Fort Smith Declares Quadrilingual Status Including Cree Chipewyan
Fort Smith Northwest Territories has recognized English French Cree and Chipewyan as official languages. Councillor Louis Sebert led a unanimous motion to add native languages noting half the population are descendants and language is at risk. Mayor Dennis Bevington said services will be provided where there is demand case by case.
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Fort Smith
N.W.T
Louis Sebert
Alberta-Northwest Territories
Ontario
Sebert
Dennis Bevington
Blast Hits Alberta Post Office Rips Building Open
In Blackfalds Alberta a nighttime blast ripped apart the local post office with windows shattered and doors blown off. No injuries reported though about 100 residents were evacuated as gas odor prompted sheltering in nearby homes, hotels and the community hall. Authorities suspect a gas leak. classes were canceled and investigators cleared streets Friday.
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Blackfalds
Alta
Alberta
Mulroney urges Christian charity for Crosbie remarks
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney defended Trade Minister John Crosbie's controversial remarks about Sheila Copps saying apologies should be accepted. Mulroney noted Crosbie's apology and cited Christian charity while recounting past exchanges with Copps. He added Copps once called him a slimebag but offered no apology.
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Peter Maser
Southam
Comeau
Que
John Crosbie
Sheila Copps
Brian Mulroney
Crosbie
Quebec
Mulroney
Copps
Rate jumps but Wilson indifferent amid mixed Canada data
Statistics Canada reports strong consumer spending sustaining growth in late 1989 while Bank of Canada raises rates to 13.41 percent. GDP rose 2.9 percent in 1989, but quarterly growth slows to 2 percent as imports surge, with Finance Minister Wilson predicting rates will ease and no 1990 recession. Experts remain cautiously optimistic about the economy.
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Statistics Canada
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Michael Wilson
Wilson
Jim Frank
Conference Board of Canada
Acid-rain compromise reached after long negotiations
White House and Senate negotiators unveiled a compromise environmental bill to curb acid rain and air pollution with Canada in mind. The package would cut acid rain emissions from U.S. industry by about half by the century’s end, easing tensions with Canada and signaling a path for Senate approval this spring.
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Norma Greenaway
Southam
Washington
White House
Senate
U.S
Bob Dole
Dole
Capitol Hill
Canada
Canada-U.s
George Mitchell
Derek Burney
Mitchell
House of Representatives
House
Tax sell involves big guns in campaign push
Cal gary CP reports the federal government plans an election style blitz to sell the new seven percent goods and services tax to Canadians. Prime Minister Mulroney and Finance Minister Wilson lead the effort with cabinet ministers MPs and business backers set to promote the tax across provinces. Harvie Andre says the “big players” will be there and the time of silence is past with Burns in Alberta in the coming weeks and Edmonton next week.
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Calgary
Brian Mulroney
Harvie Andre
Conservative House
Calgary Centre
Andre
Mulroney
Alberta
Michael Wilson
Edmonton
Ottawa
Harvie
Quebec Campus Libs Accused Of Skirting Rules In Leadership Push
In Ottawa report Anthony Housefather of Sheila Copps camp says Chretien supporters at McGill and other Quebec campuses offered free memberships and urged ignoring the $5 fee. Rival camps claim similar underhanded recruitment and have tape recordings. The party launched an inquiry into campus clubs to determine delegate eligibility for Calgary in June.
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Sheila
Copps
Sheila Copps
Joan Bryden
Southam
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Jean Chretien
Paul Martin
Chretien
Martin
National Party
Anthony Housefather
McGill University
Montreal
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