Canada Halts Commercial Ties With South Africa Over Apartheid
Ottawa announces withdrawal of all Canadian commercial consuls in Johannesburg and Capetown and ends investment insurance support for ventures in South Africa. External Affairs Minister Dor Jamieson says steps align with sanctions and aim to pressure Pretoria to ease racial policies. Canada may impose a visa requirement on South African visitors and reviews tax concessions and Namibia investments while considering a code of conduct for Canadian firms.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
South Africa
Johannesburg
Capetown
Canada
Dor Jamieson
Britain
United States
Mr. Jamieson
European Economic Community
Jamieson
Commonwealth
Jamison
Namibia
Southwest Africa
Africa
Finance Department
City cuts insurance costs with new policy arrangement
Medicine Hat will pay about $116,924 less for city insurance under a new package arranged after a Power and Associates study. The city awarded the contract to Thomson Fisher Insurance Ltd, with quotes from four firms, and coverage includes reduced deductibles and a $6 million umbrella policy for $39,330.
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Medicine Hat
City Hall
Edmonton
Power and Associates Ltd
Thomson Fisher Insurance Ltd
Mecisine Hat
Harold Ellis
T.A. Thomson
City of Medicine Hat
Tomenson Saunders Whitehead Ltd
Trudeau urges faith in economy and stock market optimism
Prime Minister Trudeau at his final weekly news conference of 1977 urged Canadians to invest for growth and maintain optimism to lift the economy. He noted 1978 growth projected around five percent with unemployment near eight percent, and highlighted new appointments and awards in federal service.
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Vic Parsons
Ottawa
Trudeau
Jack Stabback
National Energy Board
Sylvain Cloutier
Conference Board
Canada
Japan
Conference Board In Canada
Stench From Wild Gas Well Covers Alberta Region
A giant cloud of hydrogen sulfide from a Drayton Valley wild gas well spills over central and southern Alberta. Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. reports the well has flowed wild for two weeks, with readings in Lodgepole and Edmonton far below danger levels while Calgary and Red Deer also notice the rotten eggs odor.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Drayton Valley
Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd
West Pembina
Edmonton
Alberta Environment Department
Calgary
Camrose
Red Deer
al Schultz
Lodgepole
Resignation Costs Medicine Hat City $37500
An extract of minutes from a closed council meeting shows Medicine Hat council voted to demand Tony Tobin's resignation as community services director. A separate motion approved a termination settlement of $33500, with Ald. Graham Kelly asked to summarize his performance report for council.
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Tony Tobin
Medicine Hat
City Hall
Tobin
Ald
Graham Kelly
Council
Defence ministers meet in Egypt ahead of Ismailia summit
Israel and Egypt held a cabinet level meeting at Gianaclis airfield near Alexandria as Sadat prepared for the Christ mas talks in Ismailia with Begin. The talks aimed to narrow differences and possibly upgrade to foreign minister level with new invites to Syria Jordan and others. A Canadian tourist was among eight wounded in a Victoria Falls attack near the Zambian border, John Schumacher of Toronto injured by shrapnel. He expected surgery and release in about 10 days.
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Cairo
Israel
Egypt
Alexandria
Middle East
MENA
Anwar Sadat
Gianaclis
Gamasy
Weizman
Sadat
Menahem Begin
Ismailia
Suez Canal
Begin
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
United States
London
James Callaghan
Carter
Washington
Wankie
Rhodesia
Zambia
Victoria Falls
John Schumacher
Toronto
Schumacher
OPEC Pricing Talks Focus on 1978 Increase Options
Venezuelan President Perez urged OPEC to raise base oil prices 5 to 8 percent next year to fund debt relief for poorer nations, valuing their total at about 180 billion dollars. Ministers debate options including a moderate rise, a six to twelve month freeze, or delaying a decision, with consensus seen as very difficult.
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Baracasap
Carlos Andres Perez
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Perez
Abdul Aziz bin Khalifa al-Thani
Qatar
Venezuela
Energy and Mines
Valentine Hernandez Acosta
Caraballeda
Caracas
Hernandez
London
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S. Africa
John R. Walker
Sda Yal
Thomson Fisher
Ellis
Johnson and Higgins Wathsfaber Ltd
Reed Shaw Stenhouse Ltd
Prairies
Dan Lander
Defence
Ezer Weizman
Abdel-Ghani Gamasy
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Sinai Desert
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Iran
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
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