Saskatoon closes chapter on missing children tragedy
Saskatoon seeks normal amid murder case as four youths were found dead linking to suspect David Threinen. Police reported a dramatic breakthrough after graves were located near the city boundary and charges of murder were laid for the Cranfield and Grubesic deaths.
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Jim Neaves
Saskatoon
Dahrlyne Cranfield
Robert Grubesic
Samantha Turner
Cathy Scott
James Kettles
David William Threinen
Robert Conroy
Threinen
Serge Kujawa
Saskatchewn Attorney General’s Department
Turner
Scott
Kujawa
Alberta official linked to Mexican cattle loan inquiry
An Alberta Export Agency employee testified that Dr. Glen Purnell was involved in a Mexican loan guarantee, with three cattle owned by Purnell tied to the deal. Directors said they would not have known of Purnell’s stake without his ranch name, and the inquiry reviews potential conflicts of interest while Purnell is suspended with pay.
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Edmonton
Alberta Export Agency
Glen ‘Purnell
Dr. Purnell
Larry Lang
Purnell
Lang
Purnell Ranch
Commission
William Brennan
Dr. Purnel
Board of Directors
Land
Mathew
James Clarke
Grain harvest may meet demand in a steady year
Canadian wheat board foresees an average harvest around 625 million bushels with domestic needs and key exports covered. World stocks remain tight with the Soviet Union and EEC buying shaping demand, while Canada faces limited remaining grain reserves for price and supply flexibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
International Wheat Council
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Canada
United States
Australia
Wheat Board
Brussels
Pierre Lardinois
EEC Agriculture Commissioner
EEC
Gerry Vogel
Vogel
UK Ready to Admit PLO Members for IPU Conference
Britain plans to allow four PLO observers to attend the Inter Parliamentary Union gathering, citing national interest. Home Secretary Roy Jenkins said visas would be granted to three, with one living in Britain since 1971 and another holding a Kuwaiti passport, while stressing IPU invited the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hay London
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Britain
Roy Jenkins
Inter- Parliamentary Union
IPU
Jenkins
Toronto
Allan MacEachen
Geneva
MacEachen
Israel
Palestine National Council
Elizabeth
IPU Council
MP pleads ignorance on advance tax bill details
Liberal MP John Reid testified for eight hours denying advance knowledge of a tax measure. He claimed his remarks to Gazette reporters were based on intuitive sense from watching ministerial statements and caucus opposition. The committee heard Reid cited conversations with finance and transport officials and with Finance Minister Turner as context for his belief the tax would be withdrawn.
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Howard Collins
Ottawa
John Reid
Reid
House
Mitchell Sharp
Montreal Gazette
Commons Privileges and Elections Committee
Mark Farrell
The
Gazette
Arnold Malone
Battle River
Malone
Jacques Hamilton
Turner
Transport, Revenue and Finance
Finance
Transport
Sinclair Stevens
York-Simcoe
Stevens
Mackay statement rapped over seat belt use debate
Vancouver reports say deputy postmaster general should await an inquest into a fatal mail truck crash before announcing belt mandates. Bob Hamilton of the Letter Carriers Union notes the driver wear policy is established, cites only 80 of 320 vans in Vancouver area with seatbelts.
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Vancouver
Bob Hamilton
Letter Carriers’ Union
Hamilton
John Mackay
Mackay
Postal Service
Schreyer freezes gas and oil prices in Manitoba
Premier Ed Schreyer announced an immediate freeze on wholesale gasoline and fuel prices in Manitoba through Oct 1 or longer. The order in council places the industry under the Public Utilities Board Act with no wholesale increases without board approval. Exemptions apply to non provincial operations such as airlines and railways.
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Winnipeg
Ed Schreyer
Manitoba
Schreyer
Public Utilities Board Act
Ontario
British Columbia Energy Commission
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N.W. Crescent Heights
Alberta
Jim Mill
Sydney Fogel
Attorney-General’s Department
Kettles
RCMP
Ken Pole
European Economic Community
Middle East
Africa
Union
Lower Volga
Izvestia
Wheat Council
Kenora-Rainy River
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