RCMP Chief Testifies on 1972 Raid Aims and Warrant Issue
Chief Superintendent Donald Cobb of the RCMP testified at the McDonald royal commission about the October 1972 raid on three left wing groups. He said the raid aimed to remove documents, not merely break in, and that he was told of plans hours before. Cobb described the security service setup and noted Ottawa officials were not contacted. The inquiry weighs RCMP involvement in criminal acts on Quebec soil and touches on constitutional issues raised by Solicitor General Francis Fox's team.
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Montreal
Donald Cobb
RCMP
Cobb
McDonald Royal Commission
Commission
A.J. Campbell
Quebec
Henri Pelletier
Pelletier
Ottawa
Canada
David C. McDonald
Pierre Lamontagne
Lamontagne
McDonald
Michel Robert
Francis Fox
Egypt orders Soviet and East Bloc consulates closed
Cairo announces the closure of Soviet consulates in Alexandria Port Said and Aswan and the Soviet cultural center plus East German Czech and Polish consulates in Alexandria and other cities. Premier Salem cites efforts to foment opposition to Sadat peace moves and says all blocs will retain one Cairo consulate. Hussein travels toward Damascus seeking Arab reconciliation.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Mamdouh Salem
People’s Assembly
Anwar Sadat
Tripoli
Libya
Soviet Union
Moscow
Sadat
Salem
East Germany
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Alexandria
Port Said
Aswan
Poland
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Begin Won’t Reject Treaty With Egypt For Now
London AP Menahem Begin said Israel does not want to split Arab foes but would not refuse a peace treaty with Egypt as a first step toward peace with all Arabs. He noted Israel was not seeking a separate peace when Sadat visited, and would consider a treaty if Sadat saw wider Arab acceptance.
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London
Menahem Begin
Israel
Egypt
Begin
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Sadat
Syria
Jordan
RCMP raid linked to Royal American shows alleged corruption
An RCMP veteran testifies at the Laycraft inquiry that a 1975 raid on Royal American shows found ledgers naming policemen judges and civic officials but yielded no prosecutions. The operation seized documents from Royal American's Klondike Days offices as part of an Alberta inquiry into possible misconduct.
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Edmonton
RCMP
North America
Ron Sheppard
Laycraft
Sheppard
Alberta
Klondike Days
Royal American
Midway Company
The
Prairies
Manitoba Premier joins Trudeau plan for economy
Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon met with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and agreed on cooperation to tackle economic problems. They discussed short term job creation, tax cuts, and private business support as unemployment remains high. Trudeau and Lyon stressed unity between federal and provincial efforts to revive growth.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Sterling Lyon
Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau
Lyon
Canada
Allan Blakeney
Regina
Community services director Tobin resigns amid city hall turmoil
Medicine Hat reports Tony Tobin, director of community services, submitted his resignation effective December 6. Lawyer MclMacdonald filed the notice at 10 a.m. at city hall. Tobin is expected to receive more than a year’s salary. Mayor Reinhardt awaits a public statement while council reviews department restructuring and succession plans.
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Medicine Hat Community Services
Tony Tobin
City Hall
E. W. N. Macdonald
Tobin
Frank O'Connell
Macdonald
Milton Reinhardt
Department of Highway
Council
Community Services
Reinhardt
Graham Kelly
Civic
Kelly
Rancher seeks tax deferral amid prairie drought
Conservative MP Bert Hargrave urged Ottawa to allow deferral of part of farm taxes until drought effects end. He cited continued soil dryness and low hay supplies as farms shrink cattle stocks. Finance Minister Chretien said officials are studying drought tax measures but found no suitable option.
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Ottawa
Prairies
Bert Hargrave
Hargrave
Medicine Hat
Alta
Jean Chretien
Finance and Agriculture Departments
Gordon Towers
Red Deer
William Kempling
Halton-Wentworth
Peter Bawden
Calgary South
Sinclair Stevens
York-Simcoe
Towers
Chretien
Getty disputes Notley claims over oil sands project
Alberta Energy Minister Don Getty dismissed Grant Notley’s charge that Imperial Oil seeks a 20 percent profit on return for a third oil sands plant at Cold Lake calling it total nonsense. Getty said Imperial never asked for guarantees and a final contract awaits an Energy Resources Conservation Board report due next summer. He noted government equity will be limited and proposed a share for the Alberta Energy Company while stressing Canada’s oil needs. The Cold Lake project is valued at about 4 billion dollars over its life.
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Edmonton
Imperial Oil
Alberta
Don Getty
NDP
Grant Notley
Imperial
Cold Lake
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Getty
Alberta Energy Company
Notley
Canada
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McDonald Commission
Palais de Justice
U.S.S.R
James H. Laycraft
Alberta Supreme Court
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John Bokstein
Doug Lewis
Bob Warner
Kelly Ald
Pete Simpson
Simpson
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