Albertans push jail terms for polluters in new environment law
Public input from about 4000 Albertans urges harsher enforcement and higher fines for environmental crimes. Respondents favor recycling over pulp mills, seek accountability for corporate leaders, and call for bonds and possible environmental taxes to fund protection. Klein to draft omnibus law next week.
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Edmonton
Ando
Alberta
Tive
Klein
Government of
Escaped Convicts Seek Cover After Hijacked Helicopter Escape
RCMP hunt two convicts who hijacked a helicopter at Kent Institution in Hope BC. Police say the pair and an accomplice may hide in Agassiz woods, with a car found nearby. Guard Ripley Kirby injured. more than 40 officers scour Fraser Valley area for suspects.
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Agassiz
B.C
RCMP
Hope
Vancouver
Nigel Marsh
Marsh
Fraser Valley
Harrison Lake
Silver River
Fred Fandrich
David Thomas
Robert Ford
Kent Institution
Darrell Price
Agassiz Rcmp
Ripley Kirby
Kent
Liberal leadership race opens amid Meech Lake dispute
In Calgary the Liberal leadership campaign kicks off with Paul Martin and Sheila Copps criticizing Jean Chretien for not voicing a Meech Lake stance. Chretien avoids comment, saying Newfoundland and Manitoba legislatures should decide, while Copps calls his stance a lack of leadership.
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Howdy
Grit
Sheila Copps
Calgary
Paul Martin
Jean Chretien
Meech Lake
Grits
Quebec
Martin
Chretien
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Hamilton East
Gorbachev signals possible change at Communist party
President Mikhail Gorbachev hinted at stepping down as party chief within 10 or 12 days during a Moscow Communist conference. He warned delegates against hasty criticism and said another general secretary could emerge, leaving unclear whether resignation or removal was implied.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Communist Party
Gorbachev
Meech Lake crisis a blame game among leaders
Ottawa clergies finger Mulroney Filmon and Bourassa blame each other for failing to push Meech Lake forward as Manitoba MLA Elijah Harper stalls the legislature for a sixth day. Filmon retorts Ottawa bungled the process while Harper prepares more delays.
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Peter Bardgeorge
Southam News
Winnipeg
Brian Mulroney
Manitoba
Gary Filmon
Robert Bourassa
Quebec
Filmon
Ottawa
Mulroney
Bourassa
Elijah Harper
Harper
Meech Lake
House of Commons
Canada
Peterson urges Newfoundland to back Meech Lake accord
Ontario Premier David Peterson urged Newfoundland to pass the Meech Lake accord not from fear but to show compromise. He opened debate with a one hour plea while acknowledging unpopularity of the pact and stressing regional accommodation as central to keeping Canada united. Premier Clyde Wells remains a critic inviting PM Mulroney and other premiers to present their cases to the 52 members.
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ST. John's
Mfld
Ontario
David Peterson
Newfoundland
Meech Lake
Peterson
Frank McKenna
New Brunswick
Clyde Wells
Brian Mulroney
Court ruling may expand speedy trial claims in Alberta
A Court of Queen s Bench judge sided with a lawyer to use a little used Criminal Code section requiring a jail director to seek a bail hearing for prisoners held over 90 days without trial. The ruling may empower lawyers to seek dismissal for delays caused by overcrowded courts and complex cases, affecting remanded prisoners including George Lawrence Neil.
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Calgary
Court of Queen’s Bench
Paul Chrumka
Brian Edy
Chrumka
Lloyd Erickson
Direc
Tor
George Lawrence Neil
Montreal
Neil
Richard Cairns
Mexico
Cairns
Treasurer links Alberta deficit to oil slump
Edmonton Canada. Treasurer Dick Johnston warns a prolonged oil price downturn could push Alberta’s deficit beyond the $780 million forecast for the year. He notes the March budget assumed $21 per barrel oil, but prices have fallen. a $1 drop costs about $100 million in revenue as WTI crude dips below $16.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dick Johnston
Johnston
West Texas
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Alta
Stan
Stan Waters
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Gordon Barnham
Waters
Meech
Sharon Carstairs
NDP
Gary Doer
Carstairs
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