Canuck

  Tuesday, 7 January 2003

 < 11:28:50 PM>.

Canadian WWI fighter pilot dies
Henry John Lawrence Botterell, perhaps the last remaining First World War fighter pilot, has died at the age of 106. F U L L   S T O R Y
[CBC News]

 < 11:22:41 PM>.

FBI calls off manhunt, informant gave 'false information'
The FBI has called off an intense search for five men thought to have entered the United States from Canada. The bureau says it now believes information provided by a man who was facing fraud charges in Canada is unreliable. F U L L   S T O R Y
[CBC News]

There was a great article in the Globe a week or so ago saying that basically there was no evidence whatsoever to support the story which had grabbed the headlines around the continent. An RCMP officer was quoted as saying he was amazed at the press the story had received and speculated that it must have been a slow week at the Whitehouse. Bush is doing his best to keep American citizens in a state of fear.