Getty Promises Now Put At 1.5 Billion For Alberta
Alberta Premier Don Getty faced reporters after a budget estimate pegged his campaign pledges at 1.5 billion dollars. Treasury figures break down 400 million for seniors, 400 million for high interest relief, and 200 million for a drug abuse foundation, with roads and farm diesel subsidies also included. Opponents criticized the costs while Getty defended his plans as affordable without tax hikes.
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Alberta
Don Getty
Getty
Dick Johnston
Edmonton
Johnston
New Democrat
Ray Martin
New Democrats
Aviation memo warns Canada faces air safety crisis
An internal Transport Department memo dated January 20 warns Canadian air safety is at risk due to a shortage of air carrier inspectors for large commercial aircraft. It cites a drop from 30 inspectors to 22 amid deregulation and a 400 percent workload rise, predicting a major accident unless staffing improves.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Canada
Transport Department
Neale MacGregor
Aviation Branch
R. W. Slaughter
MacGregor
Slaughter
Claude LaFrance
Department
Gorbachev Proposes Free Market Agriculture in Soviet Union
President Mikhail Gorbachev urges dismantling centralized planning to let farmers lease land and set crop choices and prices. He cites 40 million tonnes of grain wasted and calls for rationing meat and sugar while abolishing the 1985 farm super agency as the Central Committee meets.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Central Committee
Communist Party
Third person ties Johnson to steroid injections in Guadeloupe
Tony Issajenko testified that he injected Ben Johnson with steroids at a 1984 training camp in Guadeloupe and that Johnson knew he was receiving banned drugs. Angella Issajenko and coach Charlie Francis had earlier testified to injections and Johnson's awareness. Johnson, 27, has yet to testify at the inquiry into his Seoul Olympics drug test.
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Toronto
Ben Johnson
Tony Issajenko
Angella
Johnson
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
Angella Issajenko
Charlie Francis
Tony Sharpe
Secret paper reveals lax pollution enforcement in Canada mills
A federal Environment Canada report dated July 1988, kept secret, shows 83 of 122 Canadian pulp mills dump toxic chemicals beyond national limits. It cites coastal British Columbia and Quebec mills as worst polluters and urges all mills to meet uniform standards, accusing favorable enforcement and subsidy-driven neglect.
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Southam News
Vancouver
Canada
Environment Canada
B.C
Quebec
F illing Menu Scams Hit Winnipeg Restaurants
Reported across Winnipeg eateries, diners face deceptive menus with misrepresented items. Authorities warn common tricks include substituting pork or dairy for advertised seafood and mislabeling crab dishes, misleading customers about ingredients and quality.
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Winnipeg
Bing
Sigurdson
Trust worries over Alberta Heritage Fund use in election
Conservative candidate John Gogo and Premier Don Getty clash over the Heritage Savings Trust Fund. Getty hints using the fund to fund campaign promises and a new drug abuse foundation, while Gogo warns inflation erodes earnings and revenue drops threaten hospitals and education.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Don Getty
Getty
John Gogo
Lethbridge West
Gogo
General Revenue Fund
CBC union strikes across Canada disrupts network programming
CUPE production workers and other staff walked off nationwide at 12 01 a m in Toronto Vancouver St John s Edmonton Ottawa as 2600 employees joined earlier walkouts. CBC plans to use management to fill gaps while 11000 CBC employees belong to unions overall.
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CBC
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Toronto
Vancouver
CUPE
St. John’s
Mid
Edmonton
Ottawa
Awa
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