faujdarhat
Alberta government loans fail amid political meddling says economist
University of Calgary economist Robert Mansell warns that government backed firms across Alberta show risks of mixing politics with business. He notes 30 government backed ventures facing collapse, with 1.3 billion tied up and job losses from NovAtel and Magnesium Canada plus other sectors blaming public policy for losses and layoffs.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Robert Mansell
University of Calgary
NovAtel
Lethbridge
Calgary
High River
Magnesium Canada
Busi
Mansel
Canada Packers
Gainers Inc
Violence shakes Johannesburg townships as Inkatha threatens force
At least 52 black residents are killed in township violence as Inkatha vows to mobilize up to 250000 fighters to crush the ANC and crime. Mandela's ANC forms paramilitary units amid feuding that has claimed 1500 lives since August and pressures de Klerk to act by Thursday.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Inkatha
ANC
IFP
Musa Myeni
Nelson Mandela
For Blacks
U S troops push deeper into Dohuk as Kurdish refugees eyed home
U S army units patrol near Dohuk in their deepest advance from the Turkish border as plans to move up to 200000 Kurdish refugees home take shape. The 325th Airborne arrival and talk of a coalition occupation signal a widening secure zone for refugee return while Iraqi soldiers head outward with looted goods.
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Dohuk
Iraq
325Th Airborne
Dohukis
U.S
Contaminated diesel fuels sickened Alberta motorists
In Hinton Alberta more than a hundred drivers fell ill after diesel fuel at a Husky station was found tainted with de-icers. Investigations stalled as tanks were removed and the source remains unclear with motorists seeking accountability and court actions.
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Hinton
Alta
Alberta
Leon Resek
IGA
Husky
Highway 16
Edmonton
Wayne Worthing
Worthing
Oil Company
Alberta Environment
Environment Canada
Alberta Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Environment
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Landolt
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AG City News
Don McGillivray Doonesbury
Pete Massey
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Calgarian
Shawn Smith
Box Springs
Smith
Chuck Nisbett
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