Iraq Mobilizes Food Rationing Amid Embargo Strike
Iraq moves to ration food as U N embargo tightens while U S and allied captives seek release. Iraqi Airways plans a large passenger airlift of foreign women and children out of Iraq and occupied Kuwait. UN talks with Iraq continue in Amman.
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Ottawa faces recession fears as economy shrinks
Statistics Canada reports a 1.6 percent annual drop in the second quarter fueling worries of an ongoing recession. Economists, including John Clinkard of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, warn of persistent weakness while Finance Minister Michael Wilson and Bank of Canada Governor John Crow weigh policy timing and inflation risks.
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Oka barricades loom as Mongeon family returns home
In Kahnawake barricades shrink while in Oka a Mongeon family reports looting and destruction at their 66 hectare farm. Vickie and Rejean Mongeon describe the scene as masked Warriors blocked the way. Mohawk leaders promise justice as authorities move to reopen Mercier Bridge.
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Peigan Indians resume river diversion protest at Oldman Dam site
RCMP poised to enforce injunction as Lonefighters Society members briefly dig holes to divert the Oldman River to protest dam construction. Spokesman Milton Born warns RCMP against approaching the site and vows continued action even to the death if necessary.
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Blood Indians reopen highways after gas bomb attack
RCMP investigate a claim that homemade gasoline bombs were thrown at Blood Indians blocking a southern Alberta highway. Three or four white youths in a car fired three bottles that exploded into flames and drove off. Bloods lifted barricades later that day and reopened two highways, actions prompted by support for Mohawks in Quebec and a Blood land claim.
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Former Medicine Hat police chief sues for wrongful dismissal
McLeod seeks Court of Queen's Bench action against the Medicine Hat Police Commission and the City of Medicine Hat alleging lack of hearing before dismissal from the chief's post in 1985 and failure to reinstate him. He claims salary, pension, insurance losses, and punitive damages, seeking reinstatement or compensation. The defence admits only that he served since 1987 and that the case will be heard in Medicine Hat.
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Calgary
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Police Commission
Medicine Hat
Energy board backs Shell Caroline project in Alberta
The Alberta Energy Conservation Resources Board awarded Shell Canada a right to build an 825 million rural gas development near Caroline, northwest of Calgary, rejecting eco and community pleas. Construction starts by Oct 1 with about 300 tradesmen. Shell touted as most economical, earlier onstream and with reduced long term pollution risk. Environmentalist Kostuch criticized outcome, favoring Husky’s plan for lower sulphur dioxide and less impact.
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