Paper plant planned for Redcliff to create jobs and boost economy
Consumers Paper Corp will build a 30 million dollar fine paper recycling plant at the vacant Douglas factory, with a 15 million dollar provincial loan guarantee. The site in Redcliff will employ about 120 workers initially and up to 200 later, with construction starting in July and operations beginning May 1991. The plant will recycle fine paper into tissue and envelopes, drawing water from the South Saskatchewan River and discharging treated water to Medicine Hat’s system, with waste going to local landfills.
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Redcliff
Peter Elzinga
Consumers Paper Corp
Douglas
Moe Re
Peter Hays
the News
Medicine Hat
Jim Horsman
Cypress Redcliff
al Hyland
Horsman
Moe Rekunyk
Bill Duncan
Prairie
Rekunyk
Grimm
Cypress
Graham
Mulroney to locate tax centre in Summerside to ease base shutdown
Prime Minister Mulroney announced Summerside will host a goods and services tax processing centre by late 1992, creating about 500 jobs but the town still faces the loss of 1,300 base positions. Local opponents warned of a possible ghost town, while Premier Ghiz praised the move and Ottawa plans regional economic restructuring.
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Summerside
P.E.I
Brian Mulroney
Gerald Daley
Friends of
CFB
Allison Kilbride
Mulroney
Joe Ghiz
Alberta social workers sue province amid strike and injunction threat
Alberta social workers filed court documents to force bargaining, seek damages and legal costs, and challenge the province’s injunction bid. The government sued the union for 45000? and sought an order to end the strike as 2100 workers push for lighter caseloads and pay equity. News notes include union leaders weighing sympathy actions and potential escalation.
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Linda Karpowich
Social Workers’ Union
Pat Wocknitz
Edmonton
Alberta Social Workers
Court of Queen’s Bench
Alberta Union of Provincial
Alberta
Elaine McCoy
McCoy
Calgary
Latvia Declares Independence Yet Pursues Talks With Moscow
Latvia's parliament titled the country an independent democratic republic and voted 138 to 0 with one abstention to restore prewar constitutional elements. The move signals a transition period with negotiations to follow, while Moscow and Riga set aside certain issues for later talks. The Latvian People's Front led the draft, and the Supreme Soviet agenda included the declaration despite concerns of rushing the decision.
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Riga
U.S.S.R
Latvia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Estonia
Lithuania
Supreme Soviet
Latvian People’s Front
British Broadcasting Corp
London
Peterson backs Meech Lake accord before committee
Ontario Premier David Peterson told a parliamentary Meech Lake committee that the accord respects Quebec while not granting it extra powers. He called it a large compromise and said it benefits Canada, with debates over Senate reform aboriginal self government and the notwithstanding clause. New Brunswick Newfoundland and Manitoba oppose the accord.
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Ontario
David Peterson
Canada
Ottawa
Meech Lake
Quebec
Peterson
Quebec Party Pushes US Statehood Despite Poll Skepticism
Andre Matte leads Party 51, advocating Quebec join the United States with 2,000 members and 11 failed provincial candidates. Leader Serge Talon vows early talks with the U.S. while opposing Quebec language laws and positioning the party from a Los-style HQ near a Tower of Pisa replica.
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Montreal
Quebec
United States
Canada
Andre Matte
Party 51
Serge Talon
Court upholds battered wife defence in murder case
The Supreme Court of Canada in a 7-0 ruling upheld the acquittal of Angelique Lavallee, a Winnipeg woman who killed her common-law husband after years of abuse. The court accepted battered wife syndrome as relevant psychiatric evidence to support self defence, noting the long-term brutality shaping the defendant’s actions.
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Stephen Bindman
Southam
Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Winnipeg
Canada
Bertha Wilson
Angelique Lynn Lavallee
David Kevin Rust
Frederick Shane
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Paul van Peenen
Ghiz
Prince Edward Island
Barbara McDougall
Meech
Special Commons
Frank McKenna
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Didates
Matte
U. S
L’actualite
U.S
Talon
Pisa
Wilson
Rust
Manitoba Court of Appeal
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