Meech Lake plan leaks spark cross province furor
Ontario officials scramble after a leaked strategy paper allegedly outlines tactics to manipulate media and smear opponents to Meech at the upcoming first ministers conference. Premier Peterson rejects the document as the work of two junior bureaucrats, while Wells and Filmon condemn it as sleazy and demand apologies.
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Ontario
Meech Lake
David Peterson
Newfoundland
Clyde Wells
Manitoba
Gary Filmon
Southam News
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Filmon
Peterson
Meech
Supreme Court upholds street prostitution law
The Supreme Court of Canada rules a federal ban on street solicitation is a justifiable limit on civil liberties and freedom of speech, with a 4 to 2 decision. Chief Justice Dickson writes for the majority that the objective to curb public nuisance justifies the infringement.
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Supreme Court of Canada
High Court
Brian Dickson
Bertha Wilson
Claire L’heureux-Dube
Supreme Court
Peruvian Quake Kills Hundreds, Strikes Rioja Town
The jungle town of Rioja reels as Peru's strongest quake in two decades leaves at least 115 dead and hundreds injured. More than 800 hurt and 40 missing after a 62 magnitude tremor hit northern Peru late Tuesday. officials warn toll could rise. No Canadians reported killed or injured, Ottawa says.
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Peru
Amazon
External Affairs Department
Ottawa
Shell lays off 800 in Canada with minimal Medicine Hat impact
Shell Canada confirms 800 layoffs by year end 1991 mainly in downstream and marketing. Medicine Hat officials say local effect will be limited as seven local Shell workers include four contractors. Imperial Amoco deny layoffs. Nova Corp slows 1991 budget. Empress gas station project unaffected.
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Shell Canada
Medicine Hat
Wayne Stewart
Calgary Herald
Shell
Imperial
Esso
Amoco
Manyberries
Randy Herman
Imperial Oil
Amoco Canada Petroleum
Nova Corporation of Alberta
Empress
Nova Corp
TransCanada Pipelines Ltd
David Annesley
Corporation Communication
Rate cuts rise on Meech Lake revival hope
The Bank of Canada lowered its key rate to 13.92 percent from 14.05 percent amid renewed optimism over the Meech Lake accord. The previous week saw a rate hike to defend the dollar after cabinet minister Lucien Bouchard resigned. The dollar opened higher and hovered around 85.1 U.S. cents as Governor John Crow leveraged the relief to ease policy.
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Meech Lake
Bank of Canada
Lucien Bouchard
John Crow
Consumer watchdog disputes GST ad claims in Canada
Toronto and Vancouver Better Business Bureaus urge CRTC to remove ads calling GST not an extra tax. Paul Tuz accuses ministry of misleading Canadians while Glen Kullman says government should clearly state services will be taxed. Calgary bureau chief questions effectiveness of protests.
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Better Business
Toronto
Vancouver
Canadian Airways
Paul Tuz
Canada
Glen Kullman
Jelinek
Bush and Gorbachev meet to ease post cold war tensions
President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev opened talks at the White House aiming to curb nuclear and chemical arms, rebuild Europe after the cold war, and shape a unified Germany's role in postwar Europe. Gorbachev ruled out German unity within NATO as talks began.
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