Premiers push Meech reform with secret western accord
Western premiers briefed other first ministers on progress toward breaking the Meech Lake impasse. Saskatchewan Premier Grant Devine cited four or five reform areas including a easier route to Senate reform with a three year sunset clause. Mulroney and elder statesmen discussed a possible first ministers conference to end the constitutional deadlock.
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Meech
Brian Mulroney
Montreal Gazette
Mulroney
Julian Beltrame
Southam News
Ottawa
Meech Lake
Saskatchewan
Grant Devine
Parliament Hill
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Liberal
Eric Kierans
Jack Pickersgill
Quebec Liberal
Richard French
Tory
Davie Fulton
Vancouver
the Gazette
Senate Committee
Guards picket at Medicine Hat Remand Centre over pay and pensions
About 20 correctional workers reported for duty without uniforms carrying picket signs as the 1700 member Alberta Union of Provincial Employees plan liveable wages and a better pension. The group voted to act after talks collapsed, with plan to take over guard duties at the centre and possible impact on court trials.
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Medicine Hat Remand
Blair Lesperance
Medicine Hat
Correctional Workers Union
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
RCMP
Jim Hill
Hill
Remand
Alberta
Store uses Muzak to curb teen loitering in Victoria
Victoria police say a 7 Eleven in downtown Victoria installed Muzak loud outside music to deter teens and reduce police calls. Area supervisor Thomas Wolnicki notes the system plays easy listening tunes 24 hours a day and can be raised in volume during crowds to discourage loitering.
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Victoria
Moon River
Troubled Waters
Thomas Wolnicki
Muzakin
Wolnicki
Contempt threat angers defiant strikers in Alberta
Alberta social workers on strike angered by plans to gather evidence to back contempt of court charges. Labor Minister Elaine McCoy says about 750 to 1,600 workers could be charged if they do not return to work. The province declares workers essential and not permitted to strike, while union demands focus on caseload cuts and wage parity.
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Calgary
Alberta
Phil West
Elaine McCoy
Court of Queen’s Bench
McCoy
Social Services Department
Solicitor General’s Department
Akwesasne drug raid nets cocaine and weapons
Police raided homes on the Akwesasne reserve and in Cornwall Ontario arresting 21 people on drug and weapons charges. Authorities seized about 1 million dollars worth of cocaine and marijuana 12 guns including handguns and automatic weapons 39500 in cash and 37 people to face charges. The reserve has seen recent deadly clashes between pro and anti gambling factions and past killings as police moved to restore order.
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Akwesasne
Cornwall
Ont
Ontario
RCMP
Cornwall, Ont
Akwesasne Indian Reserve
al Crocker
Crocker
Canada-Us
U.S
Gravel testimony links LaSalle to 1985 cash for contracts
Former MP Michel Gravel testified before a Quebec engineers panel that he funneled thousands of dollars from Quebec businessmen to Roch LaSalle in 1985 for a garden party attended by LaSalle. LaSalle denies receiving any money and indicates the claim may prompt a police probe and ended his federal career in 1987.
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Andrew McIntosh
Montreal Gazette
Montreal
Michel Gravel
Roch LaSalle
Quebec
Quebec Order of Engineers
Gravel
LaSalle
RCMP
Jean-Pierre Witty
Riviere Des Prairies
Scientists wary of council's cancer diagnosis claim
Ottawa experts react cautiously to a National Research Council announcement of a spectrophotometry based cancer diagnostic that aims to distinguish malignant tumors from benign growths within minutes. Researchers warn refinement and testing are needed and pathologists remain essential.
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Ottawa
National Research Council
Patrick Wong
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New Brunswick
Frank McKenna
Commons
Francis Fox
Ogee
Jim Hawley
Sid Ell
Dawn McMaster
Len Zietarski
Medicine Hat Remand Centre
Cor
Frank Webbe
Muzak
Wong
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