Winnipeg tenants face first rent hike in 16 years
City owned housing tenants in Winnipeg will see rent rise to 181 dollars per month from 90 dollars, approved as part of city plans. Tenants note heat and utilities were included and some have lived there 14 years for little or nothing. City planning dept says a relationship with tenants kept maintenance in-house and vacancies were rare.
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Winnipeg
Ron Benoit
City Planning Department
Jim Cassidy
Cassidy
Mulroney denies push for merger in Canadian Airlines case
Ottawa says the government did not press for a merger between Canadian Airlines International and Air Canada. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney defended private sector options to rescue PWA Corp owned Calgary carrier and rejected claims of government backing for Air Canada. He supported employee share proposals as an alternative.
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Canadian Airlines International
Air Canada
Brian Mulroney
Mulroney
PWA Corp
PWA
Alberta
Bank of Canada Cuts Rate for 15th Week in Row
Ottawa reports that the Bank of Canada again lowered its policy rate to 5.19 percent from 5.32 percent. This marks the 15th consecutive weekly reduction, reflecting ongoing easing in monetary policy.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
First ministers meet Tuesday over constitutional divisions
In Ottawa Tory divisions over the constitution surface as Mulroney faces Western and Quebec pressure. Quebec MPs condemn the July 7 accord while Alberta pushes for equal Senate seats. Getty signals optimism but remains rigid on reform. premiers may extend talks beyond October.
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Benoit Bouchard
Bouchard
Lise Bourgault
Newfoundland
Alberta
Edmonton
Don Getty
Getty
British Columbia
Ontario
Lise Bacon
Marc-Yvan Cote
ICRC decries brutality in Bosnian camps and ethnic cleansing
The ICRC says detainees in Bosnia-Herzegovina face systematic brutality and mass transfers. It cites 12 detention sites run by Serbs, Muslims, and Croats violating the 1949 Geneva Conventions. UN to demand access. Panic tours Sarajevo amid peace bid. journalist David Kaplan killed by snipers near Panic convoy.
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Milan Panic
Panic
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Reuter
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International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRC
UN Security Council
New York
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Sarajevo
United Nations
David Kaplan
ABC Broadcasting Network
Canada split over NAFTA after pact approved by Mulroney
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney acknowledged NAFTA will cause some pain for Canadian workers but urged optimism and predicted a political win on the deal. The treaty lowers tariffs, expands investment with Mexico, and allows cross border procurement, yet critics warn some sectors like clothing manufacturing may lose jobs due to export limits.
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Brian Mulroney
Ottawa
Mulroney
U.S
Mexico
Leo Gerard
United Steelworkers of America
Jim Moore
Canadian Exporters Association
Jack Kivenko
Canadian Apparel Manufacturers Institute
NAFTA
United States
Licence plate clue surfaces in Kristen French case
A Toronto man recalls a speeding dirty white Camaro that cut off his truck on April 16, the day Kristen French was abducted. He partially copied the plate 659 A then 650 A and alerted the Green Ribbon Task Force after a CHCH TV special, describing the driver as rough and hunched with movement seen in the back seat.
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Toronto
Kristen French
Green Ribbon Task Force
Chch-Tv
Kristen
Bush reshuffles top team as Baker moves to White House
President Bush asks James Baker to resign as secretary of state and take White House chief of staff duties to energize his faltering re election effort. Lawrence Eagleburger becomes temporary secretary of state and Samuel Skinner heads the Republican National Committee amid a weak Clinton lead in a new ABC News Washington Post poll.
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