Frank Sinatra Detention Club Aims to Reform Teens
Riverside Brookfield High School teacher Bruce Janu proposes a Frank Sinatra Detention Club to discipline unruly students after school. For half an hour they must listen to Sinatra tapes with no talking or work, though singing along is allowed.
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Chicago
Reuter
Frank Sinatra
Bruce Janu
Riverside Brookfield High School
Chicago Surf Times
Janu
Alberta New Democrats claim NovAtel loan loss details
Alberta opposition leader Ray Martin presented documents alleging NovAtel Communications will lose 7.7 million in loans to a Virgin Islands firm. NovAtel sues over alleged siphoning, while Alberta faces 566 million lost on May sale and about 200 million in bad loans to U.S. firms. Auditor General report due later this month.
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New Democrats
NovAtel Communications Ltd
British Virgin Islands
NovAtel
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California
New Democrat
Ray Martin
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General Cellular Corp
Fred Stewart
Donald Salmon
Martin
Bank of England Cuts Base Rate to Nine Percent
The Bank of England reduced its base lending rate from 10 percent to nine percent in a bid to ease pressure on homeowners and industry. The move comes after Britain suspended its EC currency linkage as part of ongoing economic adjustments amid fluctuating exchange rates. The pound trades around 2.1265 Canadian, 2.5556 German marks, and 1.7198 US dollars, with the dollar dropping to 81.10 cents.
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London
Bank of England
Britain
Calgary officer gunned down during traffic stop
Constable Robert Vanderwiel, 36, a five year veteran, was shot in the neck during a routine stop on Memorial Drive. Investigators seized vehicles and questioned several people as a witness described the scene and the unmarked car at the scene.
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Calgary (Cp
Calgary
Gerry Borbridge
Robert Vanderwiel
Vanderwiel
Borbridge
Brian Heavens
Memorial Drive
Yes campaign unveils team for Oct referendum
The Yes campaign named Yves Fortier and June Callwood to lead its push, with figures like Marc Garneau, Robert Stanfield, Ed Broadbent, Bill Davis and Peter Lougheed backing the effort. Mulroney said the deal passes by majority, later needing 50 percent in each province. Quebec Court of Appeal refused to lift a media injunction. Superior Court to hear the case. Trudeau defended in Maclean's and L Actualite pieces. Parizeau urged No in Quebec. native women's court challenge delayed two weeks.
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Quebec
Canada Committee
Yves Fortier
Toronto
June Callwood
Marc Garneau
Robert Stanfield
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Bill Davis
Peter Lougheed
Brian Mulroney
Quebec City
Quebec Court of Appeal
Mulroney
Vancouver
Judy Rebick
National Action Committee On
Maclean’s
Trudeau
Parti Quebecois
Jacques Parizeau
No Cause
Canada
Parizeau
University of Montreal
Reform Party
Preston Manning
Maclean's
L’actualite
Federal Court of Canada
Yvon Pinard
Miner deaths at Giant Yellowknife Mine Prompt $20000 Reward
Nine miners killed in an underground explosion as their bodies were raised to surface in Yellowknife. City offers a 20000 dollar reward for those responsible to urge tips. Autopsies set in Edmonton. Legislature observes silence as Ottawa weighs intervention in the labor dispute.
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John Smoke
Vancouver
Royal Oak Mines Inc
Edmonton
N.W.T
Nellie Cournoyea
Ottawa
Marcel Danis
Bush proposes U S role as senior partner in UN peacekeeping
President Bush told the United Nations General Assembly that American troops would train and base for UN missions to bolster peacekeeping. The plan makes the U S a leader in organizing new Blue Helmet operations and offers training centers and field exercises for multis national response with Canada invited to assist.
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Southam
U.S
George Bush
UN General Assembly
Bush
America
Canada
Murphy Brown Returns Targets Quayle in Season Premiere
Murphy Brown mocks Dan Quayle on the CBS series season premiere as he accuses the show of glamorizing single motherhood. The episode features Murphy’s sleepless new mothering, a jab at Quayle’s infamous gaffes, and public mockery from observers outside his Washington home.
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Murphy
Dan Quayle
U.S
Murphy Brown
CBS
Candice Bergen
Quayle
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