Immigrant workers on CPR railway project in 1888
May 23 1888 report notes six immigrants sheltered at sheds to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Other entries cover CPR hobos arrested in Medicine Hat, 14 day jail barracks sentences, and later items list Copernicus death, Victoria's birth, Bob Dylan birth and career milestones, Ottawa dairy farmers protest, and Walkerton water outbreak events in 2000.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
Medicine Hat
Canada
Ontario
Walkerton
Thousands brave rain for Queen in Alberta birthday bash
In Edmonton heavy rain and gusty winds forced organizers to shorten a Commonwealth Stadium celebration for Alberta’s 100th birthday. Dance displays were cancelled as the stage could not stay dry and plastic covered chairs near the field’s center to protect the Queen and Prince Philip.
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Edmonton
Queen Elizabeth
Alberta
Commonwealth Stadium
Prince Philip
Revolver Auction Sells War Remembrance to Ottawa Museum
Hamilton man Scott Renwick owned the revolver tied to Canada’s only political assassination, the 1868 killing of Thomas D Arcy McGee. Private collectors pursued the artifact but Ottawa's Museum of Civilization won the bid at 105000 dollars, with Renwick hoping for a Canadian museum owner.
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Hamilton
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Scott Renwick
Canada
United States
Ireland
Renwick
Museum of Civilization
Ottawa
Ten-year-old in hospital burned in attack by youths
A 10-year-old boy, Kasey Richard, is recovering from second degree burns after being chased and set on fire with lighter fluid by three youths. He fears going home. His parents say he may be released soon. Police charged a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy with aggravated assault and uttering threats.
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Winnipeg
Kasey Richard
Children’s Hospital
Kasey
Pearl Thompson
John Richard
Sask. woman found dead on highway near Quinton
The Canadian Press reports RCMP say a 34 year old La Ronge woman was found on Highway 15 near Quinton and Raymore after 5 a.m. Saturday. Investigators treat the death as suspicious and possible vehicle strike. name withheld pending relatives’ notice.
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Quinton
Sask
Punnichy Rcmp
la Ronge
Highway 15
Highway 6
Raymore
RCMP
Heather Russell
Cory Dryden’s Low Rider bike at Show and Shine event
Cory Dryden poses with his custom Low Rider bicycle built from a 1978 Norco adult tricycle frame during Saturday’s Show and Shine outside The Brick. The chrome photo captures the unique display as crowds view the inventive creation.
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Cory Dryden
Dryden
Norco
Canadian plane briefly interrupts U.S. Senate session
A Canadian-registered private Cessna briefly breached Washington restricted airspace during a Senate session, prompting interception by military jets and a precautionary landing in Gaithersburg Maryland. No evacuations were ordered.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
White House
Capitol
Gaithersburg
Transportation Security Administration
Three Dead From Organ Transplants Case Records
An organ donor exposed to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus transmitted LCMV to four transplant recipients, three fatally. The deceased were a Massachusetts liver and double-lung recipient and a Rhode Island kidney recipient, dying in late April and early May.
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Providence
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Queen Victoria
Kensington Palace
London
Bob Dylan
Robert Allan Zimmerman
Duluth
Minnesota
Dylan Thomas
Dylan
Woody Guthrie
Columbia Records
John Hammond
Parliament
Terepa
Mary
Pire
Inedicine
Hal News
Musem
the Canadian Press
Norm Lebus
Cyress Hills Interprovincial
The
Associated Press
Sun Country
Nissan
Gershaw
Suncountrynissan
Gee Ueda
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