Mulroney Jabs Parizeau Sparking Unions And Carpet Savings
Prime Minister Mulroney mocked Jacques Parizeau by likening him to a carpet salesman drawing a chuckle from Hull Quebec and a local store offering five percent discounts to customers who say the magic word. The gag targets currency and armed force questions. The Hull recall sparked a broader promo at Tapis Supreme with a further five percent off if Brian is mentioned.
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Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Jacques Parizeau
Mulroney
Hull
Que
Parti Quebecois
Quebec
Tapis Supreme
Brian
Alberta health tax denial and education strike settlement update
The Alberta government denies plans for a health care tax despite discussions of a 2000 dollar deductible taxed as income. In Red Deer County, 285 teachers voted 65 percent to approve a two year offer ending a month long strike and returning students to classes with a 4.9 percent first year and 3.9 percent second year wage rise.
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Calgary
Alberta Medical Association
Ron Fraser
Fraser
Alberta Health
Gordon Turtle
Alberta
Battle River
Marilyn Lindgren
Alberta Teachers Association
Red Deer
Police clash with protesters on Kaynak Page A12
The fragment notes confrontations between police and protesters. No additional details or names are readable.
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Kaynak
King pleads for peace as L A stays tense after riots
In Los Angeles after three days of rioting, 40 killed and nearly 2,000 injured as National Guard and federal troops patrol streets. President Bush authorizes 4,500 federal troops and 3,000 army with 1,500 Marines to restore order while Rodney King appeals for calm.
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Los Angeles
National Guard
George Bush
Rodney King
Bush
United States
Marvin Kidd
Hollywood Boulevard
Michael Bostic
King
Watts
State Office of Emergency Services
Administration
U.S
Justice Department
Bourassa says Quebec may return to constitutional talks
Premier Robert Bourassa reported progress in constitutional negotiations and said Quebec could rejoin discussions if guaranteed what Meech Lake failed to secure. He noted Western premiers support accelerating talks and stressed a veto over future constitutional changes remains a Quebec condition.
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Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Bourassa
Radio-Canada
Meech Lake
Jim Horsman
Alberta
Intergovernmental
Medicine Hat
Horsman
Serial killer suspected in Kristen French murder case
Police say Kristen French was held for about ten days and possibly sexually assaulted before she was killed and left beside a Burlington road. Autopsy results were pending as investigators link the abduction to a serial killer profile shared with Niagara Region police. The 15 year old from St. Catharines was abducted near her church while walking home from school.
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Doug
Donna French
Kristen French
St. Catharines
Toronto
Burlington
Toronto Star
the Star
French
Sults
Hamilton
Halton
Niagara Region
U.S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Star
Tories Start Comeback In New Federal Poll
A Angus Reid Southam News poll shows the Tories tied with the NDP for second place at 20 percent, with Liberal support at 37 percent. The survey of 1,504 Canadians conducted April 22 to 29 notes gains for the Tories in British Columbia and Atlantic Canada, their highest since January 1991, though Liberals still lead and Mulroney remains unpopular. The poll has a 2.5 point margin of error.
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Julian Beltrame
Southam News
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Tories
NDP
Angus Reid-Southam
B.C
Atlantic
Winnipeg
Angus Reid
Liberals
Reform Party
Bloc Quebecois
Quebec
Mulroney
Liberal
Jean Chretien
Audrey McLaughlin
Preston Manning
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