Chretien wins Liberal leadership on first ballot
Alberta delegates and supporters react to Jean Chretien's decisive first ballot victory at the Calgary Liberal convention. Martin supporters note Western business appeal while Chretien pledges unity and renewed national effort. party figures call for policy focus on agriculture and West concerns.
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Mark Rogers
Jean Chretien
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Barry Morishita
Quebec
Morishita
Paul Martin
Brian
Mulroney
Martin
George Rambeitz
Calgary
Canada
Chretien
Liberal Party
Brian Mulroney
Rural depopulation study to hold Alberta hearings
Quantz and eight-person Minister's Council on Local Development plan July August hearings across Alberta to probe why up to 100 small towns lose population while about 70 grow. Sessions in Medicine Hat will include local government delegates and public input.
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Dean Pelkey
The
News
Lloyd Quantz
Alberta
Quantz
the Hat
Ontario
Unifarm presses for higher crop insurance on unseeded acres
The farm lobby group Unifarm asks federal and provincial agriculture officials to raise crop insurance for unseeded acreage from $20 to $35 per acre. Elmer Allen of Uniform research economist notes costs like $12 fertilizer per acre, fuel and seed, and wet conditions hindering seeding. He adds the current $17.55 cap fails to cover costs due to a 10 percent deductible and 50 cent per acre premium.
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Unifarm
Elmer Allen
Edmonton
Allen
Pigeons Plague Victoria Nurses Residence Site
City police enlist a Calgary pest firm to deter pigeons around the Victoria Nurses Residence on Ash Street near the police station. The birds are fed avitrol laced corn to discourage roosting, without killing them, in hopes they relocate from police vehicles and windshields.
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Victoria Nurses
Ash Street
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Ray Palardy
PCO Pest Centre
Meech baggage weighs on MPs view of accord collapse
Medicine Hat MP Bob Porter says Meech Lake failed due to baggage from special interest groups rather than the accord itself. He cites Quebec ratification, a three year delay, Senate reform, and shifting provincial governments as factors, with economic concerns and investor nerves dominating Ottawa’s immediate agenda. Porter plans to return to Ottawa for a caucus meeting with Mulroney outlining next steps.
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Dean Pelkey
Meech Lake
Medicine Hat
Meech
Quebec
Porter
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Square 1
Senate
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
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