Lyon's rear raises havoc in Manitoba
Opposition Leader Sterling Lyon was ejected from the Manitoba legislature after repeated interruptions during Premier Howard Pawley's speech on bilingual services. The 24-20 vote followed a series of Tory walkouts and protests over pension legislation and procedural rules, with prior expulsions noted. The session had run 125 days, with hearings in rural areas debated amid ongoing political turmoil.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Sterling Lyon
Manitoba
Lyon
Inci
Howard Pawley
Jim Walding
House
Walding
Pawley
Western protest at Crowsnest Pass subsidy change hearings
Alberta farm groups and government officials attack federal plan to hand the entire 651 million annual Crow subsidy to railways. They warn higher food costs and potential job losses in cattle and grain sectors, urging provincial action as hearings proceed in Edmonton.
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Mark Lisac
Edmonton
The
Commons Transport Committee
Alberta
Federal
Chris Mills
Cattle Commission
Mills
Radioactive water spews from Ontario hydro reactor
About 16 000 litres per hour of highly radioactive water leaked from a Candu reactor at Pickering plant after a pressure tube ruptured. Officials said no danger to the public or environment, noting leakage would be contained and that shutdown could last one month to two years depending on tube inspections.
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Pickering
Ont
Ontario Hydro Generating
Toronto
Hydro
Robert Popple
Hydro’s
Nuclear Genera
Tion Division
Popple
T.J. Molloy
Atomic Energy Control Board
Canadian agent jailed in Poland
Polish military tribunal sentenced Slawomir Kowalski a two year term for spying for Canada. The former embassy radio operator abandoned his post in Ottawa and sought asylum for his family in exchange for sensitive intelligence. He surrendered in Toronto in June 1982 and returned to Poland last December.
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Warsaw
AFP
Slawomir Kowalski
Canada
Kowalski
Ottawa
Evening Express Wieczorny
Toronto
Poland
Express Wieczorny
External Affairs Department
Ram Steel seeks investors to refinance debts in Canada
Ram Steel officials flew to Toronto to recruit new investors for the pipe plant as the company seeks a financial reorganization after receivership. Lawyer Jim Foster aims to renegotiate debts totaling 23 million with Canadian Commercial Bank and Alberta Opportunity Co. Receiver Brian Trypka accompanies Foster to meet potential buyers in Ontario and Quebec.
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Red Deer
Alta
Ram Steel
Toronto
Jim Foster
Ram
Canadian Commercial Bank
Alberta Opportunity Co
Foster
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Brian Trypka
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co
Trypka
AOC
Parker
Friday government bombshells and late disclosures
A former press secretary notes Friday as a common time for major announcements. The article cites Marc Lalonde raising alcohol and tobacco taxes by 13 and 16 percent at 5 p.m. and discusses the secrecy around cabinet document guidelines that broaden exemptions under access to information laws.
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Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
Marc Lalonde
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