Mulroney calls Meech dinner to push accord fate
Prime Minister Mulroney invites premiers to a Sunday Meech Lake dinner to decide if differences can be resolved enough for a constitutional conference. He warns failure would threaten unity and Canada’s future while Quebec leader Bourassa remains wary of further compromises on the accord.
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Julian Beltrame
Southam News
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Canada
Mulroney
The
Commons
Meech
Quebec
Lowell Murray
Meech Lake
Alberta to privatize AGT after 84 years of Crown ownership
Premier Don Getty announces plans to sell up to 100 percent of Alberta Government Telephones with about 50 percent offered this summer and rest over several years. He pledges service and jobs will remain secure while Albertans receive first crack at shares, interest-free with 50 percent down. Opposing leader Ray Martin warns of higher rates.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Don Getty
Getty
Martin
Fred Stewart
Angus Watt
Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc
Air Canada
Alberta Energy Co
AGT
Jelinek Cuts GST for Small Grocery Businesses
Ottawa reports that the government expands the goods and services tax to basic groceries from small convenience and grocery stores. Small businesses with under 500000 in sales pay a 1 to 1.75 percent levy on total sales, with 800000 firms affected. critics call it a hidden tax on food.
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Eric Beauchesne
Southam
Ottawa
Jelinek
Otto Jelinek
Canadian Federation
Gorbachev seeks U.S. trust amid reform push at summit
At the Soviet Embassy luncheon on day one of the summit, Mikhail Gorbachev urged Americans to understand his leadership and praised cooperation. He defended himself while talks with George Bush advanced toward a nuclear arms treaty and chemical weapons deal, with about 40 guests including Jane Fonda and Ray Bradbury in attendance.
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Gorbachev
U.S
George Bush
Jane Fonda
Ray Bradbury
John Kenneth Galbraith
Soviet Union
Forecast flood unlikely as South Saskatchewan river rises
Alberta river forecasters expect the South Saskatchewan to rise further but not reach flood levels. The Bow Elbow Oldman and Highwood could reach last weekend highs while Medicine Hat can expect rain and potential water taste changes. Canmore residents brace for Bow River flooding with 50 mm rainfall forecast.
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South Saskatchewan
Alberta Environment
Roger Drury
Edmonton
Alberta
Bow
Elbow
Oldman
Highwood
Medicine Hat
Drury
Herb Arndt
Arndt
Canmore
Bow River
Cal- Qaks
Accord holdouts must give on Meech Lake pact
Alberta Deputy Premier Jim Horsman says the three holdout provinces must concede more to salvage the Meech Lake accord and that Quebec has already made significant compromises. He welcomes Mulroney’s plan for a first ministers meeting, but notes Manitoba Newfoundland and New Brunswick face the largest concessions to reach ratification by June 23.
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Edmonton
Meech Lake
Quebec
Alberta
Jim Horsman
Robert Bourassa
Manitoba
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Colombians and New Yorker Convicted in Cocaine Smuggling
A Quebec Superior Court jury convicted Richard Delgado-Marquez Fernando William Mendoza-Salazar and Flor Emilio Mery-Correa on multiple cocaine trafficking charges in a case tied to 1988 Medellin cartel cocaine flown into New Brunswick. All three face possible life sentences, with sentencing due to begin Monday.
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Montreal
New Brunswick
Quebec
Flor Emilio Mery-Correa
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Juliet O'Neill
Norma Greenaway
Washington
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