Mulroney to launch national unity plan committee
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will form a 10 member committee to consult Canadians on national unity. The panel will host town hall meetings in a two phase constitutional reform process with first phase before year end and second in 1991.
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Julian Beltrame
Southam News
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
John Turner
Ontario
David Peterson
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Quebec
St. John's
Cashin
Edmonton
Fraser
Mulroney
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Soviets may export wheat triggering tremors on grain floors
Canadian grain traders worry amid rumors the Soviet Union, a historic top wheat buyer, could begin selling small wheat quantities. Analysts say any sale would affect prices, though Moscow reportedly has enough wheat for domestic use. Talks with the Canadian Wheat Board continue as industry officials assess potential shifts in trade and logistics in Thunder Bay and Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Soviet Union
Chicago
Stan Casar
Scotia McLeod
Casar
China
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Richard Klassen
Klassen
Thunder Bay
Ont
Herbie Daniher
Lakehead
Wheat Board
Transportation and Communications Union Lodge 650
Liberal Senators Predict GST Final Debate Soon
Liberal senators may begin final GST debate Friday or Monday outside the Senate as Royce Frith says third reading could follow. The pace comes amid a near week of overnight filibuster by Liberals opposing the Conservative motion to skip to final debate.
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Ottawa
Royce Frith
Tithamnal
Frith
Senate
Tories
Liberals
Reform Party
Fire at Maser's Lumber Ltd. damages bundles
Police investigate a morning fire at Maser's Lumber Ltd. 2180 15th Ave. S.E. that damaged eight bundles of two by four boards worth about ten thousand dollars. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in about an hour and arson is suspected though unconfirmed.
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Danny Koch
Maser's Lumber
Koch
Medicine Hat
Maser's Lumber Ltd
15Th Ave. S.E
Jerry Kostelansky
Ken Forbes
Kostelansky
Bush vows action over American hostages in Iraq
President George Bush blasted the treatment of Americans held in Iraq by Saddam Hussein as he prepared a cross country trip to aid Republicans. He gave no plan, saying only to wait and see while a rising number of U S. citizens remain detained.
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Washington
Reuter
U.S
George Bush
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Quayle
Bush
Saddam
Persian Gulf
State Department
Freedom-loving pig Francis sparks Red Deer tourism idea
An Edmonton woman touts Francis the white 108 kilogram pig as a potential Red Deer tourist draw after escaping from a butcher shop and living near railway tracks. supporters across Canada offer funds and a proposed city sign reads Home of Francis the Pig.
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Edmonton
Francis
Red Deer
Antje Espinaco
Virseda
Dick Huizing
Alberta Tory memo predicts defeat and debt crisis
Edmonton reports show Alberta cabinet ministers foresee Conservative defeat and a drastic policy shift at the party conference. The document warns of oil price volatility, potential debt blowup, and calls for tighter constituency control amid leadership concerns and a mood of upheaval.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Prahip
Ain
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Richard Cashin
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C.D. Howe Institute
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Pierre Trudeau
B.C
Jack Webster
Keith Spicer
Ottawa Citizen
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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Jenny McKim
Ross View
McKim
Chuck Nisbett
Paul van Peenen
Dan Quayle
United States
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Espinaco-Virseda
Francis the
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Huizing
Dick Bowler
Albe
Redmanton
EOE
Fowler
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