Sabotage suspected in Pan Am Flight 103 disaster
Investigators suspect an explosion caused the Lockerbie crash killing all 258 on board and affecting residents in Scotland. Security teams, FBI involvement, and Abu Nidal links are examined while flight recorders may reveal the motive and origin of the bomb.
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Lockerbie
Scotland
Scotland Yard
FBI
U.S
Pan American World Airways
Abu Nidal
Helsinki
Frankfurt
West Germany
Pan Am
New York
London
United States
Britain
Charles Price
International Air Transport Association
Pilots’ Association
British Transport
Paul Channon
Pan Am crash claims two Canadians in Scotland
Two young Canadians die in the Pan Am 103 crash in Lockerbie as actor Paul Freeman 25 of Dundas Ontario and Maria Maijala 26 of Toronto perish. Freeman traveled with American girlfriend Sarah Archer, while Maijala planned a Christmas visit to New York to join her husband John Root.
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Paul Freeman
Dundas
Ont
Maria Maijala
Toronto
Lockerbie
Scotland
Hamilton
Freeman
Sarah Archer
London
Maijala
Harvard University
New York
John Root
Root
Jim
Harvard
Bob Wright
Lawrence Park
Donna
Kerry
John
Michael
Mulroney Defends Bouchard on Notwithstanding Clause Clash
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney backed Quebec's Lucien Bouchard amid criticism over policy language use and the not withstanding clause. Opposition MPs shouted accusations of hypocrisy as Mulroney argued in English and French that the clause should not be used, while Bouchard supports its role to preserve French in Quebec.
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Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Quebec
Mulroney
Commons
Lucien Bouchard
National Assembly
Robert Bourassa
Bouchard
Hamilton
Sheila Copps
Slimebag
John Fraser
Copps
CBC Newsworld debut delayed to August amid cable concerns
CBC postpones its 24 hour English all news channel from mid February to August. Newsworld will launch with free previews and begin monthly fees from September 1 ranging from 25 to 40 cents per cable household. CRTC authorization needed for free previews.
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Toronto
CBC
CBC Newsworld
Newsworld
Joan Donaldson
Donaldson
Alberta Senate reform tour costs 232500
An Alberta government committee promoting a triple E Senate billed 232,500 for cross country travel covering seven provincial capitals Ottawa and northern territories in 1989. Opposition denounces the expense while Horsman defends prudent travel and cites potential constitutional value.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Intergovernmental Affairs
Jim Horseman
Horsman
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Ottawa
Senate
Laurence Decore
Democrat
Tom Sigurdson
Calgary
Sigurdson
Quebec language bill sparks confusion and backlash
Quebec ministers defend a French only outdoor sign rule while rejecting links to Meech Lake. Gil Remillard criticizes provinces for using the notwithstanding clause as a decorous protest. Premier Bourassa uses a override to exempt the bill from charter guarantees.
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Meech Lake
Remillard
Quebec
Supreme Court
Robert Bourassa
Bourassa
Investors entitled to profits claim on Alberta asset sale
Alberta NDP leader Ray Martin says investors in failed First Investors and Associated Investors deserve any profits from future asset sales. Treasurer Dick Johnston defends a straight purchase deal offering up to 70 million dollars, with investors and government due to share profits or losses as assets are resold.
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Edmonton
Alberta
New Democrat
Ray Martin
Dick Johnston
Johnston
First Investors
Associated Investors
Martin
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