Experimental AIDS drug set for Lethbridge
In Lethbridge Alberta doctors prepare to administer AZT to AIDS patients with approval from Dr John Gill of Foothills Hospital Calgary The drug will be provided on a patient basis and dosed under supervision with monitoring at the hospital AZT is among 40 centres in North America and the Alberta medicare program covers full cost while early Toronto Vancouver and Calgary centers had prior access The drug aims to block HIV replication but can worsen condition in some patients and must not be used with marrow-suppressing drugs
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Lethbridge
Alta
Doug Myhre
John Gill
Foothills Hospital
Calgary
Myhre
World Health Organization
Canada
North America
Alberta
Burroughs Welcome
British Columbia
Arafat to speak in Geneva after UN rebuke
The UN General Assembly voted 154 to 2 to reconvene in Geneva so Yasir Arafat can address delegates after the U S refused him a visa. The move marks the first UN session outside New York since 1952 with Britain abstaining and Canada voting in favor.
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United Nations
UN General Assembly
Geneva
PLO
Yasser Arafat
United States
U.S
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Zahdi Labib Terzi
Israel
Britain
Canada
General Assembly
Johanan Bein
Herbert Okun
Fat
New York
Assembly
Manhattan
Reform fortunes rise as Manning eyes Alberta byelection
Edmonton based Reform campaign coordinator Neil Weir credits Conservative MP David Kilgour's remarks with lifting Reform's prospects in the upcoming Alberta byelection for Beaver River. Kilgour warned Conservatives may lose if Manning runs, citing western grievances and the shift since the Canada US free trade deal. The seat became vacant after John Dahmer's death. Manning will announce whether he will seek the seat.
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Edmonton
Reform Party
Alberta
Neil Weir
David Kilgour
Beaver River
Kilgour
Reform
Preston Manning
John Dahmer
Manning
Liberal
John Turner
Joe Clark
Yellowhead
Investors expect Alberta offer for Principal assets soon
Investors in First Investors Corp. and Associated Investors of Canada anticipate a government resolution within two weeks as Alberta may buy the two failed Principal Group Ltd. subsidiaries. Trustee Steve Allan notes promissory noteholders owed 90 million could try to block proceeds, with a formal notice expected next week.
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First Investors Corp
Associated Investors of Canada
Steve Allan
Principal Group Ltd
Ken Wark
Alberta
Don Getty
Wark
Getty
Western Canada
Atlantic Provinces
MPs prepare push but face uphill path on free trade
In Ottawa MPs from Liberal and New Democratic parties pledge a strong stand against the Canada United States free trade bill as Prime Minister Mulroney aims to reintroduce Bill C-130. Despite a Tory majority, critics warn the mandate is narrow and the NDP plans a concerted strategy after their post election caucus.
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Les Whittington
Southam News
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
House of Commons
White House
Mulroney
Commons
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Israel agrees to extradite hijackers from Soviet bus raid
Five Soviets who hijacked a bus with 30 schoolchildren and a teacher traded for a plane to Israel and $3.3 million in ransom. The hijackers surrendered at Ben-Gurion Airport after dumping money to prove no explosives. Israel and the Soviet Union may deepen ties as they cooperate on the case.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Moscow
Ben-Gurion International Airport
Soviet Union
Aeroflot
Ben-Gurion
Defence
Yitzhak Rabin
Yuri Yermilov
Ordzhonikidze
Albert Vlasov
Novosti
Safeway to Sell Nine Alberta Stores Including Edmonton Outlets
Canada Safeway Ltd. will sell nine Alberta stores over six months from Jan 7 to June 3 1989 to buyers ready to run them as food stores. Two Edmonton outlets and the Lethbridge store go to Horne and Pitfield Foods Ltd. Three Edmonton sites go to Bateman Foods Ltd. and two to Hull's Foods Ltd. The Red Deer Woodward's outlet also sells to Horne and Pitfield while Safeway continues operation until ownership transfers. Workers will be retained.
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Calgary
Canada
Safeway Ltd
Alberta
Woodward's
British Columbia
Federal Bureau of Competition Policy
Safeway
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Red Deer
Horne and Pitfield Foods Ltd
IGA
Bateman Foods Ltd
Hull’s Foods Ltd
Winnipeg
Horne and Pitfield
Canada Safeway
Jim Waters
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