Record harvest in Canada belies lower prices hitting Alberta farmers
Canada projects 46.5 million tonnes of grain with 28.6 million tonnes of wheat, a large crop but prices slumping. Farmers in southeast Alberta report little benefit from the harvest as prices drop from 1988 89 levels, despite regional gains where water and irrigation exist.
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Alberta
Statistics Canada
Federal
Ron Noga
Medicine Hat
Alberta Wheat Pool
Crop estimates point to lower prices despite higher yields
Farmers see falling prices on world markets despite an uptick in production this year. Wheat prices have declined substantially and the expected crop rise is unlikely to offset the drop in value.
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Weild
Bridge Reopens as Mohawk Standoff Ends for commuters
Montreals Mer cier Bridge to the south shore reopened at 4 am MDT after eight weeks of Mohawk and police standoff. Army pipers played as hundreds of vehicles crossed following an agreement with Mohawk leaders and federal troops. tensions and recent attacks had sparked the barricades at Kahnesatake and Kahnawake.
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Montreal
Mercier
Chateauguay
Kahnawake
Quebec City
Kahn
Satake
Oka
Que
Reserve
Quebec
Kahnesatake
Ottawa
Tom Siddon
Siddon
Ottawa Citizen
Siddon cancels Treaty 7 meeting in Calgary
Federal Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon canceled his planned meeting with Treaty 7 chiefs in southern Alberta due to the Oka crisis. The discussion was to cover funding, Peigan opposition to the Oldman River dam, and a diversion protest by the Lonefighters Society. Chiefs in Ottawa will hold a crucial meeting next week to shape federal relations.
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Calgary
Tom Siddon
Alberta
Siddon
Stony
Cuss
Oka
Que
Oldman River
Lethbridge
Lonefighters Society
Lonefighters
Peigan
Leonard Bastien
Canada
Ottawa
Lawrence Courtoreille
Assembly of First Nations
Quebec Excludes Natives Women from Constitutional Commission
Native, women and minority language groups rage as Quebec forms a 35 member commission on the province's constitutional future with natives and designated seats left out. Chief Jean-Guy Whiteduck calls the move deplorable while Liberal and PQ appointees fill other seats including four labor, four business and two municipal officials.
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Quebec
Oka
Jean-Guy Whiteduck
Parti Quebecois
Liberals
Labor Movement
Richard Holden
Equality Party
Hussein urges holy war against U.S. in Gulf crisis
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein called for renewed holy war against American forces as the Kuwait crisis deepened. The report notes U.S. citizen wounded in Kuwait, ongoing Western evacuations, and up to about 11 000 Westerners remaining in Iraq and Kuwait with Canada arranging flights for evacuees to Ankara and Toronto.
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Cp-Reuters
Moscow
Iraq
Kuwait
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Persian Gulf
Saddam
External Affairs Department
Baghdad
Ankara
Turkey
Toronto
London
Ottawa
Montreal
Nationair
Paris
Jordan
Amman
California bickering may stall Alberta gas pipelines
Alberta energy minister warned California moves could delay two major export pipelines, including the Altamont project worth 580 million dollars, as California seeks to curb long term gas contracts to boost spot sales. Alberta officials say the plan could depress prices and reduce interest in California gas.
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Calgary
California
Alberta
Rick Orman
Washington, D. Cc
Jerry van der Linden
Altamont Gas Transportation
Weda
California Public Utilities Commission
van der Linden
Cheyenne
Wyo
Altamont
Wyoming
U.S
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Montana
Opal
Orman
National Gas Roundtable
Washington
Pacific Gas Transmission of
San Francisco
Manitoba Conservatives poised for majority victory in Manitoba poll
An Angus Reid-Southam News poll shows Premier Gary Filmon's Progressive Conservatives with 44 percent support among decided voters, Liberals 31 percent, NDP 23 percent, and 18 percent undecided. The PCs seek a return to power from a previously fragile minority, focusing on taxes, environment, and the economy.
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Patrick Nagle
Southam News
Winnipeg
Gary Filmon
Progressive Conservative
Angus Reid-Southam News
Filmon
Liberals
New Democratic Party
Manitoba
Liberal
Sharon Carstairs
NDP
Gary Doer
Brian Mulroney
Reid
Pcs
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Richard Downey
National Grains Bureau
Agriculture Canada
Noga
Robert Rabe
United Grain Growers Ltd
Floyd Haas
Hilda
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Haas
Samson Gabriel
Georges Erasmus
Manitoba Legislature
Elijah Harper
Erasmus
Terry Doxtator
Mark Hudson
Hussein
Manitoba Conservatives
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