Meech Lake Accord Seen Crumbling Over Mulroney Arrogance
Meech's message from Manitoba and Newfoundland warns that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's overconfidence and timing of the accord could doom ratification by the Saturday deadline. Elijah Harper's stalling in Manitoba and Newfoundland's Assembly vote loom as pivotal, with critics blaming the premier's gamble. If the accord dies, Canadians may demand less elitism and more public say in politics.
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Manitoba
Newfoudland
Brian Mulroney
Achille
Mulroney
Newfoundland
House of Assembly
Elijah Harper
Harper
Lowell Murray
Meech Lake
B C Supreme Court ruling limits but does not stop transfer cuts
The British Columbia Supreme Court ruled Ottawa cannot unilaterally cap transfer payments under the Canada Assistance Plan. The decision stops or limits cuts in B C Alberta and Ontario but may have little long term effect as the federal government can cancel the agreement with one year's notice. The ruling will be appealed and the Supreme Court of Canada may reverse the obligation to underwrite provincial expenses.
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B.C
Alberta
Ontario
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada
High Court
Mandela visit stirs native angst in Ottawa and Winnipeg
Mandela addressed MPs and senators on Parliament Hill as Manitoba Indian chiefs pressed Senator Murray with a six point plan. Chiefs told Murray the plan was not enough and insisted sanctions stay until apartheid ends. Mandela, hailed by aboriginal peoples and many others, highlighted the inequity of speech without action.
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Ottawa
Meech Lake
Winnipeg
Nelson Mandela
Parliament Hill
Lowell Murray
Manitoba
Murray
Mandela
Canada
Indians and Meech Lake stain Canadian constitutional debate
Southam News examines native leaders and the politics around Meech Lake and aboriginal rights in Canada. It notes Quebec’s absence, past conferences in 1985 and 1987, and Manitoba’s lone Indian legislator as factors shaping the fate of constitutional change and treaty rights.
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Mulroney
Phil Fontaine
Trudeau
Ottawa
Quebec
Meech Lake
Meech
Manitoba
Riel
Saskatchewan
Filmon
Southam News
Vaulting on Napoleon Ends in Tearful Ride
In Great Falls Virginia a girl attempts to vault onto a horse named Napoleon. She falls after a Cossack loop move but is encouraged by her mother and instructor Carol Fuller. The scene ends with the child back in the saddle riding hands free amid tears.
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Great Falls
Napoleon
Carol Fuller
Carol Heiss
Scripps Howard News Service
Vaulting Adds a New Horse Country Challenge
In California a growing scene unites ballet, dressage and gymnastics under United States Pony Club sanction. Privileged girls pay 50 dollars monthly to train and compete as vaulting blends agility and artistry with horses. A child fears the saddleless sport yet perseveres through praise and persistence.
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United States Pony Club
California
Circus
National Velvet
Toby Tyler
African elephants on brink of extinction in 15 years
Reader's Digest essay cites Africa’s elephant population falling from millions to under 600 000 with last year poaching nearing 100 000. It notes 1977 1987 losses across East Africa and cites Kenya Tanzania South Africa Botswana Zimbabwe and others implementing varied policies while ivory trade bans lag. The piece urges global policing and demand reduction to save herds.
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Nathan M. Adams
Scripps
Howard News Service
Nature
Earth
Africa
East Africa
Central African Republic
Sudan
Somalia
Chad
Zambia
Kenya
Tanzania
United Arab Emirates
Singapore
Japan
South Africa
Kruger National Park
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Tsavo
Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Nathan Adams
Reader's Digest
Scripps Howard News Service
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Bing
Rheta Grimsley-Johnson
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