Thailand Canada sign three agreements milestone in relations
Bangkok ceremony presided by Prime Minister Prem and Prime Minister Trudeau marks a milestone in bilateral ties with deals on prisoner repatriation and investment insurance plus development co operation. Seven Canadians are jailed in Thailand and one Thai in Canada.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Canada
Trudeau
Prem Tinsulanonda
Sacha
France
United States
Barry Ackerman
Medicine Hat
Ackerman
Prairie farmers urge overhaul of feed grain policy
About 500 Palliser Wheat Growers Association members lobby Ottawa to end quotas and the Montreal corn price tied formula. They seek a Western friendly policy based on open market pricing for feed grain and removal of federal controls, arguing current rules depress Western prices and require Wheat Board compensation.
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Calgary
Palliser Wheat Growers Association
Ottawa
Palliser
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Douglas Ford
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
Lorne Hehn
United Grain Growers Marketing Group
Hehn
Montreal
Calgary kidnapping case remands for four suspects
Four men charged in the December kidnapping of Calgary millionaire Hyman Belzberg appeared in provincial court and were remanded in custody to January 17. Accused are George Adolf Faust Michael Nobleman Gregory Hedd and Arron Raber. Belzberg was released unharmed. Police say the captors forced Samuel Belzberg to transfer four million Swiss francs to a Swiss account.
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Calgary
Hyman Belzberg
George Adolf Faust
Michael Nobleman
Gregory Wayne Hedd
Edmonton
Arron Raber
Medicine Hat
Faust
Switzerland
Belzberg
Samuel
Weather outlook with clouds Thursday across the region
A few clouds cover the sky on Thursday as temperatures reach a high of 1 and a low of negative 12. Check the weather map on page 18 for regional details.
Peace proposal drafted by Warsaw Pact leaders
The Warsaw Pact summit released a communique via CTK detailing a new great peace proposal to renounce military force between the Pact and NATO. It aims to open negotiations on mutual non-use of force and peaceful relations, to be published at the United Nations. Economy remains a concern as Poland faces debt and martial law strains while Western funding remains scarce.
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Prague
Soviet Bloc
Warsaw Pact
NATO
CTK
United Nations
Communist Alliance
Soviet Union
Poland
Death toll climbs in Tripoli Lebanon clashes
In Tripoli 41 more people die as Arab Sunni and Alawite factions clash with artillery and rockets. Toll reaches 144 in seven weeks. residents shelter as hospitals plead for supplies. Authorities seek ceasefire amid wider regional tensions with Syria and Palestinian groups.
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Beirut
Tripoli
Lebanon
Farouk Mohaddam
Rashid Karami
Damascus
Syria
Arab League
Baal Mohsen
Bab el- Tabbaneh
Kubbeh
Palestine Liberation Organization
Executives bullish an economy
Ottawa report shows the Conference Board of Canada finding senior executives more optimistic about Canada's economy over the coming year. The survey notes two consecutive improvements in business confidence, with more executives planning increased investment despite weak overall investment and weak consumer demand.
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John Ferguson
Southam
Ottawa
Conference Board of Canada
Canada
Conference Board
Federal Industry Department
Ottawa plans caps on family allowance cheques
A federal official says Ottawa will cap family allowance payments this month despite no Parliament approval. Increases are limited to six per cent in 1993 and five per cent in 1994. Monthly payments rise to 28.52 per child under 18, up from 26.91, as MPs resume Jan. 17.
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Ottawa
Pierre Fortier
Health Department
Dog refused taxi ride by blind woman fined in court
Fifty one year old taxi driver Henry Jeske pleaded guilty and was fined five dollars for refusing to transport a blind passenger with a lead dog on July 23. The driver later acknowledged the handicap and offered to donate his eyes, with the prosecutor stating he has learned his lesson.
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Henry Jeske
Jeske
Southview Dr. S.E
Darwin Greaves
Greaves
Fishing rights clash tests EEC mediation effort
The EEC executive commission meets to untangle legal issues in the Anglo Danish fishing dispute as 100 Danish trawlers head toward northeastern British waters. Britain enforces 12 mile limits with 22 vessels and aircraft. infringements risk confiscation and fines. a Vigilant intercepts a Danish boat near the Shetlands with a claim of industrial fishing.
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European Economic Community
Executive Commission
England
Scotland
EEC
Britain
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London
Vigilant
Shetland Islands
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Pete Ee Peer
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