Post Office Workers Vote for National Strike
Ottawa CP report says 84 percent of 23 000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted for a possible strike starting as early as Monday. Union seeks 1.70 per hour raise with COLA and 18 month contract. conciliation board proposed 70 cents. Parties clash on maternity leave and TV security in post offices.
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Ottawa
Jean- Claude Parrot
Parrot
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Pierre Jasmin
Treasury Board
Donald Johnston
Johnston
Jacques Desmarais
Francois Gregoire
Gregoire
Jasmin
Oil policy reversal aims to boost Canadian suppliers
Finance Minister Allan MacEachen announced a dramatic reversal of offshore oil and gas buying practices to curb reliance on parent companies and traditional suppliers. He urged developing competitive Canadian suppliers and emphasized a plan requiring development plans that secure fair opportunities for Canadian firms. The speech touched on ownership disputes with Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and legislative efforts to boost domestic content.
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Halifax
Allan MacEachen
MacEachen
Canada
Financial Post
Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Hibernia
Progressive Conservatives
New Democrats
Draft oil export price bill seen as not altering talks
Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch says federal draft legislation to set oil and gas export prices without hearings likely won’t affect federal provincial talks. British Columbia’s Bob McClelland criticizes the plan as nationalization and warns against bypassing public input. He notes Petro Canada expansion may raise taxes and doubts energy security would improve.
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Alberta
Merv Leitch
Leitch
Ottawa
Toronto
Marc Lalonde
British Columbia
Bob McClelland
National Energy Board
NEB
McClelland
B.C
Petro-Canada
McCelland
Canada
Tax on oil gas revenue challenged as unconstitutional
Leitch argues that the eight per cent tax on revenue from oil and natural gas production and 30 cents per thousand cubic feet on gas sold abroad exceed federal constitutional power. The taxes are collected in B C and placed in a special interest-paying account.
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B.C
Terry Fox in critical condition at Royal Columbian Hospital
Marathon of Hope runner Terry Fox remains in critical condition with a chest infection and weight loss. Doctors report he is able to converse briefly with family and is on a mouth fluid diet while receiving morphine for pain. Interferon treatment has been postponed.
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New Westminster
B.C
Terry Fox
Royal Columbian Hospital
Ladislav Antonik
Antonik
Fox
Accident victim named Neil Galarneau in fatal head on crash
RCMP identified 22 year old Neil Gordon Galarneau of 128a First St. N.E. as the victim in a fatal head on collision on the Trans-Canada Highway eight kilometres west of Redcliff. His car hit an oncoming semi driven by Julien Filion of Calgary. Galarneau's body was burned beyond recognition. Filion was uninjured.
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Neil Gordon Galarneau
First St. N.E
RCMP
Galarneau
Redcliff
Julien Filion
Calgary
Filion
Weather Report: Sunny With Mild Northwest Breeze
A brief forecast notes sunny skies and a high near 24 with a low around 8. A weather map on page 27 provides regional details and temperature trends for the day.
Giants Rally to Beat Medicine Hat in Extra Innings
The Medicine Hat Blue Jays blew leads in the ninth and tenth as the Great Falls Giants converted a late rally to win 7 to 6 in Great Falls. The game is reported on page 15.
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Giants
Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Great Falls Giants
Great Falls
Medicine Hat
Community Services Committee
Record rains drench British Columbia with no end in sight
Vancouver residents endure days of heavy showers as 345 millimetres of rain flood the lower mainland. Farmers warn of a potential 15 million dollar loss and higher prices, while scientists note a trend toward unusually wet years and dampened public mood.
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Vancouver
British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation
Vancouver Whitecaps
Fraser Valley
Don Gilmore
B.C
Prairies
Ed Pratt
Pacific Ocean
Earl Coatta
Lion’s Gate Bridge
Edro Signori
University of British Columbia
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