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Describes the Toronto meeting of some 300 senior Canadian construction company executives that was addressed by Parti Quebecois Leader Jacques Parizeau and Reform party Leader Preston Manning, who received polite applause and a warm reception, respectively. Manning's reception marked a welcome respite from the criticism and public scrutiny he has endured in recent weeks. Comparison of Manning to ex-Nazi David Duke; Criticisms from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

This article focuses on the National Sport School, a high school for young athletes in Calgary, Canada. What do short-track speed skater Alanna Kraus, freestyle skier Deidra Dionne and hockey player Jennifer Botterill have in common? In addition to being Olympic medal-winning athletes, all are graduates of the National Sport School. Building on the legacy of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the National Sport School was founded in that city in 1994 as a way of giving aspiring elite athletes a chance to complete their high school education while meeting their training and competition commitments. The school isn't just a staging ground for superb athletes. The students, who each pay an annual $4,000 program fee, also benefit from being with those who have similar interests.

Focuses on the Ontario New Democratic Party's economic strategy, and Treasurer Floyd Laughren's budget which contains more than $1 billion in new taxes. Some economists caution the array of tax hikes would discourage consumer spending. Economic strategy in other provinces; Federal government cut in personal income taxes; Surtax on middle-and upper-income taxpayers; Predictions concerning migration out of the province; Corporate tax breaks; Public works.

Outlines the May 4 Northwest Territory-wide plebiscite on a proposed political boundary that would divide the predominantly Inuit population of the Eastern and Central Arctic from the Dene, Metis and non-natives of the Western Arctic. The outcome also likely determines whether a $1.1 billion land-claim agreement signed in December survives a separate ratification ballot. Longstanding bitterness; Cost of dividing the Northwest Territories; Background; Growing opposition.

Describes the Canadian men's and women's Olympic curling teams, whose aggressive, determined style matches the image the Ottawa-based Canadian Curling Association is eager to project as it lobbies for a new level of international respect for the sport. Curling as a demonstration sport in Albertville, France; Pressure for full Olympic standing; Background of team members Julie and Jodie Sutton; CBC comprehensive broadcasts of curling; Future of the sport; Comments.

Examines the judicial clash between the federal and Saskatchewan governments over construction of the Rafferty and Alameda dams on the Souris River. Court challenges and decisions; Positions of Saskatchewan Premier Grant Devine and federal Environment Minister Robert de Cotret; Assessment of environmental risks; History of the project.

Examines the social and psychological problems besetting Canada's northern native peoples. Deterioration of the traditional lifestyle; Recent conference in Whitehorse, Y.T.; Comments by spokespeople from Inuit, Dene, and other native groups; Suicide rate; Child sexual abuse; Family violence; Alcoholism; Venereal disease, including AIDS; Need for economic independence.

Reports on anti-minority backlash in Canada's Prairie provinces. Sales of T-shirts, pins, and other items depicting caricatures of Sikhs, native Canadians and other minorities; Comments by vendors of these items; Debate over allowing Sikh Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers to wear turbans.

Discusses the growing number of Ontario cities which have English-only resolutions. Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; Continuing national debate over bilingualism; Public reaction; Reactions of Prime Minister Brain Mulroney, Ontario Premeir David Peterson, and Parliament; Ontario's French Language Service Act.

Outlines the history of the New Democratic Party, which began during the Depression in Regina, Man., as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). Past and present leaders; Early radicalism and present moderation; Regina Manifesto; NDP as a force in the West; Charges that the NDP has diluted its socialist message.

Discusses the Arctic cooperation agreement to be signed by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev's Arctic peace overtures and arms control issues; Damage to the Arctic environment; Contact between Soviet and Canadian Inuit peoples; Scientific exchanges; Criticisms.

The October 27 shooting of Sophia Cook, 23, a black single mother living in Toronto, by Const. Cameron Durham, 24, has fueled the debate over police treatment of minority Canadians. Case details; Toronto black community reaction; Ontario Province Police (OPP) investigation. INSET: A final act of despair (suicide of Winnipeg police Insp. Kenneth.

Examines growing public protest against Canada's official bilingualism policy. Impact of the Meech Lake constitutional accord and Quebec's Bill 178; Anglophone activists in Quebec; Antibilingual English-rights groups outside Quebec; Reform Party of Canada and other political parties; Debate over native languages in the Northwest Territories; Public opinion.

This is an article focusing on the Alternative High School in Calgary, Canada, where the students help run the school. Imagine, to borrow a verb from that famous Liverpudlian, a high school where teachers and students are on a first-name basis. That the school, which is run by the Calgary Board of Education, has been able to survive in Canada's most conservative major city hinges on the fact that students at Alternative are regularly among the top achievers in provincial diploma exams. That academic success is all the more remarkable because, prior to coming to Alternative, many of the students were, by their own accounts, misfits who had only a passing interest in education. Alternative's principal, John Fischer, credits the school's success to its fundamental values: respect for others, individual initiative and student democracy.

Examines Canadian fishermen's claims that the US Coast Guard is harassing them and seizing their vessels in order to reopen a boundary dispute involving the A-B line between the Alaskan Panhandle and British Columbia's Quuen Charlotte Islands. The US Coast Guard cutter Liberty's July 29, 1991 seizure of the Canadian fishing vessel Elize Joye in Dixon Entrance; B.C. fishermen's reaction; Salmon fishing ; History of the dispute.

Discusses Winnipeg's programs designed to get young Asian immigrants off the streets and into the classroom. Winnipeg, Man., school program; Youth Entry Program; Results; Comments by Inger Howse, executive director of the Calgary Association for Young Immigrants.

Tells how the city of Winnipeg, Man., is coping with the large number of teenage runaways now on its streets. Sexual abuse of homeless teens; Indian and Metis children; Youth Victims Project; Social workers' opposition to spending cuts.

Discusses Quebec's current surge in domestic violence against women. Recent murders; Issue of male control over women; Comments by social workers and lawyers; Legal system's failure to protect women; Need for greater police protection and legislation.

Discusses reaction of Canada's western premiers and prairie farmers to the announcement of an aid package for the Atlantic fishery. While the western provinces are being asked for matching funds in order to finance a federal aid plan for farmers, no similar conditions are attached to the Atlantic aid plan.

Discusses the Conservative government's plans to overhaul Canada's unemployment insurance (UI) system. Public reaction; Public hearings across Canada; Eligibility for natives; Reasons why the system needs reform.