Offshore energy deal near as Ottawa backs down on management
Ottawa and Newfoundland reach a tentative understanding in the offshore energy talks after federal ministers indicate readiness to draft an agreement. Premier Brian Peckford says the federal stance on resource management has shifted, with potential concessions on revenue sharing.
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Tim Naumetz
Ottawa
Newfoundland
Jean Chretien
William Marshall
Chretien
Marshall
Brian Peckford
Peckford
Nova Scotia
Calgary firefighters defer wage increases to save 35 jobs
Calgary firemen agree to defer part of this year’s wage increases to protect 35 jobs including 30 firefighters and five mechanical services staff. Mayor Ralph Klein praised the move as preventing layoffs for the contract term, though a formal letter of understanding remains unsigned.
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Calgary
Ralph Klein
Klein
Brent Pederson
Firefighters Association
Five charged in Belzberg kidnapping case plead guilty
Three men Raber Hedd and Nobleman admitted to kidnapping Hyman Belzberg from a Calgary store on December 9 and to using a firearm and extortion. The Crown dropped two conspiracy charges. Faust chose trial and did not plead. Pre sentence dates set for Nobleman Raber Hedd and March 17 for Faust.
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Calgary
Hyman Belzberg
Jt Avram Raber
Medicine Hat
Gregory Hedd
Edmonton
Michael Nobleman
Belnberg
Belzberg
Samuel
George Adolph Faust
Faust
Locarno
Switzerland
Nobleman
Raber
Heddh
Trudeau’s Asia Tour Drowns Trade Talks in Media Squabbles
Trudeau and his press tour across 12 time zones sparks criticism as talks with Indonesia on counter trade threaten a $200 million Bukit Assam project. The prime minister defends pauses for bold press clashes while critics urge focus on Canada East Asia trade.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Trudeau
Asia
Kuala Lumpur
Canada
Bukit
Assam
West
Java
East Asia
Conservatives prepare new case against Clark leadership
Toronto press adviser John Morrison leads the PC Convention Yes Committee in circulating a four page analysis arguing Clark has had a fair chance and the party must clear the air at a leadership convention. Morrison lists 16 potential successors to rally undecided delegates ahead of Winnipeg meetings.
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Joe Clark
PC Convention
Yes Committee
John Morrison
P.C
Morrison
Joe
Clark
Ottawa
Tory
Liberals
Pierre Trudeau
NDP
Broadbent
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Ontario
Bill Davis
New Brunswick
Richard Hatfield
David Crombie
John Crosbie
Montreal
Brian Mulroney
Front page controversy divides Lethbridge readers over news focus
In Lethbridge Alberta a protest group the Committee for Quality Journalism accuses The Lethbridge Herald of prioritizing local pictures over national or international front page news. Publisher J P O Callaghan defends edits saying papers increasingly feature local content and photos.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Alberta
Committee For
Ed Webbing
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge Herald
Cairo
Calgary
John Farrington
Webking
Peter Desbarats
University of Western Ontario
Thomson Newspapers Ltd
FP Publications Ltd
Webbing
Thomson
O’callaghan
Globe and Mail
Dave Irving
Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce
Herald
Skalbania climbs back after creditors vote on bankruptcy
Nelson Skalbania, once the fabulously wealthy high flier, is in the air again as his 100 plus creditors vote against forcing bankruptcy. A Brandon businessmen group fights a Western Hockey League franchise move to Red Deer.
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Skalbania
Nelson Skalbania
Brandon Business
Brandon
Western Hockey League
Red Deer
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Jeremy Cato
Neewe
Mike Royko
Seeene
Oan
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