Jobless rate to persist says Axworthy to ministers
Alberta and federal ministers wrapped a two day conference with no forecast of a quick fall in Canada's 12.8 percent unemployment. Lloyd Axworthy urged private sector health and proposed a youth employment program including a national youth job corps and school work mixes. He warned 600,000 unemployed under 24 will be slowest to regain work. Alberta Manpower Minister Ernie Isley noted plans to bridge gap with job creation and tax breaks for oil and gas industry.
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Edmonton
Lloyd Axworthy
Territorial
Axworthy
Alberta
Ernie Isley
Isley
Trudeau Backs Quiet Trade Ties Amid Philippine Uranium Deal
Prime Minister Trudeau avoided raising human rights with Marcos, saying it would be counterproductive. He announced Marcus has ratified a nuclear safeguard and Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. plans a $5 million uranium shipment for a U.S. reactor under construction, while stressing discreet diplomacy over public pressure.
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Pierre Trudeau
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
U.S
Trudeau
Trust firms sue Ontario over seizures and rights violations
Three Ontario firms and two federal takeovers announce plans to sue the province and officials including Consumer Minister Robert Elgie. Notices allege trespass intimidation defamation and Charter violations amid the Jan seizures of Crown Trust Greymac and Seaway entities.
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Toronto
Ontario
Robert Elgie
Elgie’o
Crown Trust Co
Greymac Trust Co
Seaway Trust Co
Rigie
Greymac Mortgage Corp
Seaway Mortgage Corp
Seaway Trust
Seaway Mortgage
Ontario Inc
Andrew Markle
Elgie
Murray Thompson
Touche Ross Ltd
Roy Voelker
Crown Trust
Greymac Credit Corp
Greymac Trust
Elgie, Thompson
Charles Salter
Ontario Securities Commission
Fort MacKay Blockade Tops Native Protest Over Logging Trucks
Provincial Native Affairs Minister Milt Pahl will meet Fort MacKay residents who blocked the road to oppose Northland Forest Products plan to run 10 trucks daily through the town. The protest includes removing area children from school and a five metre teepee near the barricade as tensions rise with forestry officials. Local leaders warn drastic action if the road remains closed and cite past road fatalities among relatives.
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Fort Mackay
Alta
Milt Pahl
Norm Weiss
Lac la Biche-McMurray
Pahl
Northland Forest Products Ltd
Fort McMurray
Fort McKay
Red River Point
Belgian climber found alive after Everest disappearance
Jean Bourgeois 44 a Belgian electronics engineer and ethnographer reappeared in Katmandu after vanishing on Mount Everest. He fell on the west ridge to the Tibetan side on Dec 30 and walked three days without food to a Tibetan village Jan 1 before being flown to Nepal and arriving in Katmandu Jan 6.
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Katmandu
Reuter
Everest
Jean Bourgeois
Himalayas
Border
Kathmandu
Bourgeois
Farfoot
Belgium
Mount
Weather Outlook and Local Focus Plague as Funds Rise
Mainly sunny Sunday forecast with a high of 3 and a low of -8. Medicine Hat school boards face tough decisions this year to cope with a five per cent funding increase from the province. Two Toronto-area gas stations cut the wire on their gas by the gallon pumps.
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Medicine Hat
Evacuees Return to Island Homes After Flood Subside
Flooding along the Exploits River eased allowing residents of Bishop’s Falls to return to most of the 260 evacuated homes. Mayor George Saunders said the river dropped overnight and about 60 homes in the south end could return with several high ground homes still empty. Seven buildings including a power station were washed away. no injuries reported. Deputy Mayor Oliver Rose noted many stored belongings in schools and churches. The Trans Canada Highway bridge at Bishop’s Falls remained closed.
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Grand Falls
Nifd
Exploits
Bishop’s Falls
George Saunders
Oliver Rose
Bishop's Falls
Pensions stay indexed despite family allowance change
Ottawa reports that January family allowances will rise six percent under the six-and-five plan while old-age pensions remain fully indexed for now. Health Minister Monique Begin said the six-and-five rules apply to family support without new legislation, but a bill is needed to roll back the pension increase.
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Ottawa
Monique Begin
Begin
Justice Department
Progressive Conservatives
New Democrats
Alberta
Quebec
Alberta Education Curtails Grants Tighten Rising Costs
Alberta teachers and trustees warn quality of education will drop as Education Minister Dave King limits operating grant increases to five percent this year. He argues boards can manage and notes past large raises. The change affects grants per pupil and may lead to bigger local taxes and reduced services.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dave King
Art Cowley
Alberta Teachers Association
King
Johnny
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