Court Leaves Fetus Debate to Mulroney
The Supreme Court of Canada refused to rule on a fetal right to life, sending the abortion issue back to Parliament and Prime Minister Mulroney. Justice Minister Doug Lewis said officials will study the decision while hospitals push for an injunction to bar anti abortion protests at Calgary General’s Peter Lougheed Centre.
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Supreme Court of Canada
Brian Mulroney
Joe Borowski
Manitoba
John Sopinka
Supreme Court
Doug Lewis
Lewis
Mulroney
Borowski
Europe
Calgary General Hospital
Peter Lougheed
Jack Halpin
Lougheed Centre
Francis urges wider admission of doping sins at inquiry
Ben Johnson’s coach Charlie Francis closed his eighth day on a federal inquiry stand with a plea for more coaches and athletes to confess wrongdoing. He said his doping revelations spurred others to come forward though many in sport deny it, and warned that without clean competition Canada cannot keep pace with drugged rivals. The inquiry head Justice Dubin backed caution as Angella Issajenko, a top Canadian track star and Francis protegé, is set to testify Monday.
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Toronto
Ben Johnson
Charlie Francis
Chemist
Johnson
Charles Dubin
Ottawa
Seoul
Angella Issajenko
Francis
Canada
Unemployment steady as February shows little change
Canada’s unemployment rate stayed at 7.6 percent in February, with employment barely moving down 28,000. Youth employment fell by 35,000, including 22,000 among women, while those 25 and older gained 7,000. Ontario fell 36,000. Saskatchewan off 10,000. British Columbia up 23,000. Services shed 32,000. public administration down 14,000. construction up 12,000.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Columbia
Provinces
Eastern Airlines files Chapter 11 amid long strike
Thousands of Eastern ticket holders in Canada and the United States scramble for refunds or alternate flights as Eastern seeks bankruptcy protection after a protracted machinists strike. Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International will not honor Eastern tickets, forcing passengers to buy new fares or seek standby seats amid peak travel period.
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New York
APCP
Eastern
Canada
United States
Air Canada
Canadian Airlines International
Garwood
Eastern Air
Montreal
Dorval
Canadian Airlines
Milne Wins Alberta Persons Award for Women’s Progress
Medicine Hat resident Lucy Milne 72 receives the first Alberta Persons Award commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Persons Case. Milne, a former business teacher and leader in the Medicine Hat Business and Professional Women’s Club, is recognized for her long service to women’s status and opportunities.
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Denise Helm
the News
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Lucy Milne
Margaret Leahey
Alberta Advisory Council On
Leahey
Milne
Alberta chief electoral officer probes government ads in election
Edmonton CP report states Alberta chief electoral officer Patrick Ledgerwood will review taxpayer funded newspaper ads promoting a Conservative plan. Critics say ads urge support for Getty's 400 million five point program. government calls for information lines. Opponents call for party funding of campaign promotions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Patrick Ledgerwood
Getty
Mulroney
New Democrat
Ray Martin
Laurence Decore
Alberta Conservative Party
Bob Hawkesworth
Calgary
Mountain View
Sheldon Chumir
Buffalo
Tower Rejected as Defense Secretary in Senate Vote
The U S Senate rejected John Tower 53 to 47 after a rancorous debate. The defeat marks a major setback for the Bush administration and sparks speculation on a next Pentagon nominee. Potential names include Donald Rumsfeld James Schlesinger William Cohen and Jack Edwards.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
John Tower
Republican Party
Tower
George Bush
Pentagon
Donald Rumsfeld
James Schlesinger
William Cohen
Rme
Senate
Jack Edwards
R-Ala
Repatriated Japanese Canadians seek wartime compensation
Canadian officials in Tokyo and Osaka process a flood of redress applications from Japanese Canadians repatriated to Japan after World War II. The government agreed to $21 000 payments for survivors and heirs, with many deportees who were Canadian citizens seeking restoration of citizenship. Personal recollections of Ikebe and Yoshikuni illustrate postwar hardship in Japan and avenues to work with U S occupation forces.
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Osaka
Japan
Canada
Ikebe
John Yoshikuni
U.S
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