West Germany faces penalties over ineligible player
West Germany may have 5-3 win over Canada struck from the world hockey championship records after using Miroslav Sikora born in Poland. Germany also could forfeit earlier points from Finland as teams push for further sanctions. An emergency IIHF meeting was called to decide Sikora’s status.
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Vienna
West Germany
Canada
Finland
Gunther Sabetzki
International Ice Hockey Federation
Miroslav Sikora
Poland
Sikora
PMs aide resigns post
Ottawa Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s deputy principal secretary Ian Anderson has announced his resignation at week’s end. Anderson says he was not pushed, joining a string of recent exits that include Fred Doucet and Michel Gratton from Mulroney’s inner circle.
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Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Ian Anderson
Mulroney
Anderson
Fred Doucet
Michel Gratton
Gratton
Doucet
Ottawa to unveil tougher tobacco policy this week
Health Minister Jake Epps will reveal a new federal tobacco policy amid pressure from anti smoking groups led by the Non Smokers Rights Association to ban advertising and promotion, raise taxes, and protect non smokers. The policy aims to curb smoking in federal offices and inter provincial transport. Agriculture Minister John Wise also announced a 30 million dollar program to aid tobacco farmers in switching crops.
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Ottawa
Jake Epps
Heather Morgan
Epp
Morgan
Treasury Board
Robert de Cotret
Pierre Cadieux
de Corret
Cadieux
John Wise
Canada
Commons
Lynn McDonald
Canadian Cancer Society
Ries
McDonald’s
Sri Lanka strikes at Tamils in air offensive
In the north the air force hit LTTE and EROS bases with claims of over 80 rebels killed and about 80 wounded. Colombo and Jaffna Peninsula battles included a major bombing toll, a curfew, and civilian casualties while security forces reported 14 soldiers and 3 policemen dead in separate attacks.
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Jaffna Peninsula
Colombo
Amoco and TransCanada clash over Dome takeover bid
Amoco Canada plans an unconditional Dome Petroleum bid backed by a $5.1 billion offer and will reinvest profits in Canada for at least five years. TransCanada cannot bid further until it sees Amoco's terms for secured versus unsecured creditors before Dome's June 30 debt deadline.
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Calgary
Dome Petroleum Ltd
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
Tottering
Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd
Amoco
Dome
Mitchell Gray
Toronto
TransCanada
T. Don Stacy
Amoco Canada
CTV News
Ottawa
Canada
Gray
Trans- Canada
Resignation Over Ineffectiveness of Cypress Hills Advisory Committee
Frustration over lack of clout leads to the resignation of a five member advisory committee for Cypress Hills Provincial Park. Members say decisions were made without adequate opportunity to comment and that lease hikes and garbage collection changes were treated as policy.
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Cypress Hills Provincial Park
Art Peter
Pat Potter
Davie Thomson
Norm Fisher
Barry Neubauer
Norm Weiss
Jer
Thomson
Carole Shields
Weiss
Shields
Fisher
Grain price slide triggers subsidy calls in Western Canada
Western Canadian farmers face their lowest grain prices in 15 years after initial payments for wheat and other grains, prompting calls for more federal aid. Alberta farmers and the NFU warn of farm closures as input costs rise and prices stay low, with pressure mounting for Ottawa to step in amid looming economic hardship.
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Peter Barogeorge
Southam News
Calgary
Ottawa
Alberta Wheat Pool
Doug Brunton
Wheat Board
Charlie Mayer
Brunton
Mayer
Alberta
John Oberg
Oberg
National Farmers Union
NFU
Provincia
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Eanserteeenares
VGN OK
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
al Watts
Sri Lanka
Kankesanturai
Jaffna Penninsula
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