Hansen welcomed home as he arrives in British Columbia
Rick Hansen arrives in B C amid snow shower welcomed by Premier Vander Zalm and Alberta officials. Alberta presented a 125000 cheque from 1125 kilometre tour route funds. BC will match all resident contributions for spinal cord injury research. Hansen’s Man in Motion tour total nears seven and a half million dollars as he spends nine weeks in B C.
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Canada
Tories have enough support for death penalty
A Toronto Star obtained confidential Tory caucus survey shows 143 of 209 Conservative MPs would back reinstating the death penalty, enough for passage in the Commons even with opposition votes. Support varies by region, with Manitoba unanimous and Quebec split. Liberals split, New Democrats oppose. Prime Minister Mulroney opposes.
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BC Coroners probe teen crisis reports in suicide rise
The British Columbia Coroners' Service opened a special inquiry into teenage personal crisis reports to determine why more youths are taking their own lives. The review focuses on crisis handling, reporting, and potential systemic factors affecting vulnerable youths in Vancouver and across the province.
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Budget highlights from British Columbia budget 1987
Highlights include a sales tax cut to six percent, then five percent by March 31 1988, restaurant meals tax eliminated, personal income tax up to 16.5 percent of federal, day care up 30 percent, legal aid up, separate schools up 42 percent, student aid up 51 percent, a property surtax on real estate transfers, leaded gasoline tax up two cents a litre, and tax exemptions for mining materials. Welfare rates rise 5 percent June 1 and again December 1.Coroner notes rising teenage crisis reports with 1986 numbers over 1985. Vancouver schools report emotional problems rising and more psychiatric help. about 19,680 BC pensioners face reduced payments with 12 percent not renewing GI Supplement prior to March 31.
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