Moment That Shaped a Life Noted in a Terry Fox Walk Reflection
A personal memoir recounts a 1980s youth inspired by Terry Fox. The author recalls Fox's cross Canada run for cancer, Fox's death in 1981, and their later journey from indifference to active participation. The piece links cancer awareness, personal loss, and annual Terry Fox Walks, urging community involvement at the Civic Centre on September 13.
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Terry
Civic Centre
Heavies
Russell Banner
Hog policy critique links single desk selling to farm distress
The letter argues successive governments and the hog establishment share blame for farmer hardship. It links the 1990s destruction of single desk selling in Manitoba and other provinces to reduced farmer power and price transparency, aided by multinational pork firms. It warns free trade deals and Doha-style support cuts deepen bankruptcies.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
National Farmers Union
Al Megrahi released on compassionate grounds from Scotland
Abelbaset Ali al Megrahi, convicted of Pan Am 103 bombing, was freed on compassionate grounds by Scotland’s Kenny MacAskill after serving eight years of a 27 year term. He returned to Libya as US families lament the decision amid ongoing questions of justice.
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Abelbaset Ali al-Megrahi
Scotland
Kenny MacAskill
Libya
Al-Megrahi
Vincennes
Saddam Hussein
Iran
Frankfurt
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Pflp-Gc
Syria
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Libyan Arab Airlines
Malta
Gaddafy
Pan Am
Lockerbie
al- Megrahi
Tony Gauci
Australia
Mebo
Edwin Bollier
FBI
Bollier
Ulrich Lampert
London
Heathrow
Pan Am 103
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Court of Criminal Appeal
Edinburgh
Review Commission
Washington
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Canada
Fox
Terry Fox
Main Street
Wanda Michel
Mary Jackson
Marie Smith
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