Lead hazard known before poisonings at Alberta Recoveries
MARK ROGERS of The News Alberta Occupational Health and Safety knew of lead contamination hazards at Alberta Recoveries and Rentals long before tests showed workers had been poisoned. The director of communications said inspectors ordered a clean up only after December test results showed high lead levels. Peter Trynchy promised to review the case as Earl Howitt and Dave Ladouceur recalled warnings were not given. Tim MacInnis said safety adherence was a challenge. letters and orders preceded test results.
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Mark Rogers
The
News
Alberta
Peter Trynchy
Occupational Health and Safety
Earl Howitt
Dave Ladouceur
Alberta Occupational Health and Safety
Tim MacInnis
Miller
Tax uprising unlikely Hints of anti GST drive in Medicine Hat
Activists seek to form anti GST executive slates in Conservative ridings including Medicine Hat. Local officials deny momentum with Cetinski cited as overreaching. Town chamber and business groups report no organized anti tax movement, while Cetinski aims to sway MPs to pressure Mulroney.
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Medicine Hat
Rick Oland
Ace Cetinski
Elk Island
Alberta
British Columbia
Bob Porter
Joe Clark
Yellowhead
Edmonton
Jim Edwards
Okanagan Centre
al Horning
Oland
Cetinski
Jeff Welling
Association
Barry Miskuski
Cliff Wright
John Hamill
Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce
Hat Chamber
Brian Mulroney
Alberta shelves Athabasca pulp mill postponement sparks protest
The Alberta government delays the 1.3 billion Alberta-Pacific pulp mill near Athabasca drawing environmental fears and mixed reaction. Premier Getty and cabinet back the delay amid protests and accusations of bias from MLA Mike Cardinal while environmental reviews flag cancer-causing toxins in local river fish.
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Athabasca
Alta
Alberta
Don Getty
Environment
Ralph Klein
Mike Cardinal
Klein
Getty
Edmonton
Wapiti
Manitoba rejects Meech Lake deal talks with Remillard end in stalemate
Quebec minister Gil Remillard visited Manitoba leaders in Winnipeg to press Meech Lake terms but left empty handed as Premier Filmon warned a political accord would ignore Manitoba concerns. NDP and Liberal leaders Doer and Carstairs echoed the gloom over constitutional talks.
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Winnipeg
Quebec
Meech Lake
Manitoba
Canada
Intergovernmental Affairs
Gil Remillard
A West Lake
Remillard
Meech
Posal
Filmon
NDP
Gary Doer
Sharon Carstairs
Campaign intensifies tax fight across Canada
Ottawa groups unite to launch Campaign for Fair Taxes opposing the GST set for nationwide action starting Monday. Peter Bleyer says the mobilization aims to involve many Canadians ahead of an April 7-9 protest climax. Finance Minister Michael Wilson plans a seven percent GST replacing the 13.5 percent tax, with broad goods and services coverage.
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Ottawa
Pro-Canada
Canadian Labor Congress
Coalition Quebecoise Contre
TPS
Peter Bleyer
Pro-Canada Network
Bleyer
Michael Wilson
Brian Mulroney
Trudeau slams Mulroney Meech Lake pact in new book
Pierre Trudeau accuses Brian Mulroney of sacrificing Canada for electoral victory and dismantling national unity for provincial gains. He calls the Canada U S free trade deal a monstrous swindle and states Meech Lake sealed federal provincial compromises in secret at Meech Lake. Trudeau argues the 1984 election split Canada further and Quebec nationalists gained influence through the MEech Lake process.
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Toronto
Pierre Trudeau
Brian Mulroney
Canada
Meech Lake
Globe and Mail
The
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Trudeau
Robert Bourassa
Mulroney
Quebec Lake
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Doug Carpenter
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Jacques
Demers
Red Wings
Maple Leafs
Getty Government Shelves Pulp Mill
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Friends of the Athabasca
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Louis Schmittroth
Satya Das
Parti Quebecois
Atlantic
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