Tories accept partial blame for Principal Group failure
Alberta Premier Don Getty fires Career Development Minister Connie Osterman and offers investors up to 85 million dollars in bailout payments. The plan covers 67 000 investors nationwide at 15 to 18 cents per dollar, about 75 percent of the investment, with 33 000 outside Alberta included.
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Alberta
Don Getty
Getty
Canada
Connie Osterman
First Investors Corp
Associated Investors of Canada
Dick Johnston
Bob White
Bud Carroll
New Brunswick
Code
Art Charbonneau
British Columbia
Charbonneau
B.C
Osterman resigns from cabinet amid collapse probe
Connie Osterman, longtime Alberta Tory advocate for rural interests, resigns as cabinet minister after an inquiry faulted her handling of First Investors and Associated Investments. Opponents criticize her regulatory conduct while serving 1982 to 1986, with supporters expressing disappointment at the action.
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First Investors
Associated Invest of Canada
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Radar outage precedes Edmonton tornado report
Alberta Weather Centre said its Edmonton radar near Stony Plain failed at 4:50 p.m. MDT, about 50 minutes before a tornado touched down causing roughly 1 million dollars in damage and two injuries. Radar remained down until 8 p.m. but a tornado risk warning was issued at 5:31 p.m.
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Edmonton
Alberta Weather Centre
Brian Paruk
Stony Plain
Paruk
Alberta
Taxing the dead sparks funeral sector protest in Ottawa
Ottawa critics warn the nine percent federal sales tax, to start Jan 1 1991, would apply to funerals and boost average costs from 3500 to 315 extra per funeral. Industry leaders urge exemptions for death care and cremation services.
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Michael Wilson
Wilson
Denis Braun
Columbarium Gardens
Braun
Conservative Party
Progressive Conservatives
Saskatchewan
Grant Marshall
Ontario Funeral Services Association
Fuiay
Funeral Services Association of Canada
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Marshall
Canada
Daigle Seeks Supreme Court Appeal on Abortion Ruling
Chantal Daigle awaits a decision after five Supreme Court judges convene to decide whether to hear her appeal of a Quebec injunction restricting her abortion. The 21 week fetus case follows a Quebec Superior Court injunction granted July 17 to her ex-boyfriend Jean-Guy Tremblay.
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Chantal Daigle
Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec
Daigle
Anne Roland
Supreme Courts
Friay
Daniel Bedard
United States
Marjolaine Groulx
Tornado threat hits Regina area damaging homes
A fast moving storm near Regina Saskatchewan pummeled several residences with tor nado warnings issued by Environment Canada. Police said three people were hospitalized for observation after a bungalow, a mobile home and a farmhouse roof were damaged near Regina and Lumsden, with no fatalities reported.
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Sask
Environment Canada
Regina
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Reg
Judy Forster
Saskatch
Ewan Capital
Reg Forster
RCMP
Jim Kinney
Forsters
Lumsden
Saskatchewan
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