Army prepares to end Oka blockade in Quebec
Mohawk women and children fled the Kahnawake reserve as army officers moved to dismantle barricades around Oka. General John de Chastelain said troops would act without fire unless self defense required, aiming to resolve the standoff swiftly after Premier Bourassa sought intervention.
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Oka
Montreal
Kahnawake Reserve
Robert Bourassa
Kahnawake
John de Chastelain
Defence Staff
Ottawa
de Chastelain
Bush doubts UN plan will ease Middle East crisis
The State Department confirms an American in Basra died, reportedly of a heart attack after extraction from Kuwait. Bush expresses pessimism about UN efforts while markets react with drops in gold and oil. Iraq tightens control of Kuwait and moves Westerners to fortified sites as tensest tensions mount.
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U.S. State Department
Basra
Iraq
Kuwait
U.S
George Bush
Middle East
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Tokyo
London
Gold Exchange
Qatar
United Nations
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Nightline
United States
Kuwait City
Baghdad
CNN
Joseph Wilson
Wilson
Saddam
Turkey
OPEC ministers split on potential output boost
In Vienna, OPEC ministers debated sanctioning higher oil output to offset Gulf crisis shortages. Some delegates cited U.S. pressure and calls from officials while others resisted immediate production increases. Oil fell sharply as markets priced in a calmer Middle East outlook. Iraq and Libya did not attend.
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Reuters-Ap Vienna
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Vienna
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United States
U.S
Venezuela
United Arab Emirates
Peigan backhoe delays Oldman River diversion protest
The Lonefighters protest against the Oldman River dam near the Peigan reserve suffers a setback as a backhoe breakdown delays the diversion plan by at least 48 hours. Spokesman Devalon Small Legs says repair would cost about 800 dollars, with six hours to finish once active. Downstream taps risk water cuts for 3,000 residents and 400 farming families. The group accuses provincial and federal governments of responsibility for the delay and ongoing tensions.
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Brocket
Peigan
Lethbridge
Oldman River
Alta
Oldman
Alberta
Devalon Small Legs
Lonefighters Society
Calgary
Lonefighters
Alberta aboriginal leaders warn of violence if Quebec clash escalates
Alberta chiefs warn that an army assault on Mohawk barricades in Quebec could trigger widespread Aboriginal violence across the province. Bernard Ominayak and Lawrence Courtoreille say attacks would be seen as an attack on allFirst Nations and risk uncontrollable fallout.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Quebec
Bernard Ominayak
Lubicon Lake
Latte Buffalo
Ominayak
Lawrence Courtoreille
Assembly of First Nations
Canada
Courtoreille
Chief Crowe Rejects Violence in Oka Standoff
Ominayak, head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, denounces violent confrontation as a path to advancing aboriginal claims. Chief Roland Crowe says violence and militancy are not the answer and declines to support the Mohawks during their armed stand at Oka, Quebec.
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Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
Roland Crowe
Oka, Que
Quebec Tories Do Not Enter Plea In Court
Two Quebec MPs Gilles Bernier and Richard Grise appeared in provincial court facing breach of trust and fraud charges tied to House of Commons contracts. They declined to enter a plea and will return Oct 2 for a pre trial conference. Grise resigned in 1989 after pleading guilty to fraud and breach of trust.
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Montreal
Bourassa
Quebec
International Human Rights Federation
Ottawa
House of Commons
Gilles Bernier
Richard Grise
Bernier
Beauce
Quebec City
Grise
The
Commons
Menard
Ontario
Hearing impaired woman blocked from coast guard course
Robyn Odell, 22, partly deaf, faced delayed approval after the Treasury Board reviewed a new medical policy. Odell had quit her job and prepared to start at the Canadian Coast Guard College in Sydney, N S, but was told not to come. Her complaint to the Human Rights Commission is pending while policy delays linger.
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Hampton
N.B
Robyn Odell
Treasury Board
Ottawa
Odell
Canadian Coast Guard College
Sydney
N.S
Federal Human Rights Commission
Transport Canada
Coast Guard
Peggy
John Kirkbride
Occupational Medicine For Health and Welfare Canada
Kirkbride
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Prudential Bache Securities Inc
Libya
Backhoe
Tories
Stephen ' Sonatha
RCMP
Serge Menard
Commission
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