Christchurch artist’s protest over pay in clothing strike
Erena Sulkowski, an artists’ model at Christchurch Polytechnic, staged a pay protest by coming to work clothed. The college raised her rate to 11.05 dollars per hour from 9.20, but she notes comparable rates at other institutions run around 19.25 dollars.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Reuter
Erena Sulkowski
Christchurch Polytechnic
Polytechnic
Sulkowski
Growth slows in Canada January 1995 export driven rebound
Statistics Canada reports Canada's January growth at 0.2 percent, led by a 1 percent rise in manufacturing and a 6.2 percent jump in autos driven by U.S. demand. Without manufacturing, overall output would be flat. Weather reduced heating demand, while forestry finance and services lagged amid higher interest rates.
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Ottawa
Southam
Statistics Canada
Paul Martin
Clock Forward Marks April Time Change Across Regions
The article notes daylight saving shift on first Sunday of April moving from Mountain Standard Time to Mountain Savings Time. It mentions the date falling after April Fools Day and hints at unclear origins, with history tracing to 18th century England and various international customs including France and Mexico.
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England
France
Klein Says Alberta Will Keep Abortion Funding
Premier Ralph Klein says the Alberta government will continue funding abortions regardless of resolutions at the Conservative convention. He notes funding is a medical decision under the Canada Health Act and will not change even if delegates vote to stop funding non medically required abortions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Klein
Legislature
Greenpeace cites Canada hypocrisy over fishing and monitoring rules
Greenpeace accuses Canada of hypocrisy for opposing a plan that would impose international monitoring on waters inside and outside 200 mile zones. Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin warns that under the rules Third World nations could be overfished by large EU fleets unless they equip vessels with costly high tech monitoring gear.
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Ottawa
Canada
Greenpeace
Brian Tobin
European Union
Tobin
Two key teams identified in Tokyo cult nerve gas plot
Police locate two hit squads inside Aum Shinji Kyo. One group of chemists in the sect's Science and Technology Ministry, and a 10 member karate trained action squad including ex mobsters, reportedly assigned to guard Asahara and deter defectors. Authorities seek leader Shoko Asahara amid ongoing probes.
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Tokyo
Shoko Asahara
Asahara
Aum Shinji Kyo
Supreme Truth
National Police Agency
Asahi National
Science and Technology Ministry
Kyodo News Service
Japan
Kyodo
Takaji Kunimatsu
Asahi
The
Neighbor testifies Bronco not outside Simpson home during killings
Charles Cale testified he did not see O J Simpson s white Ford Bronco outside his estate between 9 30 and 9 45 p m on June 12, challenging the defense claim Simpson was home. Prosecutors align his timing with the slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman as other witnesses place the Bronco elsewhere.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Charles Cale
Cale
Robert Shapiro
Shapiro
Allan Park
ABC News
Christopher Darden
Janis
Los Angels International
ABC
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