Aldermen split over salary proposal in Medicine Hat
Aldermen clash over proposed pay raise that would nearly double salaries by 1993 based on population. The restructuring committee backs a per capita formula with a target around 24 000 dollars and Mayor Grimm favors 24 000. Several aldermen oppose citing tax burdens and timing. A census will be taken this year to set the base.
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Mark Rogers
the News
Julie Friesen
Brian Stein
Wayne Craven
Graham Kelly
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Ted Grimm
Friesen
Kelly
Stein
Craven
Kathy Mandeville
Colleen Wilson
Ken Sauer
Jim Hirsch
Grimm
Meech Maya companion deal urged by Commons committee
A Commons committee urged the Meech Lake accord be approved by June 23 with a companion resolution adding 23 recommendations. It calls for recognizing Quebec as a distinct society within Charter limits, Senate reform, territorial roles, and separate talks on native rights every three years. Newfoundland and Manitoba had not ratified.
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Ottawa
Meech Lake
Commons
Quebec
Jean Charest
The
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Supreme Court of Canada
Confederation
Senate
Western Canada
Robert Bourassa
Canada
Brian Mulroney
Frank McKenna
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Firm charged with fraud still gets federal contracts
OTTAWA An Ottawa company has continued to receive millions of dollars in federal business since being charged last month. The firm remains under investigation while its contracts with government agencies proceed, drawing questions about oversight and eligibility.
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Ottawa
Department of Supply and Services
Court opens secret ruling in Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada held an unprecedented secret February hearing on a plea for police protection for Douglas Jaworski, former Medellin cartel consultant turned RCMP informant, who fears reprisals on his British Virgin Islands parents. The court sent the case back to a Quebec judge, noting his parents remain unmonitored outside Canada. Eyrotechnics Ltd and executives face fraud charges for overbilling the government on at least a dozen contracts, with at least 3.9 million dollars in federal business since March 1, 1989.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Douglas Jaworski
RCMP
British Virgin Islands
Jaworski
Supreme Court
Quebec
Canada
Eyrotechnics Ltd
Department of Supply and Services
Mounties
Eyrotechnics
Strikers Reject Province Amnesty Offer
Edmonton workers refuse the amnesty offer as 2 100 social workers child care counsellors and psychologists stay off the job. A court injunction orders back to work with contempt charges for David Pidgeon and others. Alberta faces ongoing strikes by corrections workers and RCMP replacements amid wage and pension demands.
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Edmonton
David Pidgeon
Pidgeon
Lee Story
Alberta
Social Services
John Oldring
Oldring
Dick Fowler
Fowler
RCMP
Quebec Tire Dump Inferno Rages Out of Control
Firefighters retreat as a massive tire dump near St Ambroise explodes into an inferno. Three million tires burn on a seven football field site 114 kilometres from Quebec City, sending coal black smoke toward Montreal while authorities probe arson links in other dumps.
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Quebec
Jacques Doyon
Montreal
Doyon
Ste-Anne-des- Plaines
Que
Hagersville
Ont
Jean-Jacques Paradis
Quebec Public Security Department
Jays SkyDome double header sees public indecency incident
During a Tuesday game at SkyDome, a naked man and towel-clad woman were visible in a hotel room above the scoreboard, attracting comment from Jays president Paul Beeston. Police expect no charges, while the hotel may require guest waivers.
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Toronto
Blue Jays
SkyDome
Diamond
Jays
Seattle Mariners
Paul Beeston
Beeston
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