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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1987
Page
1
Postal pact hopes rise as ruling halts franchising plans
The Canada Post franchising ruling by the federal labor board could avert a postal strike by 22,000 CUPE members. Union president Jean-Claude Parrot calls it a major victory against cheap labor and privatization and says bargaining obstacles are reduced. Legal strike position expected by late September or early October. The decision requires a Toronto franchise to equalize wages with postal workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Federal Labor Board
Canada Post
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Jean-Claude Parrot
Canada Labor Relations Board
Toronto
Shoppers Drug Mart
Dollar tops 76 cents as offshore converts gain
The Canadian dollar rose above 76 cents US in early trade, opening at 76.99 cents after 75.92 cents Tuesday. Since the start of 1987 the currency has climbed about 3 percent as investors remain bullish on Canada’s resource-based economy amid U.S. deficits and inflation fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
U.S
United States
Iad
City considers drilling policy as residents meet on site
Gas Utility Manager Allan Buchignani told about 30 residents the city must drill a well at the Southeast Flats by a May 29 1989 deadline to obtain geological data for oil leases after a site tour near the Burneo Cement plant. Residents formed a policy committee while opposing or delaying drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Buchignani
Buchignani
S.E
Burneo Cement Plant
Utilities Committee
Ald
Ken Sauer
Crown
Turner pledges active response to Liberal strategy plan
Liberal leader John Turner promises to act urgently on a weekend strategy report, aiming to reverse sagging fortunes. He plans to step up attacks on tax reform, fill vacancies, push human rights, craft an alternate trade policy, improve communications, and draft Meech Lake amendments while avoiding pre empting policy conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Turner
Turner
Meech Lake
al Graham
Quebec
Iran and Iraq trade tanker strikes in Persian Gulf flare up
Iranian gunboats attacked a Greek tanker off the Saudi coast and Iraqi jets hit two supertankers near Iran, part of a surge in attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf. Other vessels were struck overnight, raising total ships hit to eleven since Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manama
Bahrain
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Gulf Shipping
Lloyd’s Shipping Intelligence Unit
Baghdad
Paris
Defence
Iran
Gulf
Cyprus
Lloyd’s
Biamond Marine
Strait of
Hormuz
Francophone summit opens with Sauve warning on language future
In Quebec the second francophone summit began as Gov. Gen. Sauve urged advocates to prove French language and culture continue their march forward. Prime Minister Mulroney urged restraint while Francois Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac arrived to participate amid NATO and European defense debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Jeanne Sauve
New Brunswick
Belgium
Grand Theatre
Jacques Chirac
NDP
United States
Canada
Europe
Chirac
Ed Broadbent
Montreal
NATO
Francois Mitterrand
Gaullist
Mitterrand
Socialist Party
Illegal drug value estimates under fire
Ottawa debate centers on whether RCMP figures overstated Canada’s illegal drug market by 300 to 500 percent. Informetrica Ltd estimates 1985 spending at 2 to 3.2 billion dollars, far below RCMP figures, while RCMP officials defend their methods and cite missing intelligence.
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RCMP
Peter Maser
Yorntham News
Ottawa
Canada
Mounties
C. Supt
Rod Stamler
Informetrica
Stamler
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