Mob money in oilpatch claims by ex detective
A former Calgary police detective says organized crime launders prostitution drugs and gambling money through Alberta's oilpatch. Bruce Dunne told a Canadian Association of Petroleum Production Accountants meeting that organized crime has a strong foothold in the city and province, based on his 16 observations.
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Calgary
Alberta
Calgary Police
Bruce Dunne
Canadian Association of Petroleum Production Accountants
Dunne
Maxim Research and Consulting Corp
Rcmp Commercial Crime Division
Gerry Befus
Maxim Research
Saskatchewan
Baie-Comeau workers reject PCB shipments
In Baie-Comeau Quebec the Reynolds Aluminium dockworkers voted unanimously against unloading any shipments of PCBs despite government assurances that 1500 tonnes could be stored safely. Local union leader Bernard Sirois said 60 dockers object to accepting PCB waste linked to last year’s Montreal area warehouse fire.
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Baie-Comeau
Que
Quebec
Bernard Sirois
Reynolds
Brian Mulroney
Hydro-Quebec
Christian Cote
Confederation of National Trade Unions
St. Lawrence
Pcbs
St- Basile-le-Grand
Montreal
Wales
Mazowiecki May Lead Poland in Solidarity Government
Solidarity editor Tadeusz Mazowiecki said he expects to form Poland's next government, the first non Communist led since the 1940s, after two hour talks with President Jaruzelski who will announce the choice Saturday.
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Warsaw
Reuter
Solidarity
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Poland
Europe
Mazowiecki
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
Tygodnik Solidarnose
Lech Walesa
Ghia
Providence
Communist Party
Priest gets five years for extensive sexual offenses
Leonard Buckley, 50, former St. Ann's priest in Penticton, pleaded guilty to six counts of improper conduct and related offenses. Judge Gale Sinclair noted at least 1000 individual acts over 17 years with boys as young as seven in Cranbrook and Penticton. Buckley was active from 1985 to early this year and confessed after a camping trip in 1989.
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Ing
Leonard Philip Buckley
Gale Sinclair
Cranbrook
Penticton
Buckley
St. Ann’s Church
Hibernia Project Faces New Setbacks Amid Speech and Strain
Ottawa reports Newfoundland’s oil hopes tied to Mulroney’s election push may falter as Hibernia stalls. Premier Clyde Wells questions the 8.5 billion offshore project, while officials warn deadlines slip and funding—cash and loan guarantees—faces Cabinet resistance. Executives of Mobil Oil and the consortium are urged to meet in Ottawa to discuss the delays.
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Southam. News
Ottawa
Newfoundland
Mulroney
Clyde Wells
Hibernia
Wells
Mobil Oil of
New York
Brian Peckford
Oil
St. John’s
John Crosbie
Crosbie
Michael Wilson
Lewis could race Johnson in four countries after suspension
Carl Lewis's manager Joe Douglas said Johnson may face Lewis in Toronto's rival after Johnson's two year doping ban ends next year. Offers reportedly come from Tokyo Canada Holland and the United States, contingent on proof Johnson remains drug free.
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West Berlin
Reuter
Carl Lewis
Ben Johnson
Toronto
Lewis
Joe Douglas
Johnson
Tokyo
Canada
Holland
United States
Douglas
Alberta MPs call for GST on groceries
Alberta MPs including Murray Dorin and Lee Richardson urge applying the goods and services tax to basic groceries. Dorin argues a universal rate could cut the levy to five percent if loopholes vanished, while Richardson says one rate would be fairer though political backlash remains.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Murray Doring
Commons Finance Committee
Dorin
Edmonton Northwest
Calgary
Lee Richardson
Wells Eyes Anti Tax Alliance Across Provinces
Newfoundland premier Clyde Wells says upcoming premiers' meetings may forge a united oppose to Ottawa's proposed nine percent goods and services tax. He notes possible alliance could influence the federal stance though broader provincial unity remains uncertain. He fears the tax would invade provincial jurisdiction and slow economies, especially in poorer regions.
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Canada
Newfoundland
Remier
Clyde Wells
Quebec
Alberta
Don Getty
Wells
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