Burnaby considers curb on street hockey amid traffic concerns
Burnaby RCMP may seize sticks nets and hockey gear if street hockey blocks traffic. Traffic technician Ernie Jensen notes a bylaw exists but action would depend on RCMP decisions. Local residents including Joe Sakic Sr voice concern that banning activity could push youths to worse crimes.
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Burnaby
B.C
Vancouver
Joe Sakic Sr
Surrey
Joe
Quebec Nordiques
Brian
Washington Capitals
Welfare rolls swell in Alberta amid recession
Alberta Social Services reports a 17 percent rise in welfare cases for the first quarter of 1992, with 85 351 cases representing 179 237 people. critics blame policy limits and job scarcity. The surge follows tighter unemployment insurance rules and interprovincial job seekers.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Social Services Department
Social Services
Department
Bob Scott
Scott
Quebec Evolved From Oppression, Says Johnson
Johnson argues that Quebec has moved beyond oppression, noting sustained political and social changes. The piece on page A10 discusses historical struggles and current autonomy in regional governance.
Three Westray miners found dead in Nova Scotia mine collapse
Rescuers located the bodies of three miners deep in the Westray mine hours after a rockfall and explosion. Families mourn as a public inquiry looms, while questions rise over methane risks and Ottawa Nova Scotia funding linked to Curragh Resources.
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Plymouth
N.S
Colin Benner
Curragh Inc
Westray
Benner
Stellarton
Clifford Frame
Curragh Resources
Tokyo
Frame
Cbc-Tv
Ottawa
M. Lorne Bonnell
Prince Edward Island
Mulroney
Nova Scotia
Bonnell
Curragh Resources Inc
Don Cameron
Tory backbenchers flag flaws in national vote on Constitution
Ottawa reports Tory MPs like Jean-Pierre Blackburn push for a double majority requiring Quebec and the rest of Canada to approve any unity deal. The bill, aimed at a national vote on the Constitution, may be introduced soon but lacks the actual question. Opponents warn of overlapping campaigns with Quebec's Oct 26 referendum and potential provinceSelective referendums.
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Ottawa
Cp-Southam
Jean-Pierre Blackburn
Quebec
Jonquiere
Blackburn
NDP
Nelson Riis
Jean Chretien
Clark sets priorities in final stage of constitutional talks
Canada negotiators race to a consent deadline with Joe Clark saying progress is slow on provincial federal power sharing. Quebec language and culture demands will top next week's Montreal round while Ottawa maintains exclusive rights to negotiate international agreements. Moe Sihota calls western frustration over division of powers.
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Vancouver
Canada
Joe Clark
Clark
Montreal
Quebec
Ottawa
Osterman rejects pension portion amid MLA pay review
Former Alberta cabinet minister Connie Osterman declined nearly 10 000 in pension benefits after resigning her legislature seat. A legislative committee agreed to appoint an independent panel to study MLA pay and housing allowances totaling up to 22 000 a year as Premier Getty presses for reform.
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Edmonton
Connie Osterman
Alberta
Osterman
Members Services Committee
Don Getty
Alberta Legislature
Member Services Committee
Former Quebec minister denies informing Levesque of RCMP role
Marc Andre Bedard says he did not inform then premier Rene Levesque in 1981 about Claude Morin’s RCMP informant activity. He previously claimed Morin discussed paid informant status with him in 1977, and Levesque confronted Morin in 1981 over RCMP ties.
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Parti Quebecois
Claude Morin
RCMP
Marc-Andre Bedard
Levesque
Morin
Bedard
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