Rain Delights Alberta Farmers Aids Germination
Farmers welcome a weekend of rain and wet snow across southern Alberta with soil conditions improving. In Medicine Hat 14 cm snow gauge equivalent and 15.5 mm rain and snow. Waterton Park under 20 cm snow. Etzikom farmers optimistic about germination aided by the moisture. Ranchers note cooler soils and potential rye crop benefits as tracks clear campsites and fields soak in moisture.
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Cypressills
Wes Mickey
Medicine Hat
Elwyn Holmburg
Environment Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta
Milk River
Waterton Park
Holmburg
Etzikom
Alberta Wheat Pool
Neil Slimmon
Slimmon
Simmon
NATO summit opens amid Western missile dispute and arms cuts
In Brussels Prime Minister Mulroney joins US President Bush and 14 others at the NATO summit as quarrels over short range missiles divide the alliance. Bush proposes 20 percent US troop cuts, joint reductions to 275,000 by 1993, and ceilings on tank arsenals. Demonstrators oppose the East–West standoff.
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Brussels
Mulroney
U.S
George Bush
NATO
Europe
Margaret Thatcher
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Joe Clark
Bush
Moscow
USA
Gorbachev
Doctor hedges on steroid use in Johnson case
In Ottawa and Toronto, Dr. Jamie Astaphan testifies at the probe into Ben Johnson’s doping scandal. He confirms the steroids found were stanozolol but says the bottles he prescribed did not match those seized and were for veterinary use and farm animals.
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Toronto
Ben Johnson
Jamie Astaphan
Angella Issajenko
Johnson
Seoul
Astaphan
Cubin
Sterling Drug Ltd
Furazabol
Resignation wins Yeltsin a seat in Soviet legislature
In Moscow, Boris Yeltsin gained a place in the new standing legislature after Alexei Kazannik resigned his seat to him. Yeltsin had previously won the largest share of votes in March and was boosted by a weekend decision amid the Congress of People's Deputies.
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Boris Yeltsin
Supreme Soviet
Siberian
Congress of People’s Deputies
Alexei Kazannik
Yeltsin
The
For
Mer Moscow
Poss
Soviet of Nationaliies
Mikhail Gorbachev
Students bring foam Statue of Liberty to Tiananmen Square
Thousands of students in Beijing push renewed protests as a large styrofoam Statue of Liberty is paraded through Tiananmen Square. The crowd, chanting for democracy, defies warnings and signals fresh tents and possible campus hunger strikes, amid reports of troop buildup and foreign press restrictions.
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Beijing
China
Tiananmen Square
National People’s Congress
Hong Kong
United Church Meeting Deliberations Reflect Frayed Unity Over Gays
Across Canada regional gatherings show fatigue over ordaining homosexuals. Some call for rejecting gays from ministry, a stance defeated, while petitions press general council to oppose homosexual ordination. Church losses and tensions mark the year since a broader policy was approved.
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United Church
Canada
Gordon Churchill
Calgary
Alberta and Northwest
Camrose
Alta
Community of Concern
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Tiananmen
Deng Xiaoping
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