Bloc Quebecois lands Laurier-Ste Marie upset big win
Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe wins Laurier-Ste Marie riding as federalist parties crumble in Quebec. NDP captures Oshawa. Liberal and Conservative finishes lag. Duceppe vows a new era as Quebec supports sovereignty amid Meech Lake fallout. Voter turnout low at 45 percent.
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Bloc Quebecois
Laurier-Ste-Marie
Gilles Duceppe
Quebec
Oshawa
NDP
Mike Breaugh
Ed Broadbent
Duceppe
Union
Meech Lake
House of Commons
Lucien Bouchard
Bloc Quebecors
Bouchard
Quebec Sovereignty
Liberal
Denis Coderre
Louise O’neil
Christian Fortin
Jean-Claude Malepart
Liberals
Jean Chretien
Brian Mulroney
Chretien
Laurier-Ste- Marie
Montreal
Protesters arrested after clash at Chateauguay Mohawk barricades
Twenty five people were arrested after a night of clashes between police and residents near the Mercier Bridge south of Montreal. Riot police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of about 100 youths armed with rocks and improvised weapons as Molotov cocktails were thrown at RCMP officers and provincial police.
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Chateauguay
Que
Mercier Bridge
Montreal
RCMP
Natives protest as premiers meet amid power shift
Indian chiefs barred from a downtown hotel during the two day national premiers conference signaled rising impatience. In Montreal Laurier Ste Marie voters elected separatist Gilles Duceppe to the House of Commons. Bill Vander Zalm proposed a BC driven package of services to cut federal costs, sparking debate. Saskatchewan's Grant Devine urged Western unity. Ontario stressed protecting its and others’ interests.
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Winnipeg
Meech Lake
Montreal
Laurier-Ste-Marie
Gilles Duceppe
House of Commons
Tomtoms
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
B.C
Bill
Vander Zalm
Ion
Ontario
Peterson
Manitoba
Gary Filmon
Saskatchewan
Grant Devine
Gogo warns Peigan to halt Oldman River diversion
Alberta cabinet minister John Gogo warned Peigan Indians linked to the Lonefighters Society against diverting the Oldman River near Pincher Creek. He said the province will take action if the river basin is touched, citing potential impacts on 400 farm families served by the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District.
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Lethbridge, Alta
Alberta
Oldman
Lonefighters Society
John Gogo
Gogo
Lethbridge Est
Pincher Creek
Glenn North Peigan
Lethbridge
Lethbridge Northern
Rival claims of Johnson killed in Monrovia ambush
In Abidjan Ivory Coast AP report troops backing Liberian rebel Charles Taylor allegedly killed rival Prince Johnson in an ambush on Bushrod Island Monrovia. Taylor spokesman could not independently confirm. Johnson supporters had held parts of Monrovia after a surprise attack from a swamp north of the city.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Charles Taylor
Prince Johnson
Bushrod Island
Monrovia
Taylor
Tom Woewiyu
National Patriotic Front
Johnson
NPF
Woewiyu
Strength of U S crowing in Gulf
The United States intensifies military readiness in Saudi Arabia while pressing Iraq to exit Kuwait. Bush asks for Japanese financial aid and Cheney to return to Washington as naval actions target Iraq’s oil exports amid UN sanctions.
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United States
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Kuwait
Jordan
U.S
George Bush
Defence
Dick Cheney
Saddam Hussein
Maine
Washington
U.S. Navy
Bush
Britain
Australia
New York
Javier Perez de Cuellar
United Nations
Canada
Security Council
Persian Gulf
Perez de Cuellar
Yves Fortier
Ottawa
Fortier
Bank of Montreal Cuts Prime Rate Amid Rate Shifts
The Bank of Montreal lowered its prime rate to 14.25 percent from 14.75 percent, with Bank of Montreal also cutting 13.75 percent for six month and one year terms and 14 percent for open-term loans. The Bank of Canada had lowered its bank rate to 14.34 percent last week as economists anticipated further moves.
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Ottawa
Bank of Montreal
Mo Graeme
Sereon
Bank of Canada
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