Hull mayor rejects meeting Queen during Canada Day visit
Hull mayor Michel Légère and Quebec National Assembly member Robert Lesage said they will not meet the Queen on Canada Day. They cited Meech Lake rejection and called it a day of celebration they do not wish to associate with the royal visit.
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Francine Dube
Ottawa Citizen
Hull
Que
Michel Legere
Quebec National Assembly
Robert Lesage
Canada Day
Legere
Meech Lake
Ottawa River
Ottawa
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Sylvie Godin
Godin
Gilles Lamontagne
Bourassa
Brian Mulroney
Christopher Davis
Hull Parti Quebecois
Queen's Alberta tour draws mixed reactions during visit
Prime Minister Mulroney and the Queen drew cheers and boos in Calgary as they attended a Calgary Philharmonic gala. In Red Deer thousands lined the main street to glimpse the Queen who also toured a pediatric hospital and met a Channel-swim fundraiser.
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Bob Bergen
Bill Musselwhite
Calgary Herald
Calgary
Canada
Brian Mulroney
Calgary Centre For Performing Arts
Mila
Calgary Philharmonic
Alberta
Helen Hunley
Don Getty
Ken Reid
Harvie Andre
Red Deer
Edmonton
John Cormier
Penhold
Joe Clark
Lithuania suspends independence declaration for 100 days
The Lithuanian parliament voted to suspend the March 11 independence declaration for 100 days. President Vytautas Landsbergis had urged the limit to break a 15 week deadlock with Moscow ahead of next week’s Soviet party congress.
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Vilnius
U.S.S.R
Reuter
Lithuania
Moscow
Vytautas Landsbergis
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Communist Party
Santa Barbara County Arson Blazes Strike Wide Area
A major wildfire in Santa Barbara County fueled by arson engulfed 567 homes and businesses as cooler weather helped other Southern California fires. Officials warned losses could exceed 600 million while Governor Deukmejian declared emergencies in Santa Barbara and Glendale.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Los Angeles
Kay O'Brien
Utah
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Arizona
Texas
Colorado
Tonto National Forest
Zane Grey
George Deukmejian
Glendale
Goleta
Labour leader urges Senate to scrap GST
Labour leader Shirley Carr urged the Liberal controlled Senate to kill Bill C-62 amid criticism of a seven percent goods and services tax. She argued it harms workers and the poor despite rebates, while Senator Buckwold noted thousands of letters supporting delay. Hearings wrapped in Ottawa with cross country tours planned starting July 9.
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Ray DI Gregorio Southam
Ottawa
Shirley Carr
Senate
Carr
Banking Trade and Commerce Committee
Sidney Buckwold
Buckwold
Canada
Charlottetown
Medellin bomb kills 14 as new police chief sworn in
A car bomb exploded outside a Medellin police station killing 14 and wounding 30, many children. Col. Jorge Ferrero had just become Medellin police chief when the blast occurred. Police blamed drug traffickers amid a government crackdown.Authorities reported a prior terror device found near a city building in Medellin.
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Bogota
Medellin
Jorge Ferrero
Colombia
Ferrero
Day care subsidy limits spark debate among providers
City day care coordinators say new earning limits aim to help more families but still leave many middle income households unable to qualify. Minister John Oldring will seek cabinet approval to raise the ceiling to 48 000 while a March white paper proposed 40 000 for two earners. Operators warn middle earners remain squeezed as full fees hit 343 monthly per child and subsidies reduce net costs to as low as 52.
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John Oldring
Buchignani
Rates push Canada toward zero growth, industry warns
The Canadian manufacturing sector warned that persistently high interest rates will cause zero growth before inflation reaches target. April output was flat as factory production fell nearly one percent from March while the Bank of Canada kept the trend rate at 13.83 percent, keeping borrowing costs elevated. Todd Rutley of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association called the stagnation a sign of policy failing to curb growth.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Bank of Canada
Todd Rutley
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
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Khomeni
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