Lioness at Calabash church excites wary member
Barbara Meares fled from a lioness named Shara at Beulah Baptist church after forgetting her key. Officers arrived as the 113 kilogram animal roamed, yet Shara calmly interacted with people, rolling over for pets while socializing with attendees. The big cat had escaped from Dave Holm's nearby stable.
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Calabash
N.C
Barbara Meares
Beulah Baptist Church
Shara
Meares
Dave Holm
Holm
Tories use closure to rush bills amid election push
The government employs closure nine times in five days, a record for British Columbia in 123 years. New Democrat Derek Fox says it attacks democracy as Ken Kowalski defends limiting debate on the Pension Plan Amendment Act and the Deficit Elimination Act, with the pension bill now cleared to become law.
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British Columbia
Derek Fox
Peter Lougheed
Don Getty
Ken Kowalski
Kowalski cited for contempt in Alberta legislature
Deputy premier Ken Kowalski was found in contempt for sharing 1993-94 budget details with Conservative MLAs. Speaker David Carter ruled the premature release breached process, Kowalski apologized, insisting the information was publicly accessible and did not intend impropriety.
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Ken Kowalski
Alberta
David Carter
Kowalski
Barrhead
Klein backs health care user fees amid deficit pressure
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein urged possible health care user fees to curb costs as he faces a looming election. He cited hospital admin cost cuts and questioned Canada Health Act constraints while promising to pursue affordable reforms.
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Calgary
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Klein
Benoit Bouchard
Benott Bouchard Warne
Ottawa
Tory leadership race stirred by fee fears and fiscal clashes
Health Minister Benoit Bouchard warns against user fees for medicare as Kim Campbell and Jean Charest weigh medical charges. Endorsements and fundraising notes mix with a ousted candidate Long’s money woes and a Vancouver leadership debate featuring Campbell, Charest, Edwards, Long, Boyer and Turner.
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Benoit Bouchard
Bouchard
Kim Campbell
Jean Charest
Charest
Otto Jelinek
Environment
Jelinek
Alberta
Jim Edwards
John Long
Guelph
Ont
Long
Harry P. Snorkus
Campbell
Bill Clinton
Edwards
Ontario
Patrick Boyer
Garth Turner
Vancouver
Racism charged after Buffalo dorm incident
Eden Jacobowitz, an 18 year old from Lawrence New York, faces University of Pennsylvania charges of racial harassment after shouting water buffalo at noisy black students outside his dorm. A Friday meeting, led by faculty adviser Professor Alan Kors, will seek to throw out the case.
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Philadelphia
Eden Jacobowitz
Lawrence
N.Y
University of Pennsylvania
Jacobowitz
Butt
Robin Read
Africa
Asia
Alan Charles Kors
Lottery winner aids in ill man in New Brunswick
Hamilton lottery winner Harry Wagner donated ten dollars to buy a costly device for Richard Masse a 54 year old man with Lou Gehrig's disease. Masse who worked at the Atlantic Institution in Renouf New Brunswick faced paralysis and needed the equipment to communicate as his wife and he thanked the donor and questioned federal support.
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Richard
Celine Masee
Blackville
N.B
Lou Gehrig
Blackville, N.B
Hamilton
New Brunswick
Harry Wagner
Masse
Ioon Masse
Wagner
Celine Masse
Ine
Atlantic Institution
Renouf
Hopeful signs as mediator presses Oilers lease talks
Edmonton mediator Rick LeLacheur voiced open minds and optimism before final talks to keep the NHL Oilers in the city. Oilers owner Peter Pocklington set a Friday midnight deadline for a better Northlands Coliseum lease, warning of a move likely to Hamilton without a long term solution.
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Edmonton
Rick LeLacheur
NHL
Oilers
LeLacheur
Peter Pocklington
Northlands Coliseum
Pocklington
Hamilton
Edmonton Northlands
National Hockey Line
North America
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