Alberta jail guards end walkout with back to work deal
Edmonton reports Alberta jail guards return to duty after signing a back to work agreement with government officials. Social workers have not accepted the proposal and vow to continue their illegal walkout citing vague wage and workload terms.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Local
Calgary
Yvonne Schmidt
Social Services
John Oldring
Pat Wocknitz
Quebec MP quits Tories over Meech Lake clash
Francois Gerin announced he will sit as an independent and predicted other Quebec Tories may join him as the Meech Lake report prompts changes. He criticized Prime Minister Mulroney for betraying Quebec and urged sovereignty association amid discord over a clarifying clause.
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Quebec
Brian Mulroney
All Party Commons
Mulroney
Francois Gerin
Meech
Gerin
Sovereignty Association
Robert Bourassa
Bourassa
Jean Charest
Commons
Montreal
Constitutional milestones and Meech Lake timeline
A compact chronology outlines key constitutional developments from 1980 to 1990. It notes Quebec voters rejecting sovereignty in 1980, the 1982 patriation with provinces, Meech Lake talks and accord steps, and Newfoundland and Quebec reactions as the deadline looms. The timeline highlights political actions by Trudeau, Mulroney, and provincial leaders shaping Canada’s constitutional path.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Meech Lake
Pierre Trudeau
Mulroney
Langevin Block
Parliament Hill
Getty suggests inviting opponents to Meech meeting
Alberta Premier Don Getty says he might invite opposition leaders Ray Martin and Laurence Decore to observe a potential first ministers meeting on Meech Lake to help push a new constitutional resolution through the legislature. Decore would attend willingly, Martin would consider it.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Don Getty
Meech Lake
Getty
NDP
Ray Martin
Liberal
Laurence Decore
Liberal Party
Decore
Martin
Gates to reopen at Rideau Hall this summer
Governor General Hnatyshyn announces Rideau Hall lawns will reopen to the public starting June 2 on weekends and holidays year round and daily from July 2 to Labor Day. The Unlock the Gates group had campaigned since 1986 for gate access after security concerns led to the grounds’ closure.
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Ottawa
The
National Capital Commission
Rideau Hall
Unlock the Gates Group
Capital Commission
Jeanne Sauve
Hnatyshyn
Berlin Wall
Vandal attacks on Quebec Jewish cemetery condemned
Canadian leaders and police denounced vandalism at Beth Israel Ohev Shalom in Quebec City where 31 tombstones were daubed with swastikas and white power slogans. Ottawa police reported 16 gravestones desecrated at a Gloucester Jewish cemetery as investigators sought clues amid anti semitic graffiti.
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Quebec
Quebec City
Ottawa
Gloucester
Carpentras
France
Beth Israel Ohev Shalom
Queen Victoria’s playful side recalled on Victoria Day weekend
Barbara Busch asserts Victoria was fun loving not dour, citing dancing, jokes, disguises, Scottish inns, and gifts of nude sketches. Jose Morgan tells of a dining room wind incident. Morgan claims descent from William IV. Queen’s mourning after 1861 is noted.
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Victoria
Barbara Busch
The
Ephemera Society of Canada
Albert
Jose Morgan
Toronto
Queen Victoria
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Mike Royko
Miss Manners
Peter Mehrer
RCMP
Tories
New Brunswick
Frank McKenna
Newfoundland
House of Assembly
Quebec National Assembly
Meech Meeting
Cam Neely
Boston Bruins
Boston
Bruins
Edmonton Oilers
Craig Muni
Oilers
Bruisers
Ray Hnatyshyn
Canada
Victor Goldbloom
Parti Quebecois
Jacques Parizeau
Equality Party
Robert Libman
Goldbloom
Roland Bourget
Ste-Foy
Prince Albert
LYS
Morgan
William IV
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