CBC reports Trudeau approved RCMP spying on French diplomats
Ottawa officials deny specifics as CBC says Prime Minister Trudeau allowed RCMP security watchers to monitor French diplomats in 1970 over fears of French intelligence work in Quebec. John Starnes and W L Higgitt cited. dating unclear. no comment from France embassy.
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Ottawa
Mark MacGuigan
Trudeau
RCMP
France
CBC
Quebec
John Starnes
Security Service
W. L. Higgitt
Starnes
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Goyer
Montreal
Higgitt
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
Experts dispute McDonald commission on RCMP legality
Justice Minister Jean Chretien released legal opinions by Wishart Spence and Robert Wright challenging the McDonald report’s claim that certain RCMP actions violate the law. Spence warns surreptitious entry could be actionable trespass, while Wright supports actions within current law, asserting no immediate need to restrain RCMP operations.
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Ottawa
McDonald Commission
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Wishart H. Spence
Supreme Court of Canada
Robert J. Wright
Toronto
Lang, Michener, Cranston, Farquharson and Wright
McDonald
Spence
Wright
Department of Justice
RCMP
Robert Kaplan
David C. McDonald
Rcmp Security Service
Justice Department
Stocks rebound on energy talks lift in Toronto market
Toronto stocks snapped a 10 session loss as optimism over ongoing energy talks between federal Energy Minister Marc Lalonde and Alberta counterpart Merv Leitch boosted the market. The 30-stock index rose 12.30 to 2176.63 after one hour, oil and gas up 93.68 points to 4790.62.
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Toronto
Marc Lalonde
Merv Leitch
Alberta
Energy deal near as talks progress between Alberta and Ottawa
Edmonton reports significant progress in energy talks with a possible deal to be ratified by Trudeau. Premier Lougheed may travel to Montreal or Ottawa as federal and provincial ministers press oil pricing negotiations.
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Edmonton
CHQT
Alberta
Ottawa
Merv Leitch
Peter Lougheed
Montreal
Trudeau
Marc Lalonde
Leitch
Lougheed
Lalonde
Lucien Blair
Blair
Nikaneet Band Pushes Buy option for Land Claim Settlement
Nikaneet Indian band chief Gordon Oakes says the 150 member group seeks government approval to buy privately held land to satisfy its 1881 treaty entitlement of 51.2 hectares per person totaling about 7,300 hectares based on 1976 population. The band aims to resolve five years of talks with a quick solution in Saskatchewan.
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Gordon Oakes
Nikaneet
Maple
Indian Affairs
John Munro
Canada
Oakes
Munro
Saskatchewan
Newcombe
Glidden
Bodies found as police uncover string of B C murders
RCMP in British Columbia report six youths found dead after a string of disappearances in southwest B C. A male body in a Richmond cranberry bog and nude female remains near Agassiz join another body near Whistler as detectives press autopsies and search for three more. A suspect is in custody with Crown prosecutor John Hall expected to announce charges in coming days.
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Vancouver
RCMP
Bruce Northorp
B.C
Northorp
Richmond
Agassiz
Fraser Valley
Whistler
Louise Marie Chartrand
Hall
John Hall
Jays Leave Home After Dramatic 1981 Win
Medicine Hat Blue Jays beat the Calgary Expos 6 to 5 to close their 1981 home schedule. They sealed the win with tying and winning runs in the ninth inning, spotlighting a dramatic late rally.
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Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Chris Phillips
Jays
Stan Clarke
Calgary Expos
Phillips
Rabin Schlaht
Medicine Hat’s
Latvia
Russia
California
Evacuees Allowed Home After Rail Spill Near Saskatoon
Seven families evacuated after a Canadian National freight derailed near Saskatoon. The train carrying vinyl chloride monomer leaked ethylene glycol and caustic soda while crews contained spills. Officials said vinyl chloride leaks were not detected and the evacuation was precautionary.
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Saskatoon
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Edmonton
CNR
Gordon Butte
Dow Chemical of Canada Ltd
Russ Ferrier
General Superintendent of Transportation
Ottawa rejects air traffic control delay claim amid US dispute
The Canadian government rebuffs the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association demand to halt handling flights to and from the United States and accuses the union of sowing public uncertainty. Fact finding teams fault US controllers in many incidents while urging procedural improvements across Seattle Anchorage Salt Lake City Cleveland Minneapolis Boston Winnipeg.
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Ottawa
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
United States
Controller's Association
Victoria
Salt Lake City
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Boston
Winnipeg
Walter McLeish
Transport Department
Air Transportation Administration
Bill Robertson
U.S
McLeish
Robertson
Northwest Orient Airlines
Seattle
Peter Proulx
Robertston
Canada
Toronto
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Bruce MacKenzie
Canadian Cattlemen's Association
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Ann Landers
Bridge Ee
Charles Lynch
Don McGillivray
Re Ees
Richard Helm
Roslyn Hart Pere
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Troller
Anchorage
Yarmouth
N.S
Air Canada
Moncton
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