Trudeau says Conservatives ignore imported oil in self sufficiency drive
Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau told Saskatoon crowds that the Progressive Conservatives neglect short term oil security by not pursuing contracts with Venezuela and Mexico. He warned the party would raise oil prices and attacked Clark for flip flops on promises while criticizing plans to raise gasoline and diesel taxes.
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Saskatoon
Pierre Trudeau
Clark
Gackatchewan
Trudeau
Venezuela
Mexico
Canada
Regina
Flora MacDonald
Ray Hnatyshyn
Saskatchewan
NDP proposes domestic merchant marine and new shipyards
Ed Broadbent unveils a made in Canada shipbuilding plan to boost jobs, including registering Canadian vessels to secure 40 percent of shipping contracts, building offshore resources vessels in Canada, and ensuring federal fleets are built domestically. The program includes Arctic resource support vessels and a fisheries fleet renewal, alongside a Manitoba energy plan for electric transit options.
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Winnipeg
New Democratic Party
NDP
Canada
Manitoba
Thunder Bay
Ont
United Nations
Arctic
Crown
Fisheries Department
Waldheim Forms Inquiry Panel Over Iranian Hostages
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim moved to assemble an international committee to probe Iranian charges against the deposed shah and the United States. ABC News cited secret talks with Iranian officials and aims to use the inquiry to bargain for the release of American hostages in Tehran embassy since November 4.
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New York
Kurt Waldheim
United States
ABC News
Waldheim
Lou Cioffi
Iran
ABC
Committee of Inquiry
Tehran
London hotel blast kills bomber as second device detonates
Police report a terrorist bomb ripped through six rooms of the Mount Royal Hotel in central London injuring one West German man and killing the bomber. A second bomb exploded hours later with no casualties. Guests fled in nightclothes as Scotland Yard began anti-terrorist investigations. The attack occurred near Marble Arch and Hyde Park, drawing witnesses from various nationalities.
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London
Scotland Yard
Mount Royal
West End
Marble Arch
Hyde Park
Speaker’s Corner
Caesar Beaudowx
John MacAndrew
Chicago
Churchill Hotel
Journalists Ordered Out As Afghan Government Expels U.S. Reporters
The pro Soviet Afghan government ordered all American journalists to leave Kabul after detaining U S correspondents at the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel. Officials said the expulsion aimed to curb biased reporting as U S embassies confirm the order. Diplomats estimate 50 to 60 Americans in Kabul face departure.
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Afghanistan
New Delhi
U.S
Kabul Intercontinental
Kabul
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran
Britain
Pakistan
Lord Carrington
Thatcher backs moving Olympic Games from Moscow
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher urged allies to seek moving the Games from Moscow as punishment for Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. IOC president Lord Killanin warned Moscow must host. Carter aides weigh alternative actions and some allies show lukewarm support for a boycott.
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U.S
Washington
Afghanistan
Lord Carrington
Pakistan
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Carrington
Stati
Christoper
Western Europe
Bonn
West Germany
United States
Christopher
Moscow
London
Margaret Thatcher
Carter
NATO
Joe Clark
Thatcher
House of Commons
Britain
International Olympic Committee
IOC
Lord Killanin
U.S. State Department
Jean-Pierre Soisson
France
Soisson
Cabinet approves 10 million aid for Cambodian refugees
Ottawa reports the cabinet has okayed 10 million dollars in refugee aid to Cambodia to be provided via CIDA with parliamentary approval later. Funds will support the Red Cross UNICEF UNHCR and Canadian NGO projects in Cambodia and Thailand.
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Ottawa
Canadian International Development Agency
Flora MacDonald
United Nations
New York
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Cambodia
Thailand
Alsands group presses ahead on oil sands site despite approval delay
Alsands led by Shell Canada announces preliminary site clearing and winter construction at the oil sands plant near Fort McMurray. D W Menzel cites risk of delaying a $6 billion project amid Ottawa provincial talks on royalties and pricing. Production targets rise to 140000 barrels daily by 1986. Consortium members include Petro-Canada Amoco Chevron Petrofina Gulf Hudsons Bay Dome.
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Fort Mcmurray
Alta
Alsands Group
Alberta
D.W. Menzel
Shell Canada Ltd
Allands
Menzel
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
Peter Lougheed
Ottawa
Esso Resources Ltd
Cold Lake
Clark
Alberta Energy
Merv Leitch
Alsands
Calgary
Canada
Suncor
Great Canadian
Syncrude
Shell Canada
U.S
Shell Explorer
Petro-Canada
Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd
Chevron Standard Co. Ltd
Petrofina Canada
Gulf Canada Ltd
Hudson's Bayil and Gas Co. Ltd
Dome Petroleum
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