Constitution amendments shape native women and God commitments
Ottawa reports final Liberal amendments to a new constitution favor native and women’s rights while keeping liberal control. The measure adds a God preamble and shifts amending power away from British Columbia toward two Western provinces, provoking Conservative criticism and Ontario bilingual tensions.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Ontario
Liberals
NDP
Justice
Jean Chretien
Canada
Chretien
Joe Clark
Trudeau
Strike shuts down Greyhound bus service across Canada
Canada's largest inter city bus system halted operations from Vancouver to Toronto as 1 400 Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd employees walked out. The walkout by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1374 followed failed talks mediated by Don Crabbe.
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Calgary
Canada
Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd
Greyhound
Vancouver
Toronto
Amalgamated Transit Union
Don Crabbe
Mel Little
Little
Bruce Tyson
Greyhound Lines Inc
United States
Greyhound Lines
Egg surplus program to cull 1.5 million hens in Canada
Ottawa reports producers will pay up to 3 million dollars to kill 1.5 million hens to curb over production. Agency officials say the levy is absorbed by producers and not passed to consumers. The fowl reduction is the fifth such measure in ten years to balance supply with demand.
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Ottawa
Brassard
National Farm Products Marketing Council
Glenn White
Canada
Wranglers win WHL playoff series 4 2 over Pats
The Calgary Wranglers defeated the Regina Pats 8 3 in Calgary to clinch the WHL Eastern division best of seven 4 2 and advance to face the Victoria Cougars for the league title.
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Calgary Wranglers
Regina Pats
Calgary
Wranglers
Victoria Cougars
Medicine Hat Rejects Hazardous Wastes Dumping Plan
Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Grimm rejected a federal provincial proposal for a regional hazardous wastes incineration plant in southeastern Alberta. The study, backed by Environment Canada and western provinces, envisions a $70 million system with incineration near Edmonton Saskatoon and Winnipeg and collection stations across the region.
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Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Alberta
Ken Sauer
Sauer
Suffield
Canada
Environment Canada
Environment Departments
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Nick Tywoniuk
Federal
Environmental Protection Services Branch
Tywoniuk
Canadian Council of Resource and Environment Ministers
Environment Council of Alberta
Erosion crisis as prairie winds strip topsoil across provinces
Prairie farmers plead for rain and calmer winds as topsoil loss worsens. Saskatchewan and Manitoba researchers warn 10 to 15 percent of fields affected with 25 millimetres+ of soil erased. Alberta reports drifting in Drumheller area. Cattlemen face dried water, pastures slow to recover until rain arrives.
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Winnipeg
Henry Zilm
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Donald Rennie
Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Soil Sciences Department
Manitoba
Brian Andrews
Agriculture Department
Carman
Zilm
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Redcliff
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Cody Snyder
Robin Schlaht
Today
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Anderson
Poland
Lech Walesa
Marx
Lenin
B.C. Medical Association
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Ann Landers
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Charles Lynch City News
Jim Coleman
Keith Spicer
Drumheller
Larry Welsh
Department of Agriculture
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