Opposition Urges Lalonde to Resign Over Budget Leak
Ottawa reports show Finance Minister Marc Lalonde facing calls to step down after leaks revealed a 31.2 billion deficit and a 1982 high inflation month. Prime Minister Trudeau denies resignation demand while MPs push to delay the federal budget amid energy driven price jumps.
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Trudeau
Lalonde
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Yvon Pinard
The
Commons
Camerman
Calgary crane collapse kills operator high above city
A 31-year-old crane operator fell 53 storeys to his death when a crane on Calgary's Petro Canada building toppled. Police and fire blocked the downtown while crews assessed debris and danger from the hanging wreckage and shattered concrete. High winds are suspected to have caused the mishap.
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Petro-Canada
Calgary
5Th Avenue
1St Street N.W
Blues sale to Saskatoon group nears completion
Saskatoon based Coliseum Holdings Ltd led by Bill Hunter says the sale of the St. Louis Blues to their group should be completed within 24 hours. Ralston Purina owns the Blues and has authorized the sale. Transfer requires NHL board approval by 75 percent.
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St. Louis Blues
National Hockey League
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Saskatoon
Bill Hunter
Saskatoon Group
Hunter
Ralston-Purina Co
Blues
Ralston-Purina
NHL
Board of Governors
Embassy Bombing in Beirut Kills Dozens and Injures Many
Rescue teams comb wreckage at the U S Embassy Beirut after a massive truck bomb killed at least 39 people, including 22 Americans, with 130 present in the building at the time. Officials say 7 Americans among the dead and about 20 more missing. Portable evidence notes Lebanese workers among victims. Marine and Navy personnel assist in search and security.
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U.S
Col
James Mead
Cmmander
U.S. Marine
Robert Dillon
Mead
Dillon
Lebanon
Navy
Mediterranean Sea
Keegstra Teaching Certificate Under Review by Province
Education Minister Dave King told the legislature that while grounds exist to revoke Jim Keegstra’s teaching certificate, officials are studying options to act without a formal Alberta Teachers Association recommendation. The Eckville educator’s firing was upheld at a quasi judicial inquiry after 14 years of teaching anti Semitism. He may still appeal in court.
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Edmonton
Jim Keegstra
Alberta Teacher’s Association
Dave King
Keegstra
Eckville
Alta
King
Keegsta
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Canadair to lay off 570 workers by July at Montreal plant
About 570 workers at Canadair Ltd. will be laid off by mid July due to weak Challenger jet sales. Ken Romain, the company spokesman, said thirty layoffs will occur each month until July, reducing the staff from 5,500 to about 4,930. The Crown-owned plant has received 1.35 billion in loan guarantees and 200 million in new capital.
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Montreal
Canadair Ltd
Ken Romain
Canadair
St. Laurens
Canadair bribe plan linked to Alaska lawmakers
Tim Petamenos, Alaska’s assistant attorney general, alleged Canadair marketing official Sigrid Larsen led a scheme to pay Alaska legislators George Hohman and Russ Meekins to steer a $5 million set aside for buying two Canadair waterbombers in 1981. Hohman was convicted, Meekins alerted authorities, and de Man and Larsen faced perjury charges.
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George Hohman
Russ Meekins
House of Representatives
Alaska
Canadair
Hohman
Meekins
Petamenos
Larsen
Michael de Man
Petaminos
de Man
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