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Quebec avalanche rescue is over

Sunday 03 January 1999 00:02 GMT
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Quebec avalanche rescue is over

Rescue operations have ended in the remote northern Quebec village of Kangiqsualujjuaq. An avalanche in the early hours of New Year's Day, probably triggered by ceremonial gunshots, demolished the wall of a school, killing nine revellers and injuring 25.

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