Strike talks stall as Safeway workers in Alberta push for settlements
Canadian Press reports talks to end the two month old strike at Canada Safeway stores in Alberta stalled after Safeway president Grant Hansen said no settlement. The union plans a formal response before noon and both sides scheduled news conferences in Calgary. The strike began March 26 affecting 10 000 workers who want wage rollbacks restored.
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Edmonton
Canada
Safeway
Alberta
Grant Hansen
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Calgary
Tories push for second in Ottawa election race
With two weeks left in the campaign the Progressive Conservatives gain ground on the Bloc Quebecois in national polls. Environics puts the Tories at 36 in Quebec to the Liberals 32 and Bloc 27 while Leger & Leger shows Bloc at 35 Liberal 32 and Tories 30 as Liberals remain favored to win nationwide.
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Ottawa
Ean Charest
Progressive Conservatives
Bloc Quebecois
Her Majesty
Tories
Quebec
Leger & Leger
Liberals
Bloc
Reform Party
NDP
Greenhouses Struggle As Safeway Strike Hits Sales
Greenhouse operators led by Red Hat Co-Op warn the Safeway strike has shaved 400000 from two months of business. Judge reports lost advertising, higher shipping costs, and price cuts of 12 to 15 percent as customers shift to eastern Canada, the U S, and Mexico.
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Lousie Wyatte
Red Hat Co-op
Safeway
Medicine Hat
John Judge
Red Hat Co- Op
Redcliff
Hat
Judge
Canada
U.S
Harry Stigter
Mexico
Klein Recalls Calgary Hot Tub Accident With a Twist
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said a May 6 backyard mishap left him with broken ribs. He claims a picnic table toppled onto him as he reached for a towel near his Calgary hot tub, brushing off drunk rumors and noting his wife could confirm the tale.
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Calgary
Klein
Giant mine bomber appeals in Canada’s worst mass murder case
Yellowknife faces a retrial bid as Roger Warren, the Giant Mine bomber, returns to contest his nine counts of second degree murder from the 1992 underground blast at Royal Oak Mines. Prosecutors say he confessed. defense seeks to overturn convictions or grant a new trial.
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Yellowknife Armer
Roger Warren
Yellowknife
Giant Mine
Royal Oak Mines
Warren
Prince the dog survives coma after freezer ordeal
In Lodi California Prince, a poodle mix, was hit by a car on Mother's Day. His owners feared he would not wake, but after 18 hours in a freezer at the pound he began to move. Dr Penny Hodge treated him for ear infection and freezer burn and called him in fair shape given the ordeal.
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Penny Hodge
Prince
Hodge
Manning blasts Quebecois leaders in national unity debate
Reform Leader Preston Manning frames national unity as a three-way choice and argues Quebecois leaders fail to address broader Canadian concerns. He singles out Jean Charest Gilles Duceppe and Jean Chretien for differing stances on Quebec secession and federal reform.
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Preston Manning
Sandra
Halifax
Quebec
Charest
Duceppe
Chretien
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