No Hope Declared For Belmoral Miners Trapped Eleven Days
Officials told families of eight men trapped since May 20 in the Belmoral gold mine there is little chance of survivors. Rescue efforts focus on a 60 metre underground area as pumping and drilling continue amid equipment failures and slime. Authorities investigated safety as unions pressed for a public inquiry, noting prior inspections.
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Val D'Or
Que
Belmoral
Marie-Renee Godbout
Mare Godbout
Miss Godbout
Marc
Claude Gagnon
Quebec
Lavigne
Yves Berube
R. Clive Brown
Frank
Calgary
Berube
Justice Department
CP workers return with crash bodies
CP Rail crews from Newfoundland fly home with 11 colleagues killed in a bus crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Swift Current Saskatchewan. The accident left 22 CP workers dead, with premiers calling for mourning as coroner inquests continue.
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Regina
CP Rail
Newfoundland
Webb
Sask
Saskatchewan
Swift Current
Manitoba
Ontario
Nova Scotia
St. John’s
Winnipeg
Stewart McMillan
Swift Current Union Hospital
Plains Health Centre
Saskatoon
University Hospital
Gull Lake Union Hospital
Bob Shaw
Calgary
William Croft
Alf Booker
Hamilton
Vancouver
McMillan
RCMP
Moose Jaw
Earl Olson
Prairies
Olson
Burin
Rushoon
Terrenceville
Hugh Farrell
Burin Peninsula
Lava reappears at Mount St. Helens may trigger blasts
Lava on the crater floor signals the start of a lava dome stage at Mount St. Helens. Scientists warn dome growth could raise lateral explosion risk while ash falls lessen. death toll stands at 22 with 53 missing. Observers report glowing lava spots visible in the crater.
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Vancouver
Wash
Mount St. Helens
Tim Hall
U.S. Geological Survey
Hall
Mount
St. Helens
Unknown Khomeini relative eyed as Iran prime minister candidate
A relative of Ayatollah Khomeini has been proposed as prime minister by Beheshti, a leading IRP figure, but Revolutionary Council sources doubt Kalantari's chances. Kalantari, 32, is allied to Khomeini's wife's family and recently named roads and transport minister after a career as a construction contractor.
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Bob Douglas
Tehran
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Ayatollah Moham
Beheshti
Iran
Revolutionary Council
Moussa Kalantari
Islamic Republican Party
Bamdad Today
Kalantari
Justice Ministry
Khomeini
Azerbaijan
Khuzestan
PCs would favor postal strike over Liberal contract deal
Former PC treasury chief Sinclair Stevens said the Conservatives would have risked a postal strike rather than approve the Liberal negotiated contract with the 23,000 member Canadian Union of Postal Workers. He estimated Liberal costs at least 36 million, higher than the 26.1 million Conservatives planned.
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Ottawa
Sinclair Stevens
Treasury Board
Broadcast Today
Stevens
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Andre Quellet
Four Calgary men face wounding charges in Irvine assault
In Medicine Hat provincial court four Calgary men Christopher White Robert Creaser Thomas Allen and Mark Wolkowski faced wounding with intent charges after an Ontario man was severely beaten in Irvine. Crown prosecutor Bill Cocks said additional detention charges are possible.
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Calgary
Medicine Hat
Ontario
Irvine
Bill Cocks
Christopher John White
Robert Creaser
Thomas Ross Allen
Mark John Wolkowski
Hans Peter Weimar
RCMP
A.C. Grier
Weimar
Grier
Greyhound
Regina
Icy Seas Halt Surging Cuban Refugees Reach Key West
Refugee boats from Mariel reach Key West amid rough seas as 1,730 Cubans arrive at processing docks aboard 21 vessels, pushing total arrivals to 91,236 since the migration began. Fort McCoy and Fort Indiantown Gap camps fill to capacity while protests continue at Fort Chaffee.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Straits
Cuba
Freedom Flotilla
United States
Coast Guard
Roland Isner
Havana
Miami
Mariel
U.S
Fort McCoy
Wisconsin
Fort Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
Atlanta
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Victor
Tito) Valdez
Chicago
Forest fire evacuees to return
More than 4,000 people displaced by fires in Red Lake and Fort Hope will start returning home this weekend. About 3,650 residents of Red Lake may return first, with Fort Hope’s 600 residents returning by Sunday as crews report progress on roughly 60 fires in the region.
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Kenora
Ont
Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
Red Lake
Here
Fort Hope
Thunder Bay
Manitoba
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Rodrigue Beauchesne
Brian Peckford
Hait
Pcs
U.S. Coast Guard
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