Helmet mandate sparks B C biker protest across province
About 300 members of the Motorcycle Protective Association vow to ride bareheaded despite a new amendment to the B C Motor Vehicle Act making helmet use mandatory. The law, passed with royal assent and effective at midnight, follows prior court rulings on helmet regulations and replaces a rejected section with a helmet requirement.
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Victoria
B.C
Mike Gorval
The
Motorcycle Protective Association
British Columbia
Henry Bell-Irving
Alberta
New Democrats
Transportation
Alex Fraser
Cabinet
Cross burning hits Red Deer in disturbing incident
An East Indian man, Vishnu Katarey, reports a one by two metre cross burned into his Red Deer lawn while he and his wife were apart. Katarey, a high school teacher in Innisfail, says he fears for his wife home alone and notes a recent spree of similar cases in the city. Local police were alerted and neighbors woke the wife after the blaze. No racism has been attributed to him personally, though the attacks have raised concern.
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Red Deer
Edmonton
Vishnu Katarey
Innisfail
Alta
Katarey
Polish strike wave widens as police round up dissidents
In Poland the anti government labor drive grows with 24 in custody and 130000 workers on strike across Gdansk Gdynia and Baltic cities. Authorities report eight Warsaw leaders arrested including Leszek Moczulski and Jacek Kuron as rumors of a general strike ripple through the capital.
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Gdansk
Poland
Warsaw
Gdynia
Baltic Coast
Szczecin
East Germany
Kozno
Polmo
Krakow
Leszek Moczulski
Committee of Independent Poland
Wieslaw Kecik
Committee For Social Self-Defence
Jacek Kuron
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
V.I. Lenin
Gdansk-Gdynia
Sopot
Baltic
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gierek
Alberta opposition accuses fund of diverting cancer research money
Alberta Social Credit leader Bob Clark charges the Heritage Savings Trust Fund Cancer Research Project funding was misused with more than two thirds diverted to hospital operating budgets. Russell and Dr Grisdale defend the plan saying most money supports applied cancer research.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Heritage Savings
Bob Clark
Social Credit
Dave Russell
Russell
Clark
Provincial Hospitals Board
All-Party
Committee On
Lloyd Grisdale
Research Board
Heritage Fund Committee
Carter defends defence at Boston Legion address
President Carter told the American Legion convention in Boston that U.S. defences remain strong enough for now and tomorrow. He warned that no enemy attack could succeed and framed his nuclear doctrine as a warning while rebuking Reagan’s charge of weakened defense.
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Boston
Carter
U.S
Ronald Reagan
American Legion
Edward Kennedy
Reagan
American Congress
Japan and Dome sign Beaufort drilling lending pact
Japan's National Oil Corp and Dome Petroleum of Calgary reach a two stage accord after two years of talks. The plan funds Dome's Beaufort drilling with 400 million for exploration and up to two billion for development with an option for 10 to 25 percent oil output. A final contract will form an entity for the deal with completion expected this fall.
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Tokyo
Japan
National Oil Corporation
Dome Petroleum of
Calgary
Beaufort
Dome
Marathon
Canada
Hiromichi Eguchi
JOC
MOC
Eguchi
Premiers Outline Principles of Constitutional Reform
Canadian premiers issued a four page communique outlining fundamental principles for constitutional reform. They stress federation balance, provincial consent, economic unity, regional equity, and protecting rights while aligning federal and provincial powers. Internal splits surface over economics and jurisdiction, with Ontario and Alberta among key players shaping the debate.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Alberta
Ontario
McMurtry
Lougheed
Davis
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Allan Williams
Burnaby
Tracy Smith
Tracy
Medicine Hat
Redclift
Robin SchlaHt
JNOC
National Energy Board
Quebec
Pierre Trudeau
Peter Lougheed
Trudeau
Manitoba
Sterling Lyon
Lyon
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland
Bill Davis
Roy McMurtry
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