Ottawa to buy 60 Oka lots to ease Mohawk dispute
Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon announced the federal government will purchase 60 residential lots totaling about 12 hectares in Oka Quebec for 1.4 million dollars to ease tensions at Kanesatake. The move follows plans to expand the Rousseau property and aims to remove barricades and advance talks with Mohawks.
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Ottawa
Indian Affairs
Tom Siddon
Oka
Que
Maurice-Maxime Rousseau
Poitiers
France
Kanesatake
Rousseau
Siddon
OPEC Sets New Target Price At Twenty-One Dollars
In Geneva the OPEC ministers announced agreement to raise their target oil price to 21 dollars per barrel aiming to lift world crude prices by several dollars. The move signals coordinated price guidance by the cartel.
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Geneva
OPEC
Gholam Reza Agazadeh
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Kuwait
U.A.E
Islam Abdul Raheem al-Chalabi
Saddam Hussein
Nurses deal leaves $170K gap for Medicine Hat hospital
Hospital administrator Tom Seaman says Alberta Health covers about 82 percent of the nurses wage hike, leaving a $170,000 shortfall to be offset by two new programs and other budget moves. Retroactive funding for two programs from April covers about $160,000, with $10,000 more to absorb.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Health
Tom Seaman
Seaman
Rebels Press Forward as Liberia Reported Civilian Killings
Witnesses and diplomats said Liberian soldiers fatally harmed at least two dozen civilians during a rebel advance toward Monrovia. The violence included killings at a hospital ward, lodging, and a beach near Mamba Point as tribes conflict widened with President Samuel Doe barricaded in his mansion.
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Monrovia
APCP
Samuel Doe
Doe
Mamba Point
Kiddies Parade Showcases Hat Children's Fancy Costumes
About 1200 costumed children and groups paraded downtown for the 30th Kiddies Parade on Third Street. Participants included Rock n Roll Cafe skaters, Carissa Johnstone with her Great Dane Dreamer, Medicine Hat Baton Club Elks Majorettes, YMCA carousel helpers, and animals pulling a jail of dolls. Parade results will appear in Saturday's paper.
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Sharah Sorenson
Karissa
Sorenson Sisters
Frank Webber
Third Street
S.E
Carissa Johnstone
Dreamer
Medicine Hat Baton Club
Elks
Trinda Johnson
Izzette Mitchell
Ashley Miller
Edmonton tax opponents clash with senators at public hearings
A feisty Edmonton crowd heckled Conservative Senator Jean-Maurice Simard during Senate committee hearings on the proposed seven per cent goods and services tax. Publisher Mel Hurtig led opposition linking tax to free trade, while derisive shouts reflected Liberal Conservative tensions over the policy.
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Edmonton
Jean-Maurice Simard
Monton
Mel Hurtig
Simard
Hurtig
Senate
Merle Schnee
Pro-Canada
United States
Sidney Buckwold
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Brian Mulroney
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