Cardinal claims $110 million lost in native funds
Harold Cardinal, ex-director general of Indian affairs in Alberta, accuses federal and provincial officials of mismanaging and misallocating funds over five years. He cites unqualified audits, kickbacks, and a push for a judicial inquiry, naming Sawridge band leaders and several associates as alleged beneficiaries.
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Edmonton
Harold Cardinal
Indian Affairs Department
Alberta
Cardinal
Indian Affairs
Hugh Faulkner
Francis J’ox
Jim Foster
Sawridge
Lesser Slave Lake
Department of Indian Affairs
Subversive Elements Found in Waffle Group, NDP Probe
RCMP findings show Waffle group of Ontario NDP attracted outsiders including ex-CP members and Trotskyists between 1970 and 1973. Geyvandov linked to KGB sought reports on Waffle, but journalist involved faced Russia ties. investigation later de emphasized after Waffle was expelled in 1973.
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Allan Dickie
Toronto
RCMP
Waffle
Ontario New Democratic Party
Roy McMurtry
McMurtry
Ottawa
NDP
Communist Party of Canada
Francis Fox
Konstantin Geyvandov
KGB
Conga Ase Pravda
Geyvandov
Soviet Union
Canada
SDP
Pisny Fest
Water Ois
Trudeau tentatively calls economic first ministers meeting
Prime Minister Trudeau plans a federal provincial first ministers conference on the economy for February 13 to 15. He said the agenda will be set after consultation with the 10 premiers and will focus on easing unemployment in the medium term while no constitutional reform conference is planned.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
The
Commons Today
Flora MacDonald
Kingston and
the Islands
Sinclair Stevens
PC York Simcoe
National Unity
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Stevens
Jean Chretien
Stuart Leggatt
NDP
New Westminster
Twinn weighs suit against Cardinal and CBC over allegations
Twinn said he is considering a lawsuit against Harold Cardinal and the CBC over allegations that damaged his name. He spoke at a Edmonton press conference where Cardinal claimed Twinn and others were linked to questionable federal expenditures for business ventures. Cardinal dismissed as director general for Alberta said he expected the suit and warned the issues would emerge in court.
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Edmonton
Cardinal
Twinn
Indian Association
Ottawa
Indian Affairs
Warran Allmand
CBC
Hussein Leaves Cairo After Brief Sadat Talks
King Hussein of Jordan cut short talks with Egyptian President Sadat as mediation aimed at the Arab rift over Sadat's peace overtures to Israel faced disruption. Assad pressed financiers to curb Sadat while awaiting resumed discussions, but Sadat arrived at Kabbeh Palace and the leaders departed for Cairo.
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Cairo
Hussein
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Jordan
Sadat
Hafez Assad
Persian Gulf
Kabbeh Palace
Parizeau Operation details emerge at royal commission
RCMP chief reveals the Parti Quebecois ran an espionage network in the early 1970s that spied on federal and provincial bodies and shared data with foreign agents. Jacques Parizeau confirms coordinating Ottawa informants from 1970 to 1973 after the October Crisis. Premier Levesque defends the program as an information service with no security breach.
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Montreal
Donald Cobb
RCMP
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
Cobb
McDonald Royal Commission
Parizeau
London
CBC
Ottawa
Rene Levesque
Sudbury Nickel Layoffs Hit 750 Workers
Layoffs announced for 750 workers at Lattoonbridge Nickel Mines in Sudbury plus 400 more in September and 2,800 at Inco Sudbury operations, totaling around 4,000 jobs cut in Northern Ontario. Officials urge government action as ministers plan January talks on nickel market woes. Local leaders warn of severe community impact.
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Sudbury
Onty CP
Lattoonbridge Nickel Mines Ltd
Ontario
Doug Frith
Falconbridge
Inco Ltd
Inco
Thompson, Man
Jim Gordon
Smith and black leaders begin Rhodesia talks
Prime Minister Ian Smith and nationalist leaders start negotiations aimed at majority rule on one man one vote. Nkomo may return from exile as talks open, with Muzorewa and Sithole seen as rivals for black leadership.
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Salisbury
Reuter
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
The
Patriotic Front
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaninyi Sithole
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Bill Sass
Walter P. Twinn
Walter F. Twinn
Sam G. Twinn
Sawridge Band
Fred Lennerson
Indian Association of Alberta
Indian
Siwridge Native Enterprises
Dan Lander
East End
Movement For
McDonald
Creditiste
PQO
Justice McDonald
Progressive Conservative Party
Commission
Vancouver
David Gibbons
Canadian Federation of Civil Liberties and Human Rights Associations
Gordon
Alastair Gillespie
Gillespie
John Rodriguez
NDP Nickel Bell
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