Turner resigns as Liberal leader after five tough years
John Turner announced his resignation as Liberal leader ending a tenure marked by disputed authority and party dissent. He said the grassroots supported him though many MPs and critics challenged his grip as he steered the Liberals through opposition and into the 1988 campaign. The timing of his departure and a leadership convention were not announced.
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Ottawa
John Turner
Canada
Turner
Bay Street
Jean Chretien
Lawyer urges nonpolitical appointments to Alberta land board
Peter Hays of The News reports lawyer for the receiver-manager Tom Sunderland’s company hopes new Alberta Land Compensation Board appointees are chosen for ability and experience, not politics. The piece notes resignations of board chair Lionel Wood and Clarence Rusnell, disputed adjournment calls, and comments tying political tonos to the ongoing expropriation case over Dunmore lands for the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Peter Hays
the News
Brian O’ferrall
Tom Sunder
O’ferrall
Jim Prentice
Sunderland
Hat Development Ltd
Dunmore
Alberta
Mulroney presses for acid rain law in Washington visit
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney travels to Washington with support from Massachusetts politicians including Senator Ted Kennedy and Governor Michael Dukakis. Kennedy says Canada U.S. divisions over transboundary pollution may end and action on acid rain is near, while Dukakis predicts a new U.S. clean air law this year to curb cross border pollution. Mulroney to press Bush for administration plans and will open Canada's new embassy near the White House.
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Boston
Brian Mulroney
Washington
Massachusetts
Ted Kennedy
Mulroney
Canada
U.S
Nec
United States
Ottawa
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Michael Dukakis
Dukakis
Canada-U. S
George Bush
Bush
White House
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C
Via Rail chief fired as funding cuts clash with goals
Denis de Belleval is ousted as Via Rail chief executive at Transport minister Benoit Bouchard’s request amid a plan to cut federal subsidies by 500 million dollars over four years. De Belleval resigns citing incompatibility with the company’s objectives and a wish to restructure gradually.
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Montreal
Denis de Belleval
Via Rail
Benoit Bouchard
Marc-Andre Charlebois
Bouchard
de Belleval
Via
Crown Corporation
Extradition approved in Ng case as appeal dismissed
Alberta Court of Appeal panel dismissed serial killer Charles Ng’s appeal of an extradition order to the United States. Ng, 28, faces 11 capital murder charges in California and could face the death penalty if convicted. He may seek Supreme Court review. extradition decisions linger under cross-border treaty limits.
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Edmonton
Charles Ng
California
Alberta
United States
Alberta Court of Appeal
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench
Supreme Court of Canada
Don MacLeod
MacLeod
Ing
Supreme Court
Doug Lewis
Canada
Bruce MacFarlane
Federal Justice Department
Prince Albert
Sask
Calgary
Hong Kong
U.S
Doctor says Ben Johnson suffered steroid side effects
Toronto report states Ben Johnson showed left breast enlargement linked to steroid use two years earlier. Dr. Jack Sussman testified at a federal inquiry that Johnson denied drug use. the condition subsided within months. Sussman noted Johnson’s 1982 muscle development and insomnia in 1987 amid the Seoul drug test scandal.
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Toronto
Ben Johnson
Jack Sussman
Johnson
Sussman
Seoul
Jamie Astaphan
Astaphan
Greenpeace warns of radioactive risk from sunken Soviet sub
Greenpeace says the Mike class submarine sunk off northern Norway on April 7 poses a grave radioactive threat. A British study estimates 10 to 20 million curies could leak if reactors corrode or the vessel breaks up, potentially entering the marine food chain.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Norway
Moscow
Greenpeace
Chernobyl
British Nuclear Engineers
David Kraft
Wales
United States
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Alta
New Democrat
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Don Getty
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Getty
Ken Rostad
Rusnell
Ed Shaske
Charlebois
Lawrence Hanigan
Paulo Pinto Oliveiira
Gandia
Spain
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