Canadian labor unrest eases with BC fishermen end strike
A 2000-member United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union in British Columbia accepted a one-year Fisheries Association offer after weeks of rejection. Separately 3500 miners in Sudbury walked out against Falconbridge Nickel Mines, after rejecting a similar contract to that at International Nickel Co. of Canada.
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Sudbury
Ont
United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union
Fisheries Association of British Columbia
Falconbridge Nickel Mines
International Nickel Co. of Canada Ltd
Canada
Pratt and Whitney
Quebec
Canadian Paper Workers Union
CPU
Montreal
International Woodworkers of America
Halifax
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co. Ltd
Ottawa
Post Office
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Saskatchewan Government Employees Association
SGEA
Bakers
Vancouver
Weston Bakeries Ltd
Vancouver Island
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft of Canada Ltd
United Aircraft
Robert Bourassa
Longueuil
Alberta
Winnipeg
Bangladesh coup shocks nation with mass killings
CBC reports at least 45 killed and many injured by indiscriminate shelling during a recent coup led by army officers in Bangladesh. The military now controls the country after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family, with officials warning of possible future instability.
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Toronto
CBC
Bangladesh
Colin Heath
Dacca
Heath
Sheik Mujibur’ Rahman
Bangkok
Sheik
Mr. Heath
CMHC chief says mortgage rates stay high for years
CMHC president William Teron predicts rates will remain elevated for two to three years. He expects a long-term plateau near current levels in the international market, with fluctuations of about half to three quarters of a percentage point.
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Ottawa
William Teron
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
CMHC
Teron
Capital Report
Inflation fight but it takes two says premiers
ST JOHN'S Nfld provinces promise to curb wages and prices with Ottawa to fight inflation and unemployment. Premier Frank Moores says premiers are ready to meet the federal government for a cooperative plan but Ottawa must initiate talks. They demand a first ministers conference on cost shared programs amid federal withdrawal fears.
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Nfld
Canada
Ottawa
Frank Moores
Moores
Confederation
Dave Barrett
British Columbia
Alberta
Canadian Consumers Cautious Despite Rising Confidence
A Conference Board of Canada survey shows consumer optimism about the economy, with more than a quarter feeling financially better in June and over a fifth ready for major purchases, yet plans for cars, housing, appliances, and furniture dipped amid mortgage and price worries and tax changes.
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Ottawa
Conference Board In
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Ontario
Canadians Pass Health Check After Cholera Cruise
Ninety-one Canadians returning from a Mediterranean cruise where one woman contracted cholera passed a health inspection at Toronto airport. About 500 more passengers will be screened on arrival in the next days.
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Toronto
Toronto International
Canada
Strand Holidays
Jean Black
Collingwood
Ont
Civitavecchia
Italy
Rome
Kissinger presses Mideast talks amid Sinai disengagement pursuit
U S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger says he may return to the Middle East next month to finalize a Sinai disengagement agreement with Egypt and Israel if current talks stall. He met with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Alexandria and planned talks in Damascus with Syria's leadership, signaling cautious progress and continued U S support for an interim settlement including UN peacekeepers and control of key passes.
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Egypt
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Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Sinai
Israel
Damascus
Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
United Nations General Assembly
Ismail Fahmy
Gidmacls
Syria
Golan Heights
U.S. State Department
Robert Anderson
War Sadat
Sougit
Ford Administration
Congress
Jordan
Hussein
Hafez Assad
Syrian
Jordanian West Bank
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Mitla
Gidi
Abu Rudeis
United Nations
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