U K Sinn Fein and British Officials Hold Constructive NI Talks
Sinn Fein negotiator Martin McGuinness met civil servants in Belfast for the first time since the IRA bomb in east London in 1996 ended a 17 month ceasefire. Mo Mowlam said discussions were constructive and stressed an unequivocal restoration of the ceasefire.
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IRA
Northern Ireland
Martin McGuinness
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
London
Britain
Mo Mowlem
Labor
Death tapes legal in Alberta despite bans in BC and Ontario
The Faces of Death videos, banned in British Columbia and Ontario for brutal content, are reportedly available in Alberta where officials say they do not ban materials. Police may review complaints to check for obscenity or illegal content. The material originates from underground U.S. films now sold in Canada.
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Edmonton
British Columbia
Ontario
Alberta
Gordon Turtle
Community Development Department
Turtle
U.S
Canada
Jim Fotheringham
Fotheringham
Teens press for skateboard facility in Medicine Hat
About 20 skaters led by Brandon Reinhardt marched to Mayor Ted Grimm’s office after being expelled from Riverside Park. Grimm met with them for 30 minutes, promising private talks and possible solutions. The group seeks a public skate facility. council-approved plans for a new $17 million complex did not yet include one.
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Medicine
Grimm
Reinhardt
South Railway Street
Pat Flinn
Medicine Hat
Flinn
Allan Arkell
Jeff McArthur
Peter Mah
Brandon Reinhardt
Riverside Park
Ted Grimm
Hatters rally to aid boy with dialysis and Down syndrome
A community group Dollars for Dillon organized by Dillon’s teacher Judy Cruickshank raises funds after the 13-year-old Dillon Guckert faced kidney failure. Events include hot dog sales at Crescent Heights IDA and Southview Mall IGA, a June 7 festival, and Dilly's Day on June 14 at Georges P. Vanier school to fund a trust for Dillon.
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Medicine Hat Ee
Helen Guckert
Dillon
Dollars
Guckerts
Judy Cruickshank
Crescent Heights Ida
Cruickshank
Southview Mall
Kingsway Avenue
Georges P. Vanier School
Dilly
Gun bill debate shifts focus in Manitoba campaign
In Winnipeg and Manitoba stops, Liberal attacks aim to steer the campaign away from national unity toward Bill C-68 gun controls. Michael Charest criticizes the registry as ineffective, while Reform and Tories defend penalties but call the registry a waste. NDP leader Alexa McDonough endorses a comprehensive review with stronger controls.
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Ottawa
National Unity
Justice
Allan Rock
Jean Charest
Preston Manning
Charest
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Reform
Tories
NDP
Alexa McDonough
Toronto
Prairie Farmers
McDonough
Snowstorms Crush Alberta Cities and Downtime Mounts
A spring blizzard battered Edmonton and Calgary with heavy wet snow. Twenty five thousand Edmonton homes and ten thousand nearby lost power. The Golfdome roof collapsed under 50 tonnes of snow. Calgary saw 15 to 25 cm of snowfall with over three thousand outages and major traffic disruptions. Cleanup could cost millions and take weeks.
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Edmonton
South Side
Golfdome
Calgary
Welfare drug fraud prompt asks CPSA help
Alberta Social Services Minister Lyle Oberg asked the College of Physicians and Surgeons to help track welfare recipients who obtain free drugs and sell them. He cited CBC reports of widespread prescriptions for Tylenol 3 and Valium with four million Tylenol 3 tablets dispensed to 38,000 recipients last year and a case where one patient saw 32 doctors in three months to obtain thousands of painkillers and sleeping pills.
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Edmonton
Alberta
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Social Services
Lyle Oberg
CBC Radio
Oberg
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