Board urges study of sugar hazards and price policy
Ottawa report by the Food Prices Review Board chairwoman Beryl Plumptre calls for government study of health risks from current sugar consumption levels. The panel urges potential measures to curb intake if hazards are found while noting price instability can be reduced by tariff changes and competition reforms.
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Ottawa
Beryl Plumptre
Food Prices Review Board
Health and Welfare Department
London
Board
Plumptre
ABA convention in Montreal ends with honors and bold proposals
The American Bar Association wraps up a week in Montreal with a medal to Leon Jaworski and debate over resolutions to back legalized prostitution and to oppose a Senate bill expanding espionage definitions. The bill targets publication of information harming U S safety and would let authorities sue reporters for unauthorized government material.
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Montreal
American Bar Association
ABA
House of Delegates
United States
Senate
Jaworski
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Bilingual air traffic control issue reaches cabinet decision
Transport Minister Jean Marchand says the bilingual traffic control program in Quebec is a national issue and will be taken to the cabinet for a late September decision before a pilots walkout planned for Oct. 17. Pilots threaten to halt operations if the experiment continues at five Quebec airports.
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Bob Douglas
Ottawa
Jean Marchand
Quebec
Marchand
Quebec City
Pilots Association
Vancouver
St. Jean
Sept-Iles
Baie Comeau
St. Honore
Val d’Or
St. Hubert
Montreal
Jim Livingston
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
Transport Department
Purnell inquiry tests conflict over Mexican cattle deal
Alberta officials testified on Tuesday at the reopening of the inquiry into Dr. Glen Purnell and cattle shipments. Directors said they were unaware Purnell's cattle were part of the Mexican deal and questioned whether his interest affected the loan guarantee. The hearing also reviewed earlier Brazil semen shipments and potential conflicts of interest in export agency decisions.
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Edmonton
Alberta Export Agency
Glen Purnell
Mexico
James Clarke
Purnell
Commission
William Brennan
S. V. Legg
Brazil
Clarke
Dr. Purnell
al Curtin
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Curtin
Bruce Matthews
Gas pipeline Treaty nears completion between US and Canada
Final draft of a Canada United States oil and natural gas pipeline treaty is expected within 60 days to streamline cross border flows. The agreement covers routes across Yukon and Alberta to serve both nations, with ratification in the United States Senate and Canada governor general in council signature.
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Bruce Levett
Washington
U.S
Senate
Canada
Alaskan Arctic Gas
AAG
Alaska
Mackenzie Delta
Yukon
Alberta
el Paso Alaska Co
el Paso
Federal Power Commission
Ford
Congress
Midwest
Hurdie
Beavers Named New York State Animal
Gov. Hugh Carey signed a bill Aug. 9 designating the beaver as New York's official state animal. Oregon officials had opposed, but Carey cited the beaver's deep roots in state history and its industrious nature as justification.
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Albany
N.Y
Oregon
Hugh Carey
New York
New York State
Carey
Lawyers tackle crime rate in Montreal town hall forum
Canadian and U.S. lawyers debated rising crime at a free-wheeling town hall forum on criminal justice organized by the ABA. Samuel Cash defended plea bargaining, Judge Charles Richey warned of astronomical crime costs yet opposed mandatory minimums, and Gregory Brodsky urged curbing Crown pre-trial powers amid concerns over appeals and indictment practices.
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Montreal
U.S
American Bar Association
ABA
Samuel Cash
U.S. Senate
Select Committee
Cash
Charles Richey
Washington, D.C
Canada
Gregory Brodsky
Winnipeg
Canadian Bar Association
Henry Morgentaler
Brodsky
Kirby Commission backs sweeping Alberta court changes
Edmonton reports that the Kirby Commission released a 222 page study urging major reforms in Alberta provincial courts. It calls for a chief provincial court judge, removal of minor offences from criminal courts, better facilities and staff, and lighter workloads for judges.
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Edmonton
Kirby
Alberta
Andy Sims
Alberta Human Rights and Civil Liberties Association
Attorney-General’s Department
W. J. C. Kirby
Alberta Supreme Court
Max Wyman
University of Alberta
Ted Bower
Red Deer Advocate
Provincial Court of Alberta
Commission
Sims
Legal Aid Society
Jim Foster
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Crescent Heights
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New York’s Institution
Kirby Commission
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