Mounties Planned Trap Tied to 1988 Embassy Network Bid
A long running bid controversy over a $150 million project to build a computerized embassy communications network involved RCMP inquiries and internal probes finding no wrongdoing. The case centered on Lavalin Inc and DMR Group Inc with allegations of political interference linked to Senator Michel Cogger and Prime Minister Mulroney allies.
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Southam News
Pierre Ducros
DMR Group Inc
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Mounties
Dogger Rantham Nowe
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Quebec
Lavalin Inc
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Bruno Pateras
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Brian Mulroney
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Pateras
Ducros
Nave Confrmed
Fence-Lavalin
Lavalin
Marcel Masse
Mulroney
I XL sewer pipe plant to close
Twenty five employees of I XL Industries Ltd. will lose their jobs this summer when the company closes the plant. MARK ROGERS reports the move affects staff and local operations.
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Mark Rogers
the News
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Sissons
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Red River
Winnipeg
Medicine Hat Brick and Tile
LXL
Edmonton
Regina
Armenians and Azerbaijanis Agree to Halt Border Clashes
Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders agreed to withdraw armed groups and end border clashes, after Soviet troops faced deadly unrest in Baku. Tass reported 883 killed in a day of clashes, with total deaths rising to 167 and over 500 wounded since January 13, amid Nagorno Karabakh tensions.
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Armenia
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Yeraskh
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Moldavia
Georgia
Central Asia
Escaped inmate fears RCMP beat him in hospital visit
Gerald Pelletier, an escapee linked to a family news conference, fears police will injure him as he contemplates surrender. The case centers on his brother Rodney Pelletier, in critical condition after RCMP arrest on the Eden Valley reserve. RCMP will investigate.
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Calgary
Gerald Blaine Pelletier
RCMP
Pelletier
CFCN
Spy Hill
Rodney Pelletier
Foothills
Turner Valley Rcmp
Eden Valley Indian Reserve
George Radziewicz
Solicitor General’s Department
Gerald Pelletier
John Nagy
Second Senate election urged in Alberta push for Waters
Reform leader Preston Manning told a meeting in Airdrie that Premier Getty should call another Senate election to pressure Prime Minister Mulroney to appoint Stan Waters. Waters won Alberta's October Senate election to push for a fully elected three-E Senate and would be Reform's first upper house member if appointed.
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Airdrie
Alta
Alberta
Don Getty
Senate
Stan Waters
Reform Party
Preston Manning
Brian Mulroney
Waters
Meech Lake
Mulroney
Manning
Reform
Deborah Grey
House of Commons
Getty
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Canadians split on Senate reform as Gallup cites low support
A Gallup poll shows only nine percent of Canadians favor keeping Senate appointments by the prime minister. An elected Senate is preferred by 51 percent in the West, while 22 percent want abolition. Alberta's Senate nominee Waters prompts 34 percent approval and 17 percent opposition, with 49 percent unsure.
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Gallup
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Ciao Gallup
Brian Mulroney
Alberta
Stan Waters
East German Finance Minister Uta Nickel Resigns Amid Probe
East German finance minister Uta Nickel resigned as negotiations opened between the government and opposition. Nickel, 48, is under investigation for allegedly making illegal payments of public funds while a Leipzig city council member. Prime Minister Hans Modrow announced her step down, amid a wave of recent sackings and resignations in the ruling party.
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East Berlin
Uta Nickel
Hans Modrow
Nickel
Leipzig
Modrow
Egon Krenz
East Germany
Wolfgang Berghofer
Dresden
Communist Party
Yolanda Ballard Battles for Control of Harold Ballard Estate
Yolanda Ballard, once Maple Leaf Gardens queen and longtime partner of Harold Ballard, faces a legal struggle as his children seek control of his fortune. Ballard, 86, is hospitalized in Miami after canceling their wedding amid guardianship disputes. A court guardian curtailed her allowance and visits, with Yolanda barred from the Gardens suite and facing years-old fraud conviction on retrial.
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Yolanda Ballard
Maple Leaf Gardens
Harold Ballard
Harold
Miami
Ballard
Yolanda Babie MacMillan Ballard
Yolanda
Toronto Star
Howard Levitt
Levitt
Gardens
Fort William
Ont
Duluth
Minn
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