Alberta bill moves on electric plan despite opposition
Edmonton report notes the government bills to create an eight member agency to average wholesale electricity prices across Alberta. Opposition leader Ray Speaker accuses lack of data and warns of hidden costs. Minister Larry Shaben touts subsidies and a 30 month study while withholding the report.
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Edmonton
Ray Speaker
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Utilities and Telephones
Larry Shaben
South
Shaben
Calgary
Speaker
Ammunition search cost Ottawa millions
Federal government spent five million dollars seeking buried live ammunition before handing over 47 000 hectares of prime Calgary real estate to the Sarcee Indian band two months earlier.
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Jeff Adams
Suffield
Alta
Calgary
Unexploded shells remain a danger at Canadian ranges
Capt Lindsay Essen recalls nearly 1 000 soldiers probing a Calgary area firing range for shells dating to the Boer War. Shells may lie under 60 centimetres, unless new tech digs deeper. Defence researchers at Suffield test methods to locate shells four times deeper, with ranges across Canada totaling seven active and 14 closed sites. up to one in five shells may fail to explode on impact.
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Lindsay Essen
Calgary
Essen
Harry Morewood
Defence Department
Suffield
Robert Chesney
John Mcfee
Morewood
Canada
Norbert Cyr
Armed Forces Information
Ottawa
Merv Hamblin
Defence Sciences Division
Suffield Research Station
Spear Bay
Mld
Maude Island
B.C
Clark Battles Dissidents Within Tory Ranks In Ottawa
Ottawa reports show Prime Minister Clark facing internal opposition as anonymous Tory hit and run sheets level attacks on his leadership. Some party members doubt winning next election under Clark, fearing a Liberal return led by Turner.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Gallup
Joe Clark
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Clark
Trudeau
Parliament Hill
John Turner
Lougheed Sees Loss In Interbasin Water Transfer Debate
Premier Peter Lougheed told the Alberta legislature that he and Environment Minister Jack Cookson lost on interbasin water transfer in the cabinet priorities committee. He admitted inconsistency in statements about transfers and said priorities rejected a recommendation to study interbasin transfer while others were accepted and later approved as policy.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Environment
Jack Cookson
Lougheed
NDP
Grant Notley
Notley
Cabinet Priorities Committee
Alberta
Cabinet
Cookson
Dunvegan
Quebec Premier vows court action over constitutional veto
Premier Rene Levesque said Quebec will seek a court ruling if Ottawa rejects Quebec’s veto over constitutional change. He demanded Trudeau respond early next week and halted Commons debate on the resolution. Levesque criticized Chretien and stressed language law protections and minority education rights.
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Quebec
Rene Levesque
Ottawa
Levesque
Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau
House of Commons
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Joe Clark
Clark
Liberal leadership race heats up as Trudeau hints at stepping aside
Ottawa insiders map rivals to prime ministership as Trudeau signals retirement. Turner Chretien Macdonald MacEachen lead potential contenders with Roberts Gray Regan and Axworthy in the second tier. Quebec resistance to non francophone leadership threatens rotation tradition.
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Turner
Donald Macdonald
Jean Chretien
Allan MacEachen
Science
John Roberts
Herb Gray
Gerry Regan
Lloyd Axworthy
Trudeau
Jim Coutts
Coutts
NDP
Toronto
MacEachen
Chretien
Quebec
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