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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..

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..

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.