Dairy plans end curdled from ruling
Siegfried Kappler’s bid to run an independent milk processing plant near Medicine Hat was rejected by Alberta’s Dairy Manufacturing Plant Licensing Advisory Board after a Wetaskiwin hearing on May 6. Minister LeRoy Fjordbotten upheld the denial in a July 27 letter, citing dairy industry stability and regional development.
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Paul Strickland
The
News
Siegfried Kappler
Medicine Hat
Wetaskiw
LeRoy Fjordbotten
Alberta
Fjordbotten
Kappler
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McFarlane Sees Promise of Progress in Mideast Talks
U S envoy Robert McFarlane met Israeli leaders in Jerusalem and said talks with Prime Minister Begin and Foreign Minister Shamir show a promise of progress toward moving foreign armies out of Lebanon. In central Lebanon Israeli forces began shifting supplies as a pullback to the south was discussed.
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Begin
Yitzhak Shamir
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Philip Habib
Hafez Assad
Habib
Damascus
U.S
Beirut
Marine Command
Shamir
Defence
Moshe Arens
Queen Mother Elizabeth 83 Birthday Observed at Buckingham Palace
Britain's favorite grandmother Elizabeth the Queen Mother turns 83 and spends her birthday with family at Buckingham Palace. The Queen Mum, as Britons call her, remains active and beloved since the years with King George VI.
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Britain
Elizabeth
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Nuclear leak at Pickering reactor tests safety promises
Ontario Hydro reports a large leak of radioactive water at the Pickering reactor east of Toronto after a failure of the early warning system. Officials say no air contamination occurred and repairs could take weeks with daily substitute power costs around 250 000 dollars. Nuclear expert Norman Rubin calls for stronger leak detection and cautions cleanup poses greatest risk.
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Les Whittington
Southam News
Toronto
Ontario Hydro
Here
Pickering
Ont
Hydro
Bill Morison
Morison
Norman Rubin
Energy Probe
Ontario
Hydro’s
Rubin
Tories thrash Grits 55 percent in Gallup poll
A Gallup poll of 1,056 voters taken July 7 to 9 shows 55 percent support for the Progressive Conservatives, 27 percent for the Liberals, and 16 percent for the New Democratic Party. The results follow Brian Mulroney’s June 11 leadership win.
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Montreal
Progressive Conservative
Brian Mulroney
Ottawa
Gallup
Tories
New Democratic Party
Eaglier
Freight rate clash over Crow benefits linked to grain costs
Edmonton NFU members urged the House transport committee to modify Bill C-155 to tie export grain freight rates to production costs. They warned removing the Crow rate could devastate the prairie economy, while some supported a compromise linking costs to future rates. Debolt and Holden figures advocated a costbased adjustment.
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Mark Lisac
Edmonton
National Farmers’ Union
House of Commons Transport Committee
Don Ronaghan
NFU
Holden
Alta
Lee Stevenson
Debolt
Alberta
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