Alberta Ottawa talks end with Lougheed awaiting updates
Oil pricing negotiations between Alberta and the federal government wrap after five days as Alberta mulls a third production cut and seeks higher prices near world levels. Marc Lalonde leads the federal briefing to Prime Minister Trudeau while Merv Leitch stays with Premier Lougheed in Montreal.
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Edmonton
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Canada
Iran mourns President Rajai and Premier Fatally Wounded
Tehran witnesses massive funeral processions as dissidents strike the Moslem regime. A powerful device injured and killed top leaders including President Mohammad Ali Rajai and the prime minister during a blow against the clerical government.
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America
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Iran
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Mohammad Javad Bahonar
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Bahonar
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Bohonar
Majlis
Behesht Zahra
Pars
Kayhan
Ayatollah
Explosion hits Ramstein HQ injures 20 in West Germany
An early morning blast beneath a car at the U S Air Force Europe and NATO air command buildings in Ramstein wounded 20 people including American and West German personnel. West German police said terrorists likely planted the device as anti American sentiment rises.
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NATO
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Record Cold Grips Farmers as Frost Sparks Concern
The morning turned icy with a record single digit temperature raising frost worries for farmers while workers in Canadian pulp and paper mills move toward a return to work as contracts extend across seven of nine British Columbia mills.
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Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of
Canada
B.C
Alberta and federal talks on petroleum prices in 1979 1981
A chronology tracks Alberta and Ottawa price clashes from 1979 to 1981. Alberta seeks world price alignment, while the federal government pursues staged increases and production cuts amid negotiations led by Lalonde and Leitch and premiers Lougheed and Clark.
RCMP search continues for two missing Vancouver teens
RCMP teams scoured the Vancouver area over the weekend seeking the bodies of Colleen Daignault 13 and Sandra Wolfsteiner 16, two of 11 missing children linked to a spate of disappearances. Police withheld search areas to avoid public crowds.
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RCMP
Vancouver
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Sandra Wolfsteiner
Bruce Northorp
Angolan Clash Sparks South Africa War Withdrawals
Report states South Africa withdraws from Angola amid claims of occupying a provincial capital and eight towns during the weekend. Meanwhile Canada remains undefeated after a 3-2 exhibition win over the Soviets, extending their perfect start to four games.
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Angola
Canada
MPs oppose cutting federal social program funding
A seven member cross party task force in Ottawa urged no cuts to medicare post secondary education equalization and other social services. It warned reductions could force higher user fees and tuition while calling for immediate negotiations on fiscal arrangements.
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Ottawa
Allan MacEachen
Alberta crime up as prosperity fuels violence says leaders
Alberta violent crime rose 8.4 percent in 1980, with attempted murder and sex offences rising sharply. Police blame transients and an overheated economy, while criminologists cite broader societal attitudes toward aggression and family violence. Experts urge long term home based reductions and social programs over harsher penalties.
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Alberta
British Columbia
Statistics Canada
Robert Lunney
Canada
Jim Hackler
University of Alberta
Hackler
Prairies
Lunney
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