Rail delays hurt farmers at Vancouver port
Canadian grain farmers lose millions due to delays in shipping from Vancouver. The Canadian Wheat Board notes a terminal expansion and 2,000 new hopper cars have boosted capacity, but reduced country elevator stocks limit the wheat types available locally. Ed Isaac, local wheat board manager, says movement is possible but supply remains constrained after the four month CNR bridge outage.
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Vancouver
Canadian Wheat Board
Ed Isaac
The
Wheat Board
CNR
Mexico and Canada Strike Oil Export Deal
Canada and Mexico signed a six to twelve month oil export pact with Pemex supplying up to 50 000 barrels daily to Canada by December deliveries start at 10 000 in October rising to 50 000 by December. The deal values Mexican oil at 34 50 U S dollars per barrel while Canadian oil sells around 16 75 Canadian dollars.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mexico
External Affairs Department
Petro-Canada and Petroleos Mexicanos
Pemex
Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
U.S
Trudeau
Toronto swimmer aims for three way English Channel record
Cin dy Nicholas plans a 40 hour three way English Channel swim starting from Folkestone aiming for Cap Gris Nez and Dover with Captain Val Noakes aboard. Previously she swam the channel ten times and faces a liver parasite after illness last week but expects favorable weather and tides for a multi day crossing.
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London
England
France
Toronto
Cindy Nicholas
Miss Nicholas
Calais
Val Noakes
Egypt
Folkstone
Cap Griz-Nez
Dover
Poland Crisis Deepens as Strikes Form New Demands
In Poland, 50,000 workers across 21 Baltic factories form a strike committee and issue 16 demands including automatic wage increases, right to strike, vacation pay, abolition of censorship, and media access for religious groups. The move challenges Edward Gierek as Gdansk shipyards see ongoing unrest despite government steps.
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N.Y. Times
Warsaw
Poland
Baltic
Edward Gierek
Communist Party
Lenin
Gdansk
Canso takeover upheld by court
A Nova Scotia court confirmed that a shareholders vote granting control of United Canso Oil and Gas Ltd to a group led by Calgary oil consultant John Duby was valid. Justice Doane Hallett ruled the vote legitimate and the Duby group now holds the company.
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Halifax
Calgary
John Duby
Nova Scotia
United Canso Oil and Gas Ltd
Doane Hallett
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Duby Group
United Canso
New York
John Buckley
Justice Hallett
Buckley Group
Gerry Godsoe
Board of
Buckley
Libyan revolt denied as Tobruk clashes flare
Reports from Paris say Libyan authorities declare a state of emergency after a rebellion near Tobruk in Cyrenaica. Mutinous officers reportedly fled toward Egypt amid fighting with loyal troops aided by East German advisers. Hundreds of casualties were alleged by sources.
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Paris
Reuter
Tobruk
Cyrenaica
JANA
Reuters
London
9Th Brigade
Egypt
Lougheed vows resistance to federal gas export tax
Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed says a federal natural gas export tax would be a declaration of war on Western Canada and vows the provinces would resist. He warns of oil supply risks and notes Canada imports a third of its oil while Alberta holds major conventional reserves.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Western
Canada
Canadian Community Newspapers Association
Lougheed
Confederation
Trudeau
Ottawa
Tage
Persian Gulf
Middle East
Oil price pact close says Olson in Fort Vermilion
Alberta's sole federal cabinet representative Senator Bud Olson says a pricing agreement for oil is near and warns against sledgehammer tactics from Ottawa or Alberta. He stresses Alberta must accept a fair price and avoid rapid escalation that would widen national disparities. Olson spoke in Fort Vermilion about mounting Alberta Ottawa tensions.
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Fort Vermilion
Alta
Alberta
Bud Olson
Olson
Trudeau
Ottawa
Edmonton
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Geoff Sloss
B.C Grain Shippers’ Clearance Association
Sloss
Chad Lentz
Medicine Hat
Moose
Moose Lodge
Canso
Libya
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