Getty warns Alberta will trigger Senate elections if reform stalls
Premier Don Getty said Alberta will use its Senatorial Selection Act to call further Senate elections if reform stalls. The push follows Stan Waters' appointment as Canada's first elected senator and comes amid Meech Lake talks and national studies on an elected, effective, and more equitable Senate with provincial representation.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Senate
Don Getty
Stan Waters
Canada
Getty
Brian Mulroney
Mulroney
Ottawa
National Commission
Martha Bielish
Laurence Decore
Waters
Decore
Wells accuses Mulroney of manipulating Meech Lake talks
Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells pressed Ottawa to explain reported claims that the Meech Lake accord talks were timed for late hour dealmaking. He said he fears manipulation and insists on a free vote or referendum on the accord, opposing the tentative pact and seeking clarity on Quebec distinct society and Charter impact. Mulroney was due to speak in Newfoundland on June 20.
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ST. John's
Mfld
Newfoundland
Clyde Wells
Wells
Brian Mulroney
Ottawa
Mulroney
Quebec
Rain brings mixed news across southern Alberta
Rain lifts spirits for farmers in Bow Island but pressures water systems in Brooks and Medicine Hat. Brooks warns residents to boil water as silt increases in the Bow River intake, while Medicine Hat reports minimal disruption to its supply. Up to 10 mm may fall today as a low pressure system moves across the region.
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Dean Pelkey
The
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Alberta
Brooks
Medicine Hat
Ralph Havinga
Hat
Alberta Agriculture
Shane Chetner
Edmonton
South Ridge
College Drive
Bow River
Public Works Department
Bridges
Havinga
Eight Die in B C Interior Floods and Mudslides
Heavy rains and spring runoff cause havoc in British Columbia Interior with eight dead in three incidents. A mudslide near Kelowna swept away a home and four cars. William Fedgewick and son William were identified among two victims near Waveney. RCMP search for four missing after a van carrying eight planters plunged into George Creek southeast of Prince George.
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B.C
Prince George
British Columbia
Kelowna
William Fedgewick
B.C. Cattlemen's Association
William
Wavenley
Kamloops
Vancouver
RCMP
George Creek
Commons approves transfer cuts in budget measures
Ottawa MPs vote 133 to 68 to pass Bill C-69 cutting planned federal increases to provinces for health care education and welfare. The plan trims 1990 91 health and postsecondary funding by 869 million and limits welfare transfers to Ontario British Columbia and Alberta to five percent annual increases for two years.
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Commons
Don Blenkarn
Commons Finance Committee
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
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Southam
Hat Area
Dave Coutts
Bow Island
B.C. Interior
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