Getty denies pushing for bigger compensation in bailout
Alberta Premier Don Getty rejected claims he sought a larger payout for investors in First Investors Corp. and Associated Investors of Canada. He said caucus unanimously supported a single proposed bailout of 15 to 18 cents per dollar, with total recovery about 75 cents after asset sales. Investors to decide acceptance this fall.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Don Getty
Robert White
Leduc Alta
Getty
Dick Johnston
Caucus
Code
Calgary
Bill Code
First Investors Corp
Associated Investors of Canada
Notable men back pro-choice in Canada
A group named Men for Women's Choice gathers signatures from prominent Canadians including Pierre Berton Donald Sutherland Norman Jewison and Svend Robinson to support abortion access. They cite the Quebec Supreme Court ruling blocking Chantal Daigle and urge Ottawa to amend the Canada Health Act to guarantee abortion access nationwide.
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Toronto
Michael Kaufman
York University
Pierre Berton
Donald Sutherland
Bruno Gerassi
Norman Jewison
Bob White
Stephen Lewis
Svend Robinson
Gordon Cleveland
Quebec
Supreme Court
Chantal Daigle
Kaufman
Canada
Bruce Kidd
Daigle
Kidd
Israel eyes hostage swap with Shiites over prisoner list
Israel considers negotiating with Lebanon based Shiite factions if they provide a precise list of prisoners they want freed. Prime Minister Shamir said Israel is awaiting proposals and hopes this could end the crisis.
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Jerusalem
Lebanon
Yitzhak Shamir
Israel
Shamir
Avi Pazner
Fac- Cicippiotion
Beirut
Revolutionary Justice Organization
U.S
Joseph Chcippion
Yitzhak Rabin
Chippio
William Higgins
Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid
Noteholders seek action over bailout share in Alberta
Principal Group noteholders including nine Hutterite colonies in southern Alberta plan legal action to recover part of their investment after Premier Getty offered 18 and 15 cents on the dollar for subsidiaries. Bankruptcy trustee Steve Allan says about 50 cents on the dollar has been recovered from asset sales and notes Hutterites relied on salespeople, not sophistication.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta
Steve Allan
Principal Group Ltd
Edmonton
Allan
Don Getty
First
Ombudsman Charged With Impaired Driving in Calgary
Alberta's ombudsman Aleck Trawick faces impaired driving and failure to provide a breath sample charges from a Calgary check stop. He says he was en route to a Westin Hotel party. court date is Sept. 28. Charges carry a minimum $300 fine.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Aleck Trawick
Trawick
Westin
Bob Bogle
Taber-Warner
Dick Fowler
Fowler
Ray Martin
Former Canadian bobsledder admits steroid use starting 1982
Clarke Flynn, 30, told the Dubin inquiry he used steroids from 1982 after joining Canada’s national bobsled team. He said some drugs came from the Soviet Union and that a physician in Ottawa prescribed them. Flynn, from Brampton Ont, competed in the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics.
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Toronto
Canada
Soviet Union
Clarke Flynn
Dubin
Ottawa
Flynn
Brampton, Ont
Sarajevo
Riis Rejects NDP Leadership Bid in Winnipeg Fringe Race
Nelson Riis of British Columbia announces he will not seek the New Democratic Party leadership, joining a field that lacks major figures like Roy Romanow Bob Rae and Alexa McDonough. Other contenders include Steven Langdon Howard McCurdy Simon de Jong Ian Waddell and Audrey McLaughlin with two lesser-known MPs Dave Barrett and Lorne Nystrom remaining. Riis says he wants more time in his Kamloops constituency and dislikes Ottawa life.
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Nelson Riis
No Ice
Riis
Stephen Lewis
Bob White
Ed Broadbent
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Bent
Steven Langdon
Howard McCurdy
Simon de Jong
Saskatchewan
Ian Waddell
Vancouver
Audrey McLaughlin
Yukon
Dave Barrett
B.C
Lorne Nystrom
McLaughlin
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London
Clarence House
Supreme Court of Canada
Israel Radio
Obeid
Ciippio
Logan Tait
Tait
Ombudsman
U.S.S.R
NDP
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