Unrest in Soviet Azerbaijan Armenia Kills 28
Pravda and Inter ior Ministry report 28 deaths over two weeks amid clashes between Azeri and Armenian groups in Soviet Azerbaijan and Armenia. Death toll rises from earlier estimates, with some casualties not directly tied to active conflict.
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Moscow
Reuter
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Pravda
Interior Ministry
Communist Party
Vic
Kirovabad
Boris Mikhailov
Baku
U.S.S.R
Canada rate outlook seen as rising despite slower growth
The Canadian dollar tops 84 cents US as Statistics Canada reports 2.8 percent economic growth in Q3, while analysts warn that Bank of Canada policy will stay firm. Economists say rates may rise further with domestic momentum, and traders price the rate near 11 percent.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Bank of Canada
Central
Canada
Aron Gampel
Bank of Nova Scotia
Carl Bergie
McLean McCarthy Ltd
Osterman Linked to Burning Ministerial Papers
A Code inquiry report on the Principal Group collapse says former Alberta minister Connie Osterman did not follow unwritten guidelines in handling ministerial papers. The Nov 13 1987 memo notes there was no official policy but a rule of thumb was broken. Osterman learned on Sept 11 1987 that her papers were burned the day before licenses were revoked and she only informed the inquiry years later.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Connie Osterman
Code Inquiry
Osterman
Joyce Ingram
Code
Alberta Wheat Pool Allows Prairie Merger Talks
The Alberta Wheat Pool delegates approve merger talks with Saskatchewan and Manitoba pools during the Calgary meeting. President Bruno Friesen cautions a three-way deal may not create a super pool among Canada’s top 30 firms, as talks proceed with both provinces.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
Prairie
Calgary
Saskatchewean
Manitoba
Alberta Pool
Prairie Pool
Canada
Bruno Friesen
Wheat Pool
Anderson back on city council
Alberta Court of Appeal overturns Queen's Bench ruling that removed Lee Anderson from Calgary city council. Justices say Anderson acted inadvertently in voting a Sunday bylaw that benefited his market garden business, restoring his aldermanic seat after months away.
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Calgary
Lee Anderson
Alberta Court of Appeal
Court of Queen’s Bench
Anderson
A.M. Harradence
Harradence
W. Haddad
O'Leary
Cawsey
Farmers rally in Montreal backing GATT talks
Farmers from Canada the United States Europe and others plan a Montreal march to urge global trade talks under GATT toward ending subsidies. Organizers aim for about 4000 producers to deliver a farmers charter while noting agriculture must be treated uniquely amid falling world grain prices in the 1980s.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Europe
Montreal
Nadian Federation of Agriculture
Knoerr
Bhutto Named Pakistan Prime Minister Making History
Benazir Bhutto wins the prime ministership ending an 11 year struggle to restore her family name and democracy. At 35 she becomes one of the youngest world leaders and the first woman to lead a Muslim nation.
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Islamabad
Benazir Bhutto
Bhutto
Harvard
Oxford
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Zia
US prosecutor refuses to waive death penalty for Ng
In Alberta Ng extradition case, Calaveras County DA John Martin vows no death-penalty waiver for Charles Ng. Justice Marguerite Trussler finds enough evidence on 19 of 25 counts to send Ng to trial in the United States. Ng’s lawyer vows appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada, potentially five years.
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U.S
Charles Ng
Marguerite Trussler
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench
United States
California
Canada
Don MacLeod
Tussler
Supreme Court of Canada
Julius Isaac
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Queen’s Bench
Chamber
Roy Wiedemann
W. E. O’leary
Council
Stephanie McPheeters
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Covington
Stephanie
St. Nick
Pakistan
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