Nerve gas tests at Suffield raise safety concerns in Alberta
New Democrats cite nerve gas testing at Canadian Forces Base Suffield amid an April 1986 incident where two technicians suffered minor exposure while decontaminating a shell. Officials say records are limited, while critics urge openness and caution about open range tests and unknown sub lethal effects.
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Denise Helm
New Democrats
Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Alberta
Ray Martin
University of Alberta
George Kimbell
Defence Research Establishment
Peter Lockwood
Kimbell
Sor
Mark Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Retaliation Thickens as Soviet Diplomat Is Expelled
Ottawa expels Col Grigori Stepanovich Roublev and Sergey Kashanov for espionage amid a wave of Soviet expulsions totaling nine from Canada. Moscow warns more Canadians may be expelled. External Affairs reduces Soviet staff to about 60 diplomats. Defense and Foreign Ministers say no single breach triggered the moves.
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Ottawa
Canada
Moscow
Dnennty
Sergey Mikhaylovich Kashtanov
Viacheslav Bogdanov
Alexey Rodionov
Bogdanov
Kremlin
Roublev
Defence
Perrin Beatty
Joe Clark
Trial set for two in Blood Reserve murder case
Judge Ron Jacobson ordered Albert Morin and Darcy Watmough to stand trial on murder charges in the death of Bernard Tallman Jr. Tallman, 23, a Blood Reserve member from Stand Off, was found shot in a ditch near Lethbridge after a March 31 discovery. Band leaders say several executions by whites have occurred.
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Lethbridge. Alta
Bernard Tallman Jr
Ron Jacobson
Albert David Morin
Lethbridge
Darcy Lee Watmough
Fort Macleod
Alta
Jacobson
Tallman
Feds soften tone on Alberta language bill
Ottawa signals a conciliatory stance over Alberta's bill making English the province's only official language with limited French services. Association canadienne francais de l Alberta vows to press Ottawa to use financial pressure to oppose the legislation unless French services are preserved and funding is spent with consultation.
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Feds
Ottawa
Alberta
Don Mazankowski
Meech Lake
Georges Ares
Association
Canadienne-Francais de l'Alberta
Edmonton
CBC Policy Push Seeks Mass Audience With Limited Funding
Ottawa unveils new broadcasting policy to replace the 1968 Act led by Flora MacDonald. It pledges 130.2 million over four years for CBC with 20 million annually for English and 15 million for French, but provides no major funding increase and expands government control over broadcasting policy subject to Commons review.
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Ottawa
CBC
Flora MacDonald
All Party Commons
MacDonald
U.S
CRTC
The
Commons Committee On Communications
Mudslides in Catak halt rescue efforts after 100 feared buried
A rash of mudslides in Catak Trabzon province near the Black Sea halted rescue work as authorities feared about 100 people were buried under mud and rocks. One body had been recovered. reports tied the toll to up to 300 possible fatalities, with 31 injured and foreign rescuers aiding search with dogs.
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Catak
Turkey
Trabzon
Black Sea
Ankara
Klaus Kolter
Rescue Dog Association
Firefighters Struggle as Forest Fires Rage Across Canada
Canadian fires limit resources with 400 plus blazes nationwide. U S crews aided Ontario where 225 fires burned. Saskatchewan evacuated 400 including children from an elementary near Saskatoon. BC reported 84 fires, Manitoba 98, Quebec under control due to rain.
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Canada
United States
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Pike Lake
Alberta
Manitoba
Bissett
Grand Rapids
Quebec
New Brunswick
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Lockwood
Martin
Profes
Jim Horsman
John Sopinka
the Supreme
William McIntyre
Bertha Wilson
Court of Canada
Brian Dickson
CP Laserphoto
Betew
Col
Grigori Stepanovich Roublev
Beatty
Mazankows
Ment
Macha
Syria
Iabzon
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