Polish Regime Warns of Soviet Interference Amid Strike Wave
Poland's Communist leadership issued a veiled warning of possible Soviet intervention as a 14 day Baltic coast strike spread to the Ursus tractor works and southern industries. More than 300000 workers joined the walkout while talks between strike leaders and officials showed promise. First Deputy Premier Jagielski returned to Warsaw to brief the Politburo.
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Gdansk
Poland
Baltic
Ursus
Warsaw
Trybuna Ludu
Mieczyslaw Jagielski
Communist Party
Time Air buys Gateway Aviation for 1.75 million
Time Air of Lethbridge buys Gateway Aviation of Edmonton for 1.75 million. approval by the Canadian Transport Commission is expected in about six months. The deal expands routes to Peace River Rainbow Lake Lloydminster Cold Lake and Hinton and may reuse Gateway equipment in about a year.
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Lethbridge
Time Air
Gateway Aviation
Edmonton
Time
Richard Barton
Air Transport Committee
Canadian Transport Commission
Barton
Peace River
Rainbow Lake
Lloydminster
Cold Lake
Hinton
Gateway
Molson rejects bottom line in Alberta brewery strike
Alberta's four Molson breweries remain shut after a union contract offer was rejected. Jim Phelan, president of the Molson brewery workers, warned the stoppage could extend into Christmas as Phil Ponting of the Brewery Employees Industrial Relations Association refused further talks.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Molson
Jim Phelan
Molson Brewery Workers Union
Phil Ponting
Brewery Employees Industrial Relations Association
Ottawa Journal and Winnipeg Tribune shut down in losses
The Ottawa Journal and Winnipeg Tribune close amid heavy losses, affecting 750 employees. Thomson sells its shares in Pacific Press and Gazette Montreal to Southam for 57.25 million dollars. Journal losses total nearly 7.7 million over four years and over 3.4 million so far this year. Tribune editor cites a costly race with The Free Press as a factor.
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Toronto
Ottawa Journal
Winnipeg Tribune
Canada
Thomson
Pacific Press Ltd
Vancouver
Gazette-Montreal Ltd
Southam
Journal
Thomson Group
FP Publication Ltd
Tribune
Free Press
Dana Harvey
Dick Goodwin
Talks in Ottawa Hit Rough Patch Over Constitutional Memo
Ottawa reports show Justice Minister Jean Chretien and Roy Romanow arguing over a memo suggesting unilateral federal action to patriate the constitution. Claude Morin urged caution, saying such moves could undermine talks and provoke regional backlash. Romanow warned unilateral action conflicts with the Canadian tradition of compromise and dialogue, ahead of the September constitutional summit.
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Ottawa
Justice
Jean Chretien
Saskatchewan
Roy Romanow
Michael Pitfield
Pierre Trudeau
Claude Morin
Quebec
Chretien
Romanov
Unity
No more concessions says Leitch
Alberta will not capitulate to federal energy policies to reopen stalled oil talks with Ottawa. Energy Minister Merv Leitch says no further concessions and expresses concern over ongoing uncertainty. He notes potential shift of Canadian exploration investment to the United States and cites tougher domestic conditions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
Merv Leitch
Leitch
Canada
United States
U.S
Bill Kurtze
Calgary
Independent Petroleum Association of Canada
Kurtze
Hatfield Defendsself Denies Kickback Charges
New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield denied being a liar amid Liberal accusations of a kickback scheme benefiting the Progressive Conservative party. He urged that the case be handled without a judicial inquiry, insisting he is innocent until proven guilty and criticizing Daigle for lacking guts.
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Fredericton
N.B
New Brunswick
Richard Hatfield
Hatfield
Joseph Daigle
Progressive Conservative
Daigle
Higgins
BC Japan coal export deal inches toward approval
A high level meeting in the Rockies between BC and Ottawa put a multi billion dollar coal export pact with Japan back on track. Ottawa faces a heavy subsidy stake while BC absorbs most rail costs as talks expect a final price gap near one dollar per tonne.
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Vancouver
Japan
British Columbia
Ottawa
Southam News
B.C
Don Phillips
Canadian Pacific
Rockies
Jean-Luc Pepin
Bud Olson
Ray Perrault
Bob McClelland
Perrault
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Soviet Union
Council For Mutual Economic Assistance
Common Market
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Europe
Lech Radkowski
Inter-Factory Strike Committee
Medicine Hat
South Railway Street
Frank Webber
By Diane Wayda
Vancouver Province
Vancouver Sun
Pacific Press
Fisher
Southam Inc
Memo
By George Oake
Steel Companies
Dennison Mines of Toronto Ltd
BP Canada Ltd
Teck Corp
Victoria
Prince Rupert
B.C. Ottawa
Herb Gray
Olson
T. Nemoto
Nippon Kokan KK
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