29 Aug 1991
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1991
Page
1
Laurie Houser of North Platte won the second annual Hands On contest after 6 12 days with hands palm down on a car. Seventy four entrants began Aug 20 and one by one dropped out. Houser claimed a used 1985 car and about 2500 dollars in cash and prizes.
The 1,000 page Manitoba inquiry report calls for a separate native legal system to address native offenders and marks a landmark step after nearly three years of examination. Peguis Chief Louis Stevenson says the inquiry aims to cure systemic illness and push significant changes.
A page note reports that the government urged laymen to subsist on minimal means during the previous year, reflecting austerity policies or welfare considerations of the period.
Canada Post announces temporary mail pickup centres across the country amid rotating strikes by CUPW 72 locations. The Canadian Labor Congress calls the move an invitation to scab as 115 locals walk off, with negotiations resuming and wage demands rising from 14.41 to 17.31 per hour by mid 1993.
The Soviet parliament voted 283 to 29 to suspend the Communist party over involvement by senior leaders in last week's coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev. It ordered arrest of its own chairman and moved to form a new national government while republics Russia and Ukraine sign a temporary alliance and invite others to join as the former union dissolves.
Canada’s economy grew in spring, yet unemployment benefits remained high with over 1.2 million receiving benefits in June, down only 1 percent from May. Economists cite a GST impact and a Q2 rebound. labor markets to stay tough for quarters.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dismissed provincial premiers demand for a first ministers meeting on the economy. He suggested they should present ideas at the premiers conference and said he might meet them if finance minister Mazankowski recommends it.
Taxpayers may cover travel for former Tory MLAs to Friday's 20th anniversary celebration of Alberta Conservative rule. An expense policy allows two trips per year with 21 cents per km and 100 dollars a day for up to five days. Critics call using funds for a political party inappropriate and misinterpreted.
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