Meech talks hinge on distinct society clash
Quebec Premier Bourassa sparked a stall by rejecting the distinct society clause in a communique. Manitoba’s Gary Filmon and Newfoundland’s Clyde Wells then reversed positions after a meeting with opposition leaders, threatening a breakdown in the Meech Lake talks as premiers prepared for a final bargaining session.
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Julian Beltrame
Southam
Ottawa
Canada
Meech Lake
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Toba
Gary Filmon
Clyde Wells
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Brian Mulroney
Bourassa
Wells
Filmon
Suffield Hosts Overseers Tour Of Chemical Stores
Citizens on a Swiftsure oversight tour donned gas masks to view 270 tonnes of chemical agents and hazardous waste at CFB Suffield. They examined empty barrels, trenches with live ordnance, six large sealed tubes of blister agents, and a nearby nerve agent storage hut awaiting neutralization and incineration.
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Peter Hays
Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Citizens’ Committee
Swiftsure Project
John McAndless
Defence Research Program
Bryan Laidlaw
Canada
Defence Research Establishment Suffield
George Kimbell
Kimbell
Cfb Suffield
Paul van Peenen
Premiers defend Bourassa stance on distinct society row
Canadian premiers rallied around Quebec leader Bourassa as he walked away from Meech Lake talks on the distinct society clause. They praised his dignity under political pressure while PQ leader Parizeau warned of backlash if Bourassa negotiates away Quebec’s status.
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Wells
Manitoba
Peter Maser
Southam
Ottawa
Canada
Robert Bourassa
Bourassa
Quebec
Don Getty
Andrew Brunswick
Frank McKenna
Bill Vander Zalm
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Clyde Wells
Senate
Parti Quebecois
Jacques Parizeau
Russia grants priority to its own constitution
Soviet Union republics lawmakers in the Russian republic preliminarily approved a declaration asserting Russian laws have priority over Soviet laws. The move, led by the Congress of People's Deputies, could push Russia toward sovereignty from national authority while Boris Yeltsin remains its elected president amid Gorbachev opposition.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Congress
Sergei Gribanov
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Calgary doctors face threats over abortion refusals
Seven physicians at the Peter Lougheed Centre warned they could lose hospital privileges if they stop performing abortions. Dr. West denied direct threats but admitted implied pressure while Dr. Moscovitz cited direct threats at a meeting. They will keep performing abortions until Bill C 43 is approved.
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Calgary
Peter Lougheed
Roger West
Wally Moscovitz
Lougheed
Canada
West
Moscovitz
Calgary General Hospital
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