Inflation hits 9.1 percent in November Canada
Statistics Canada reports November inflation at 9.1 percent year over year as food and housing costs rise. The CPI climbs 0.7 percent from October while transportation and fuel costs also rise. Prime Minister Broadbent criticizes wage controls. Unemployment climbs to 8.4 percent with about 840,000 jobless. Government plans meetings to craft five-year growth policies amid devalued dollar effects.
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Statistics Canada
Jean Chretien
Vancouver
Vancouver Canadian Club
Canada
U.S
Chretien
Seven Women Die In Providence College Dormitory Fire
A hair dryer sparked a blaze on the fourth floor of Aquinas Hall at Providence College killing seven women and injuring at least 15 others. Two victims died jumping from windows as firefighters arrived. the fire was confined to the top floor and controlled about an hour after alarms at 2 56 am.
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Providence College
Rhodesian whites seek one third of legislature
Prime Minister Ian Smith pushes to reserve 43 of 127 House of Assembly seats for whites though they are 4% of the population. He met with three black nationalist leaders after signaling support for universal suffrage, seeking constitutional guarantees to protect white interests amid ongoing guerrilla war led by Nkomo and Mugabe. The Zimbabwe Times cites a black bloc backing a white blocking quota, while blacks want a single voters roll.
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Abel Muzorewa
African National Council
Ndabaningi Sithole
Council
Jeremiah Churau
Zimbabwe United Peoples’ Organization
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Alberta lifts cap on capital spending for 1978 79
Alberta's Public Sector fiscal guidelines set modest wage limits of six to seven percent for public workers including schools hospitals and municipalities while permitting higher capital spending as major petrochemical projects wind down and new oil sands plans begin. Treasurer Merv Leitch called the approach flexible and warned against inflating future expenditure bases.
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Merv Leitch
Alberta
Leitch
Bude
Uptonion Baer
Milas
Fox again tries to block RCMP inquiry in Quebec
Montreal reports Sol Gen Francis Fox seeks to block a Quebec commission inquiry into RCMP wrongdoing. After three losses he vows to appeal to the Supreme Court if needed. Hearing delays push action to January with potential closed sessions and resumed public questioning set for January 10.
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Francis Fox
Quebec Commission
RCMP
Supreme Court of Canada
Jean Keable
Fox
Keable
Commons
John Diefenbaker
Hs Power
Post Office Union Reaches Toronto Postal Dispute Deal
An all day eight hour negotiation in Toronto leads to a tentative settlement with CUPW ending a weeklong mail disruption. Reinstatement for nine suspended workers and resumed full shifts are expected as mail flow returns to normal by early next week.
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Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
South-Central
Cal
Mae Reat
Gordon Cunningham
Spa
Post Office
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
LCUC
Nigel Dunn
Israeli Delegation Arrives in Cairo for Peace Talks
An Israeli delegation and 27 staff plus 35 journalists landed in Cairo aboard an El Al 707 to prep for Geneva peace talks. Delegation chief Eliahu Ben-Missar and Maj-Gen Avraham Tamir led the group as Egyptian officials welcomed them at Mena House. A second delegation from Jordan’s King Hussein and U S envoy Alfred Atherton arrived by Learjet, while UN official Siilasvuo coordinated peacekeeping efforts.
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Said Hamza
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Anwar Sadat
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Meir Rosenne
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A. Esmat Abdel Meguid
United Nations
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Osama el Baz
Taha el Magdoub
King Hussein
Jordan
Alfred Atherton
Sear East
Amman
Kurt Waldheim
Ensio Siilasvuo
Finland
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