Bouchard Resigns from Cabinet Shocks Quebec Politics
Prime Minister Mulroney faces a shaken Quebec scene as Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard resigns from cabinet. Quebec Conservatives including MP Gilbert Chartrand quit the Tory caucus amid Meech Lake tensions. Markets react as the dollar slides while Bouchard cites the Charest report as key to his decision.
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Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Quebec
Lucien Bouchard
Environment
Bay Street
Mulroney
Meech
Bouchard
Parti Quebecois
Rene Levesque
Meech Lake
Jean Charest
Charest
Montreal
le Devoir
Charest Committee
Meech flexibility urged as talks on distinct society resume
New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna urged fellow premiers to be flexible and constructive in resolving Meech Lake impasse. Federal emissary Lowell Murray met premiers Wells and Ghiz amid efforts to salvage provincial ratifications by June 23, with proposals including a distinct society compromise.
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New Brunswick
Frank McKenna
Meech Lake
Meech
Seers
Lowell Murray
Commons
McKenna
Murray
Newfoundland
Clyde Wells
P.E.I
Joe Ghiz
St. John’s
Mid
Wells
Ottawa
Commons Committee
Escalating Gaza-Israel violence leaves 20 dead
Over two days the death toll rises as Israeli forces clash with Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. A Palestinian man killed in Rafah raises the total to 20, following seven Arab worker deaths near Tel Aviv and a revenge stabbing in Jerusalem. Police clashes spread to Nazareth Taibe and Lod as curfews and reinforcements snap into place.
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Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Reuter
Najih Abu Sabalah
Rafah
Strip
West Bank
Nazareth
Taibe
Lod
Albert Mousafiye
Israel
Efitid Olmert
Ami Popper
Rishon LeZion
Arab East Jerusalem
Quebec separatist sentiment rises in Angus Reid poll
An Angus Reid Southam poll of 1,505 adults conducted May 4‑13 shows 53 percent of Quebecers favor independence, up 13 points from six months earlier, with 41 percent preferring independence over remaining a province and 54 percent still wanting Canada.
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Julian Beltrame
Southam News
Ottawa
Meech Lake
Canada
Angus Reid-Southam News
Quebec
Reid
Province
Mag Burns
Becers
Meech
Iliescu Spares No Effort to Form Coalition in Romania
Ion Iliescu offered to form a coalition with losing parties after winning the Romanian presidential race. Opponents disagreed, with Ion Ratiu accusing fraud and planning a challenge, while Radu Campeanu and others stayed in opposition as observers questioned the vote's legitimacy.
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Bucharest
Ion Iliescu
Ion Ratiu
National Peasants Party
Romania
Iliescu
Nicolae Ceausescu
National Salvation Front
Central
Radu Campeanu
National Liberal Party
Alberta Environment seizes two Al-Tec sites in Medicine Hat
DEAN PELKEY reports Alberta Environment investigators and Medicine Hat RCMP searched two Al-Tec Sanitation Systems properties on Iron Avenue S.E. and Highway 41A. The Iron Avenue site is licensed for hazardous waste storage. Highway 41A lacks a current storage license yet an application is on file. Authorities declined specifics, citing ongoing proceedings, with samples sent to the lab for analysis.
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Dean Pelkey
The
News
Alberta Environment Investigators
Medicine Hat Rcmp
Medicine Hat
al- Tec Sanitation Systems
Al-Tec
Iron Avenue S.E
Highway 41A
Iron Avenue
Alberta Environment
Pollution Control Enforcement Division
Stuart Adams
Environment Communications
Department
Adams
Calgary
Edmonton
John Edwardson
Terry Allen
Medicine Hat Court of Queen’s Bench
Medalla Avenue
S.E
G. Henderson Distributors
Medalta Potteries
Allen
Environment Department
Dispute Over Discipline of Striking Social Workers
Edmonton DP reports the Alberta government and the social workers union clash over disciplinary action for workers who return to duty after illegal strikes. The stake includes possible firings or suspensions as negotiators meet before the strike enters its third week.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lee
Social Workers’ Local
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
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