Getty land deal irks Stettler farmers
Edmonton reports Premier Don Getty outbid local farmers for 640 acres near Buffalo Lake, paying over 210000. Neighbors question the price and potential conflict with provincial road upgrades and lake level studies. Getty may build a home and golf course, sparking farmer ire and debate.
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Getty Land Deal
Stettler Farmers
Edmonton
Don Getty
Buffalo Lake
Getty
Kay Murray
Murray
Bob Anderson
Rochon Sands
Stettler
Whitemud
Premiers advocate solidified Canada face Meech era tensions
In Calgary Ontario premier Peterson and Alberta premier Getty urge stability to prevent provincial estrangement and economic turmoil. They defend provincial bilateral talks on economy and environment while blaming a weak federal government for national instability.
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Calgary
Don Getty
David Peterson
Canada
Peterson
Ontario
U.S
Alberta
Meech Lake
Getty
Quebec
Brian Mulroney
Ottawa
Chamorro orders army to clear barricades in Managua
President Violeta Chamorro ordered the army and police to reclaim streets and retake government buildings in Managua from striking pro Sandinista union workers. She urged peaceful action and warned against violence as clashes leave four dead in a week of protests.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Violeta Chamorro
Chamorro
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Central American University
Gorbachev Re-elected Leader At Soviet Congress
Mikhail Gorbachev was re elected as party general secretary by 3411 to 501 against Teimuraz Avaliani at the 28th Congress secret ballot. He defended reform as the path to renewal while warning against a return to past rule and dictatorship.
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Moscow
Reuter
Mikhail Gorbachev
Communist Party
Teimuraz Avaliani
Siberia
Gorbachev
Com
Munist Party
Soviet Communist Party
Bush dismisses clean air effort at summit
White House aide John Sununu said an international move to stabilize or cut man made greenhouse gases would harm growth. The remark came as leaders from the United States Canada Britain France West Germany Italy and Japan opened their 16th annual economic summit amid debate over how to address global warming. Canada has promised to cap emissions to 2000 levels and Japan says stabilization is enough.
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Norma Greenaway
Southam
Houston
Tex
Canada
Bush
John Sununu
White House
Sununu
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Italy
Japan
Ronald Reagan
Helmut Kohl
U.S
Redcliff approves paper plant development plan
Redcliff council approves a $30 million Consumers Paper plant project to recycle waste paper on the old Douglas site with a May 1991 start. The plan includes eight Main Street lots and government loan guarantees to support the facility, plus a provincial recycling program to supply paper and buy recycled products.
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Redcliff
Consumers Paper Corporation
Douglas
Main Street
Bill Duncan
Consumers Paper of Calgary
Alberta
Peter Elzinga
Klein
Love
Consumers Paper Engineering
Duncan
Consumers Glass
Mulroney urges aid for Soviets at post Cold War summit
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney urged leaders at the Texas summit to back Mikhail Gorbachev’s call for sustained economic dialogue with major democracies. Thatcher warned against propping up old regimes. leaders seek a joint Western analysis to decide practical aid while promoting reforms in the Soviet economy.
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Norma Greenaway
Eric Beauchesne
Southam News
Houston
Brian Mulroney
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Mulroney
Texas
Canada
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Italy
Japan
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
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