Prairie harvest begins as yields seen near average
Prairie fields move to harvest with swathers and combines.Prices for top wheat grades jump to 5.60 a bushel while overall output may be average or below in a drought-influenced season. Saskatchewan projection 350 million bushels up from 324 last year with per-acre yields down due to drought and wet northeast conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Chafe
Canada
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Alberta Wheat Pool
Maitoba
Socreds lose house leader in Alberta leadership shakeup
Werner Schmidt, elected leader of the Alberta Social Credit party, faces a vacancy as house leader after MLA Jim Henderson resigns without giving a reason. Henderson will explain at a Sept. 11 party caucus and will remain Wetaskiwin Leduc representative. Schmidt must choose a new house leader from frontbenchers such as Robert Clark Ray Speaker or Gordon Taylor while party contemplates future direction after 36 years in power and a current 24 of 75 seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Werner Schmidt
Alberta Social Credit Party
Jim Henderson
Henderson
Wetaskiwin-Leduc
Schmidt
Jim
Werner
Social Credit
Peter Lougheed
Progressive Conservative Party
Robert Clark
Mr. Clark
Olds- Didsbury
Ray Speaker
Little Bow
Gordon Taylor
Taylor
Drumheller
Munro transfers rail strike talks to federal mediator
Labor Minister John Munro halted his personal mediation with the rail workers dispute and will hand negotiations to Judge Alan B. Gold in Montreal. Proposals will be drafted for delivery to the judge, with meetings likely Thursday. The wage dispute remains the core issue, with unions seeking a 21.6 percent gain over two years and rail firms offering less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Munro
Ottawa
Alan B. Gold
Montreal
Munro
Gold
Judge Gold
Mr. Munro
Richard Smith
Canadian National Railways
CP Rail
NDP and Trudeau pledge fast action on inflation
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Trudeau and the New Democratic Party agree to act quickly to ease living costs. Parliament may be recalled by mid September to advance measures on food prices, subsidies, interest rates, and aid for fixed-income groups, with Liberal support and NDP backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Marchand
Trudeau
NDP
David Lewis
Ottawa
New Democratic Party
New Democrat
B C ferry system resumes operations after strike
The British Columbia ferry system restarted today after 88 percent ratified a new contract by 2 000 unlicensed workers who walked off Friday. The deal raises pay by 12 to 22 percent retroactive to April 1, with a 400 licensed staff already settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Norm Thornber
B.C
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Victoria
Nanaimo
Hargrave urges federal end to rotating railway strikes
Medicine Hat MP Bert Hargrave says the time has come for Ottawa to legislate an end to the non operating railway workers' rotating strikes. He notes the government hesitates to recall Parliament due to food price concerns and possible political fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Pollard
NEWS
Medicine Hat
Bert Hargrave
Canada
Walsh
Hargrave
Imminent rail strike looms as unions press MPs
Ottawa reports warn that another railway strike could occur by mid September. Shopcrafts Federated Trades Union negotiators caucus with Liberals, Tories and NDP to press terms amid a wage dispute with CP Rail CN and six smaller lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
New Democrat
Shopcrafts Federated Trades Union
CP Rail
Canadian National
Vanderberg
Gerald Baldwin
Peace River
NDP
Paddy Neale
Munro
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West Canadian Microfilm Ltd
Winnipeg
Southwest
L. A. Malmberg
Socreds
Mr. Lewis
B.C. Ferry System
Tata Lee
Richard Vanderberg
Canadian Railway Labor Association
United Transportation Union
UTU
Carmen
Conciliation Board
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