Tories pull RCMP strings
The Conservative government faces accusations of timing criminal charges to shield the prime minister over the federal budget leak. Liberal leaders accuse officials of prelabeling the accused and pressuring journalists, as charges against five individuals, including a TV reporter, unfold amid a broader political dispute.
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Ottawa
John Turner
Brian Mulroney
Turner
Robert Kaplan
RCMP
Mulroney
Commons
Africa
Europe
Kaplan
Media charges against TV reporter raise press freedom concerns
Ottawa reports that Global TV's Doug Small and four others face possession of stolen property charges over a Budget in Brief pamphlet. MPs from Liberals and others decry the move as press intimidation while RCMP say charges follow officials’ guidance.
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John Harvard
John Fraser
Small
Ottawa
Michael Wilson
Jack Masterman
The
Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Global TV
Doug Small
Winnipeg
Commons
Big Brother
Don Mazankowski
Stan Keyes
Hamilton
Keyes
Mazankowski
RCMP
Ontario Attorney General’s Department
Richard Dearden
Southam
Hunger crisis tests Alfonsin as Argentina reels
Riots and looting across Argentine cities claim at least 11 lives as inflation and debt woes spark food shortages. Labor and business groups urge President elect Menem to take office early while Alfonsin weighs resignation amid a state of siege and economic collapse.
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Buenos Aires
Raul Alfonsin
Carlos Menem
Alfonsin
Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Peace and Justice Service
Inter
Radical Civic Union
Menem
Peronist Party
Bush urges Soviets to lift iron curtain and free Europe
President Bush in Mainz calls for end to Europe's division by tearing down the Berlin Wall. He urges democracy for all of Europe and proposes Western aid and cooperation to foster free elections in the East and address shared environmental risks. He plans July visits to Poland and Hungary.
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Mainz
West Germany
U.S
George Bush
Soviet Union
Europe
Berlin Wall
Mikhail Gorbachev
Bush
Poland
Hungary
Rhine River
Rheingoldhalle
Berlin
Johnson liver testimony questioned in Ben Johnson probe
In Toronto the inquiry heard Ben Johnson’s lawyer falsely claimed severe liver disease from long term steroids. Justice Dubin interrupted and cited the report noting no obvious liver disease though mild enzyme changes require monitoring. Futerman attacked Johnson’s longtime physician Astaphan over suspected side effects and alleged complicity.
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Toronto
Ben Johnson
Charles Dubin
Edward Futerman
Commission
Robert Armstrong
Johnson
Ben
Futerman
Jamie Astaphan
Astaphan
Ed Futerman
CP Laserpholo
Medicine Hat student earns All American golf award
Dianne Wilkins of Medicine Hat received the All American Award from the National Golf Coaches Association while at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. The 20 year old English major and varsity golfer ranks second on the Cougars team and weighs whether to pursue a pro career depending on her form after final exams.
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Brendan Nagle
the News
Dianne Wilkins
Medicine Hat
United States
Wilkins
University of South Alabama
Mobile
National Golf Coaches Association
U.S
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Possie
Domglas West plant faces potential closure after takeover
Consumers Glass plans a streamline after acquiring Domglas Ltd and weighing which of its seven Canadian plants to keep. Redcliff and Lavington facilities in British Columbia compete for glass customers with differing production scales and labor costs. Authorities cite capital needs and market reach as key factors in a possible shutdown.
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Redcliff
British Columbia
Cone
Presivea
Tom See
Inmou
Domglas Ltd
Tinmouth
Toronto
Lavington
B.C
Canada
Vernon
Howard Brown
Brown
Teamsters
Hans Mueller
Bulrough
California
Anne Clarke
Consumers Glass
Okanagan
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Taserpholo
Dubin
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Domeglas
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