Alberta legislature probes Level 4 bio containment plans at DRES Suffield
MLA Marie Laing questions a proposed Level 4 bio containment facility at Defence Research Establishment Suffield amid assurances that current tests at the site do not involve deadly organisms. A 1969 defensive program operates under strict controls with no action planned to expand to Level 4 testing, while opponents fear covert biological experiments and demand environmental review if plans shift.
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Alberta
Defence Research Establishment
Suffield
New Democrat
Marie Laing
Bryan Laidlaw
DRES
Laing
Intergovernmental
Jim Horsman
Horsman
Medicine Hat
Department of National Defence
Cfb Suffield
Laidlaw
Perrin Beatty
Defence
Diana Chown
The
Voice of Women In
Edmonton
Chown
Peace Magazine
U.S
Salt Lake City
Thief seeks forgiveness after church breakin and theft
Jason Stanley Wilson begged a Court of Queen's Bench to forgive the church community after stealing about 1000 dollars from St. Peter Lutheran Church on December 26 and causing 2400 dollars in damage. Judge Justice L.D. MacLean gave two years in prison and two years probation with 3400 dollars restitution due within one year of release.
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Jason Stanley Wilson
Court of Queen’s Bench
L.D. MacLean
Wilson
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Eighth St. S.E
Darwin Greaves
MacLean
Mounties Acquitted in Sexual Assault Case
Two RCMP officers Real Robert Fillion and Cameron Ward Ritchie were acquitted of sexually assaulting a 20 year old woman in a Brooks city car last July. The officers remain suspended pending an internal investigation as they await a planned internal review later this year.
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Peter Hays
the News
RCMP
Brooks Street
Brooks Rcmp
Robert Fillion
Cameron Ward Ritchie
Spence Bay N.W.T
Detach
Ment
Edmonton
Fillion
Ritchie
Calgary Rcmp General Investigation Services
Keith MacMillan
Mediationized talks open between I XL management and striking workers
A mediation attempt is underway as I XL Industries meets with the Aluminum Brick and Glassworkers Union after a June 1 strike at Redcliff and Medicine Hat plants. The union seeks a 3 to 3.5 percent two year raise while the company offers a zero percent rise. The company may close the Manitoba brick and tile plant and the Medicine Hat receiver pipe plant.
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I-Xl Industries
Aluminum, Brick and Glassworkers International Union
I-Xl
Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Sissons
Manitoba
Medicine
Durum wheat not dumped. U.S. report clears Canadian Wheat Board
A U.S. International Trade Commission report found no dumping of subsidized durum wheat by the Canadian Wheat Board. It rejects American claims of subsidies and price suppression, praises Canadian durum quality, and notes no consistent price gap with U.S. durum 1986 89. Critics warn future shifts under trade deals.
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Dean Pelkey
the News
U.S. International Trade Commission
Canadian Wheat Board
U.S
Harvey McEwen
Western Canadian Wheat
Canada
Wheat Board
McEwen
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Darin
Tim Barth
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