Canadians favor broader abortion access but dislike clinic abortions
A Globe and Mail poll of 2044 Canadians by CROP Inc finds 60 percent support government ensure access to abortions where hospitals do not perform them, while 43 percent support legal abortions in medical clinics. Seventy-eight percent say legal abortion should be possible with therapeutic abortion committee approval in a recognized hospital.
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Toronto
Toronto Globe and Mail
Crop Inc
CROP
Statistics Canada
Canada
Tory ready to bend on pension de-index plan
Moncton MP Dennis Cochran says the federal plan to de-index old age pensions may be reversed after a federation meeting. He warns that if saved funds are redirected from debt reduction, the government might slow the deficit plan but keep its goal for overall reduction.
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Moncton
N.B
Dennis Cochran
New Brunswick
Bourassa
Nnt
Rene Levesque
Liberals
Liberal plan for massive James Bay hydro project
Quebec Liberals, buoyed by a spring fundraising push that neared 5.2 million, outline a $25 billion plan to export hydro power to the United States by diverting James Bay water southward. Leader Robert Bourassa promotes Power from The North, while denying a 1 billion price tag on pre election promises.
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Linda Drouin
Quebec
Quebec Liberal Party
Robert Bourassa
United States
Bourassa
James Bay
Parti Quebecois
Weather whips crowd count at Moose Jaw air show
Cold temperatures and high winds reduced attendance at the Moose Jaw air show to about 27 000 over the weekend, roughly half of last year’s nearly 50 000. Organizers at Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw aimed for 40 000 with a new two day format to ease crowding.
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Moose Jaw, Sask
Moose Jaw
Canadian Forces Base
Chemical dump irks couple
New Westminster British Columbia residents Joe and Elsie McNeney say they are sickened by a chemical dump into the Brunette River that killed thousands of fish last week. They had spent years restoring the river and fear another setback as federal investigators probe a detergent like substance in Creek Two, a Brunette tributary.
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New Westminster
B.C
Joe
Elsie McNeney
Brunette
McNeney
Vancouver council seeks ban on escort agencies
Support grows for outlawing escort services in Vancouver as four COP council members back the move. Mayor Harcourt remains opposed. Alderman Rankin dismisses agencies as a front for prostitution, calling them a recognized form of prostitution.
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Vancouver
Mike Harcourt
Committee of Progressive Electors Council
Harry Rankin
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