Robinson regrets using immunity to name two Petro-Canada suspects
Ottawa Canadian Parliamentarian Svend Robinson said he regrets using his parliamentary immunity to name two men he believed might be involved in Central Intelligence Agency penetration of Petro-Canada. He said he would not have done so if he had considered the consequences and pledged not to repeat the act.
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Ottawa
New Democrat
Svend Robinson
Central Intelligence Agency
Penentration
Petro-Canada
Robinson
Elmer MacKay
Commons
Craven
Finance Committee
Harry Custer
Donna MacLean
Bill Flett
MacLean
Flett
Marguerite Seitz
Custer
Rod Ray
Burgess and Schwartz
Alderman Davison Improves at Foothills Hospital
Calgary reports Alderman George Davison shows improving condition this morning with hospital officials not releasing details of his treatment. He was admitted a week ago after transfer from Medicine Hat and District Hospital and was moved by ambulance from City Hall on November 27.
Library expansion halted by board vote
Allan Coyle reports the library board rejected a 620000 expansion plan citing funding and repair needs. The 6-2 vote ends five years of planning, jeopardizing a 560 square metre growth and provincial grants. Burgess and Schwartz condemned the decision as disastrous.
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Allan Coyle
the News
Library Board
Municipal Planning Commission
Doug Burgess
Mary Schwartz
Burgess
Gas leak disaster at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal claims thousands
Early reports place death toll from the pesticide plant gas leak between 1,200 and 1,400 with over 200,000 affected and 50,000 treated for exposure. Doctors warn disease could spread from remains as mass burials proceed. Indian officials seek compensation and fault may be investigated, while Union Carbide negotiates with authorities.
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Bhopal
India
Union Carbide
United News of India
R. Srivastra
Jairparkash Hospital
United News
Mubarik Shah
Arjun Singh
Madhya Pradesh
Union Carbide India Ltd
Bombay
P. K. Akerkar
Levesque Mulroney Meet Over Quebec Governance and Talks
Rene Levesque and Brian Mulroney prepare for a 90 minute Ottawa Quebec leaders' meeting focused on leadership, constitutional talks, and the economy. Levesque seeks federal help to push his separatist ministers' purge while Mulroney weighs national unity and a potential constitutional deal before 1985 elections.
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Aileen McCabe
Southam
Ottawa
Rene Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Quebec
Brian Mulroney
Levesque
Mulroney
la Presse
Axworthy faced scrutiny over Crow rate advertising contracts
The Globe and Mail reports former transport minister Lloyd Axworthy spent 1.5 million on ads and PR to sell Crow rate changes. Five public relations firms tied to Liberal links handled contracts from Oct 1983 to Mar 1984, with 600 000 on PR and 900 000 on advertising and a 1 000 000 English language budget.
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Toronto
Lloyd Axworthy
Toronto Globe and Mailways
Canadian Public Affairs Consulting Group of
Vancouver
Robert Russell and Associates
Edmonton
Wellesley Group
Infomarketing Ltd
Halifax
Sorel Communications
Montreal
Globe and Mail
Charles Kelly
Robert Russell
Liberal Party of
Alberta
Federal
Liberal Party
Infomarketing
William Belliveau
Maritimes
Winnipeg
Stringham and
Grant Tandy Inc
Transport Department
Axworthy
Teen Hackers Threaten Reporter Over Newsweek Exposure
Teenage hackers harassed Newsweek reporter Shake Sandra after his Nov. 12 story on their electronic underground. They threatened his life and accessed his credit reports, with messages and calls from rivals and a mock teletrial on a Dragonfire bulletin board.
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San Francisco
Newsweek
Sandra
Sandza
Electronic Underground
Gainesville
Tex
Dragonfire
TRW
United States
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Eveeevet
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Ria
Community Services Committee
Vasant Sathe
Schwartz
Wayne Craven
Library
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