Alberta suspends Calgary Waldorf teacher over student abuse
The Alberta government suspended Kingsley Little, a Waldorf School teacher, after parents of at least seven Grade 4 pupils alleged hair pulling and tying students to desks. The suspension is until he completes a year of supervised teaching as the investigation proceeds.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Kingsley Little
Waldorf School
Larry Rappel
Council On Alberta
Liberal
Sheldon Chumb
Little
Jim Dinning
Dinning
Christina Tozer
RCMP debated charging reporter over budget leak
Deputy commissioner Henry Jensen told the Commons justice committee there was considerable debate among investigators on whether it was in the public interest to charge Global TV reporter Doug Small after the leak. The force sought legal advice on constitutional implications for freedom of the press before proceeding.
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Ottawa
RCMP
Henry Jensen
The
Commons Justice Committee
Global TV
Doug Small
Police use tear gas in raid on Montagnais reserve
Provincial police deployed tear gas to scatter about 30 unarmed demonstrators as 40 RCMP officers and unemployment insurance investigators sought seized documents at a Montagnais reserve 250 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. One demonstrator and a resident with asthma were injured. no others hurt.
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Yvon Moreau
Montagnais
Les Escoumains
Quebec
RCMP
LES Escoumins
Quebec City
Nelson Moreau
Denis Ross
Chinese authorities expel reporters amid Tiananmen crackdown
Beijing announces the arrest of two student leaders and orders three Western reporters expelled for coverage of martial law. Police seize 32 anti-government protesters at the capital’s railway station and checkpoints tighten as authorities pursue dissidents.
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Beijing
Pro-Democracy Movement
Zhou Fengsuo
Qinghua University
Xian
Air Force
Xiong Yang
China
Tiananmen Square
John Pomfret
The
Associated
Pomfret
Beijing Television News
Pessin
Wife killer Currence paroled earlier after appeal
Alberta Court of Appeal reduced Gordon Currence’s murder conviction from first to second degree. He becomes eligible for parole in August 1997, ten years after the death of Helen Currence, following a defense appeal that cited trial misdirection.
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Gordon Robert Currence
Alberta Court of Appeal
Currence
Court of Queen’s Bench
Helen
Dunmore
Don McCrimmon Aspred
Donald Medhurst
Joseph Markey
Calgary
Mary Hetherington
J. H. Laycraft
A. M. Harradence
Markey
Murer
Randy Pick
Court of Appeal
Helen Currence
Pick
Johnson scolded by judge over steroid denial in inquiry
Ben Johnson faces sharp rebuke from Justice Charles Dubin as he admits using steroids in 1981 and admits he lied about it until testifying at the government inquiry into the doping scandal. The judge calls the denial a disservice to Canadians who supported him.
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Toronto
Ben Johnson
Charles Dubin
Johnson
Dubin
Ontario
Commission
Robert Armstrong
Arm
Armstrong
Seoul
Gorbachev seeks West German investment for reform
Mikhail Gorbachev urged West Germany to invest in large Soviet projects and ease high tech transfer restrictions. Speaking at the Cologne Stock Exchange he praised recent thaw in ties with West Germany and called for closer economic integration to boost reform and living standards.
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BON
Mikhail Gorbachev
West Germany
Cologne
Gorbachev
Stuttgart University
Economy shows signs of cooling as leading indicator slows
Statistics Canada reported the composite leading indicator rose only 0.3 percent in March after a 0.5 percent gain in February, signaling slower growth ahead. Analysts cite high debt and rates, with consumer weakness driving much of the slowdown despite business investment remaining firm.
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Statistics Canada
Mike Manford
Scotia McLeod Inc
Manford
John Crow
Bank of Canada
Boaz
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Alan Pessin
Voice of America
Brian Barron
United States
Vio
Ben
Commons Finance Committee
Don Blenkarn
Consumer Affairs Committee
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