Counter attack on critics of Airborne move in Canada
Ottawa reports say the defence chief insists relocating the Canadian Airborne Regiment from Edmonton to Petawawa Ontario balances army dispersion and creates a quick response force. MP Steve Paproski vows to oppose the plan citing economic and morale concerns for Edmonton retailers and North rescue roles.
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Stephen Scott Ottawa
Canadian Airborne Regiment
Ontario
Edmonton
Chief of Defence Staff
Canada
J.A. Dextraze
Brussels
Steve Paproski
Defence
Barney Dawson
Petawawa
Ont
Ottawa
NATO
NATO Defence Minister
Dextraze
Alberta
Calgary
Airborne
Quebec
Valcartier
Que
London
Paproski
Hell On Earth
BC Liberals push to shield ferry service from cuts
Liberal MPs from British Columbia vow to press Transport Minister Otto Lang to halt changes to BC ferry operations. They urge cabinet action to guarantee Coast Ferries service through March, noting two wooden vessels provide weekly or biweekly runs to 115 communities and face possible shutdown on December 31 without aid.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Otto Lang
B.C
Jack Pearsall
L—Coast Chilcotin
Justice
Ron Basford
Iona Campagnolo
Len Marchand
Lang
Skeena
Pearsall
Coast Ferries Ltd
B.C. Liberal Party
Coast Ferries
US may press Canada to limit beef shipments, says Australian
An Australian official said the United States will likely seek restraints on Canadian beef imports to avoid a repeat of 1976. Canada faced quotas that halted shipments after imports neared 1.23 billion pounds total for 1976, with Canadian exports to the U S at about 80.4 million pounds before October.
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Garry Fairbairn
Washington
United States
U.S
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Ford
PQ announces wage hike and Olympic cost inquiry
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque said the minimum wage will rise to 3.00 per hour on Jan 1 benefiting about 300 000 workers. The cabinet also ordered a full cost study of the Montreal Olympics with data due by Feb 1 and outlined plans on auto insurance and public purchasing policies.
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Alan Freeman
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
Rene Levesque
Jacques Couture
Couture
Levesque
Treasury Board
Lise Payette
Bernard Landry
Ontario
United States
Jacques Leonard
Quebec Planning and Development Office
Hydro-Quebec
Whelan presses for a national beef marketing agency
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan used the National Farmers Union convention to push for a Canada-wide beef marketing agency. He praised marketing boards for farmer power, lauded CEMA as an efficient egg system, and defended tariffs against liberal trade trends.
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Jim Neaves
Edmonton
Eugene Whelan
Whelan
National Farmers Union
Canada
NFA
Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
CEMA
Exorcists Given Long Terms in Death of Boy in Exorcism
In Yakima a mother Debra Weisbacher and four cult members were sentenced after a jury found them guilty of first degree manslaughter or related charges in the beating death of three year old David during a forced exorcism. The group led by Edward Cunningham received long prison terms.
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Yakima
Wash
Debra Weisbacher
David
Superior
Howard Hettinger
Edward Leon Cunningham
God
Cunningham
Weisbacher
Carolyn
Thelma Cunningham
Lorraine Edwards
Postal negotiators rest as talks resume Friday
Ottawa CP United negotiating sides pause after three days of talks on technological change. CUPW vice president Jean-Claude Parrot says both sides will study recommendations and prepare for another face to face session. The dispute centers on a 120 day notice clause and potential adjudication.
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Ottawa
Jean-Claude Parrot
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Post Office
Jean-Jacques Blais
Blais
Noel Hall
Vancouver
Special Committee
Dummy mummy found at Long Beach amusement park
A so called dummy hanging for five years at Long Beach Pike Amusement Park proved to be a mummified human. Detectives identified the 5 ft 3 in elderly man weighing 150 pounds after a Six Million Dollar Man film crew found a bone while adjusting the figure. The body, preserved in gauze and fluorescent paint, was traced to a wax museum purchase and sent to the coroner for formal identification.
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Long Beach
Calif
Reuter
Long Beach Pike
Los Angeles Times
Eskimos and Cree accused of selling birthright in James Bay deal
In Ottawa Parliament critics charged that Cree and Inuit in Quebec’s James Bay region traded their birthright for short term gains as the federal plan to approve the land claims pact with Quebec proceeds. The accord earmarks 225 million dollars and certain subsistence rights while denying Metis and non‑status Indians.
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Ottawa
Quebec
James Bay
Frank Oberle
Prince George-Peace River
Oberle
Native Council of Canada
Parti Quebecois
Roger Young
Niagara Falls
Young
Grand Council of the
Cree
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Irwin Farmer
Doug Campbell
Parks Department
Riverside Park
Donna MacLean
Anne Shepherd
Hat Art Club
Rehab Society
Frank Webber
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By Paul Gessell
Cyril Symes
NDP
Sault Ste. Marie
Nova Scotia
Symes
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