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Reports that the first of 100 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers have arrived in Haiti to help pave the way for the return of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide on October 30, 1993. They are part of a UN peacekeeping force which are expected to reform the Haitian army and help create a civilian police force to replace the current security apparatus.

Reports that Canada's Prime Minister Kim Campbell offered the Mounties' services for the peacekeeping mission in Haiti during the G-7 summit in Tokyo in July 1993. Security council passed a resolution to establish a six-month peacekeeping mission combining military and police forces; Number of Mounties that will be part of the 10-nation police force; Mission received little publicity form the government. INSET: Best-sellers, by Brian Bethune..

Focuses on the XV Commonwealth Games which will start in Victoria, Vancouver Island, on August 18, 1994. Opening ceremonies which will include appearance by Queen Elizabeth II; Athletes from 51 countries who will compete in 10 official sports; Musical entertainment; Dramas hanging over the event; Comments by George Heller, president of the Victoria Commonwealth Games Society; Facilities for the athletes; Canadian interests. INSET: Splashy sideshows.

Reports that in the wake of the collapse of the United Nations brokered accord that was to have returned exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power, many Haitians are looking for scapegoats. Most are laying the blame at the feet of the UN and the United States, Canada, France and Venezuela. Cowardly behavior of US navy transport ship Harlan County; Mounting incidents of intimidation; Worsening situation; Details. INSET: A shadowy Canadian connection (Lynn Garrison), by B.C..

The article reports that the carnivalesque opening ceremonies of the Turin Olympics will be a difficult and expensive act to follow. The 2010 Olympics are to be held in Vancouver, Canada, and already the Vancouver Organizing Committee is working on the opening ceremonies. Rumors are circulating that Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil may be involved. Opening ceremonies have become progressively more extravagant and expensive since the Los Angeles Summer Games in.

Discusses the XV Commonwealth Games that will open in Victoria, Vancouver Island, on August 18, 1994. History of the competition; How it prepares athletes for the Olympics; Highly flexible sense of what constitutes a `nation' at the event; National differences that are celebrated.

Reports on the shooting of Haitian Justice Minister Guy Malary and the collapse of the international efforts to restore peace and order in Haiti. Malary key supporter of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide; Collapse of the international efforts to restore peace and order; Hardships that the population will now face; Others murdered by the armed civilian thugs known as attaches, the modern-day descendants of the Tontons Macoutes of dictator Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier's era.

Opinion. Considers how some foreigners think that the black population in America is larger that it actually is (12%), probably because of media coverage over the problems of blacks. Similar situation in Canada involving native Indians, who make up four percent of the population; How televised opening of the Commonwealth Games, which featured native Indians, was merely pretense; Attempt to show the world that Canada treats its native people much better than it really does.