Bondar Takes Girl Guide Cookies Into Orbit Aboard Discovery
Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar 46 a former Girl Guide and honorary life member flies aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The menu features dehydrated foods rehydrated in space with Bondar requesting cookies and items such as strawberries oatmeal soup tortillas tuna salmon and macaroni for meals while Marc Garneau notes room for taste improvement.
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Mroning
Bondar
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Earth
Marc Garneau
Space
Horsman Rejects Alberta Support for Asymmetrical Federalism
Deputy Premier Jim Horsman said Alberta would oppose asymmetrical federalism that would grant Quebec special status while other regions stay under Ottawa. He urged equality for all provinces and criticized the idea at a Halifax conference. In Edmonton a federal unity hearing heated when Liberal senator Pierre de Bane challenged Stockwell Day over bilingualism and job access.
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Calgary
Southam
Alberta
Committee On National Unity
Edmonton
Federal Unity Committee
Pierre de Bane
Stockwell Day
Swahili Talk and Kilts Questioned by Calgary Constituents
A quoted line from Andre questions whether Quebec adopting Swahili and kilts would affect Calgary constituents, suggesting a political or linguistic minor issue with no direct local impact.
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Quebec
Calgary
Andre
Canadian Bondar rockets into space on Discovery mission
Roberta Bondar becomes Canada's second astronaut in space after Discovery lifts off from Cape Canaveral at 7 52 a m local time following delays due to fuel cells cold weather and clouds. The Sault Ste Marie neurologist joins a seven day mission to conduct 42 experiments across 16 countries sharing shifts with the red team and blue team in microgravity research.
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Cape Canaveral
Florida
Roberta Bondar
AMS Moc
Discovery
Canada
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Kennedy Space Centre
Bondar
Mac Evans
Space Agency
Cormie Fined 500000 After Guilty Plea to Fraud
Donald Cormie former president of Principal Group Ltd was fined 500000 after pleading guilty to false advertising under the Competition Act. The largest individual fine under the act, prosecutors and lawyers noted his role in the collapse of the Principal network which left creditors owed hundreds of millions. The charges against three other former executives were stayed.
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Edmonton
Donald Cormie
Principal Group Ltd. Financial Empire
Cormie
Hal Veale
Veale
Alex Pringle
Pringle
John Cormie
Ken Marlin
Christa Petracca
First Investors Corp
Associated Investors of Canada
Principal
Rae unveils blunt plan as Ontarians face hard times
Ontario Premier Bob Rae used free TV time to urge restraint on program funding as inflation slows but recession bites. He warned that public services must adapt amid a projected 11.2 billion deficit next year and only modest revenue gains while unemployment nears 9.7 percent.
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Toronto
Ontario
Bob Rae
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Don Eastman
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Rae
Floyd Laughren
Milgaard fights murder conviction during Supreme Court hearing
David Milgaard testifies at the Supreme Court reviewing his 1970 murder conviction for Gail Miller’s killing. He denies seeing a knife with classmates and reveals a possible car heater repair the morning of the crime, while former friends recant or offer new claims.
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Ottawa
David Milgaard
Supreme Court of Canada
Milgaard
Gail Miller
Saskatoon
Nichol John
Ron Wilson
Supreme Court
Miller
Ministers warned on rubber market in Alberta tire plan
Alberta cabinet was cautioned about the limited market for rubber crumb before selecting two tire recycling contracts. Environmental Rubber Products of Edmonton will receive over 50 thousand dollars for a marketability study, while Alan Marketing Group may seek grants to develop uses for rubber crumb. Alan Armistead of Alan Marketing Group said plans include a tire shredding plant at Okotoks.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bill Mattinson
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Cabinet
Tire Cycle
Medicine Hat
Trochu
Environmental Rubber Products Inc
Alberta Research Council
Alan Marketing Group Ltd
Alan Armistead
Okotoks
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