Newfoundland Sees Meech Rift Rooted in Power Disputes
External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Newfoundland’s opposition to the Meech Lake accord stems largely from revenge over hydro power battles with Quebec. The dispute centers on the Upper Churchill River power agreement and lines crossing to the United States, with Newfoundland seeking renegotiation after a long legal fight.
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Toronto
Newfoundland
Meech Lake
Quebec
Joe Clark
Toronto Star
Edmonton
Clark
Hubert Kitchen
Liberal Party
James Bay
Churchill River
Labrador
United States
Upper Churchill
Kitchen
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Clyde Wells
Vandals smash city bus shelters in Medicine Hat
A senior offers 500 to help catch vandals after 20 shelters were smashed between Friday night and Saturday morning. Police say the Hook Outdoor Advertising shelters were the main target and glass damage ranged from 550 to 720 dollars per pane, likely caused by a sling shot or pellet gun.
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Phil Melnychuk
The
Medicine Hat
Bob Pocsik
Hook
Transit
Tony Fitterer
Fitterer
Lithuania shuts non essential plants for energy saving
Lithuania orders non essential factories closed for the weekend to save energy after Moscow cuts crude oil and 85 percent of gas supplies. Workers at a fertilizer plant and others faced shutdowns while President Landsbergis pressed Moscow for talks and possible temporary suspension of independence to advance negotiations.
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Vilnius
Republic
Moscow
Baltic Republic
Kremlin
Lithuania
Vytautas Landsbergis
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Landsber
Grannies stage toy navy protest on Parliament Hill
In Ottawa 13 Raging Grannies sailed inflatable boats on the concrete near the Centennial Flame to press for nuclear-free ports in Victoria and Esquimalt ahead of the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Alison Acker said the group plans a serious future protest with a Zodiac boat.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Victoria
Esquimalt
British Columbia
New Zealand
Alison Acker
Victoria Group
Raging Grannies
Victoria Harbor
Acker
Canada
Victoria Vanguard
Greenpeace
Soldiers seek nerve gas antidote for peacekeeping teams
Canadian soldiers on UN peacekeeping missions may carry HI-6 nerve gas antidote after a National Defence contract with Labora to test the drug. About 20 Montreal volunteers will test safety levels, with studies to determine dosages and potential fetal risks in higher exposures.
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Montreal
Department of National Defence
Herbert Madill
Laboratoire Bio-Recherches Ltee
Cfb Suffield
Health and Welfare Canada
National Defence
Madill
Yugoslavia
West
Don Roy
Defence Department
Canada
Iran-Iraq
Roy
National Defence Laboratories
Suffield
Alta
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Gorbachev
Landsbergis
Grannies
Navy
Jean Frere
Bio-Recherche
Frere
Christopher Cullen
Charlottetown
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