Harper blocks Meech Lake in Manitoba Senate row
Elijah Harper, the only aboriginal member of Manitoba's legislature, stalls the Meech Lake process for days. He argues the notice of ratification was mishandled and questions the distinct society clause. The dispute highlights distrust over Quebec's role and the constitution's future.
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Ottawa
Elijah Harper
Canada
Meech Lake
Manitoba
Filmon
Harper
Denis Rocan
Winnipeg
Quebec
Meech
Feds
Supreme Court of Canada
Abortion bill sparks debate after deadly self induced death
The article reports Yvonne Jurewicz, a Toronto woman, died from a self induced abortion while Canada debates a Senate bill returning abortion to the criminal code. It notes a 16 year old was injured by a backroom abortionist and criticizes the federal move as causing doctors to withdraw services and driving women to unsafe methods.
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Anada
Senate
Yvonne Jurewicz
Toronto
Jane Holmes
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League
Canada
Supreme Court
CF-18 training changes aim to fix crash-prone fighter
The Canadian Forces announced new training and operational changes for the CF-18 after seven crashes near Vancouver Island. Lt Gen Fred Sutherland says higher low level flight, emphasis on basics, and less paperwork address long-standing criticisms while warning ground training and lack of a flight simulator remain critical gaps.
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Fred Sutherland
Air Force
Vancouver Island
St. Petersburg column questions Lords on Nazi law and Klan masks
The piece contrasts Britain's House of Lords blocking Nazi war crimes prosecutions with a Georgia judge ruling Georgia masks ban law unconstitutional for the Ku Klux Klan. It argues both actions reflect tolerance of bigotry and warns of rising bias crimes in the United States while urging revival of the war crimes bill in Britain.
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Martin Dyckman
St. Petersburg
House of Lords
North Georgia
Howard E. Cook
Britain
House of Commons
Simon Wiesenthal
Los Angeles
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Cook
United States
Meech Lake pact leaves Canada with loss either way
The Meech Lake process has become a lose lose for Canada as premiers bargain over Senate reform and distinct society language. The piece arguesQuebec nationalism, federal intimidation, and stalled ratification sow western alienation while Quebec seeks power, risking a national crisis regardless of the pact's fate.
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Canada
Quebec
Clyde Wells
Gary Filmon
Brian Mulroney
Meech Lake
Mulroney
Bourassa
West
Newfoundland
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
Senate
Parti Quebecois
Jacques Parizeau
Ottawa
Getty
Alberta
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Florida
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Brian Mulroneys
Don Gettys
Robert Bourassa
Ing
Wells
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