Liberal defeat sparks Senate inquiry on food prices
Ottawa report recalls Parliament debate as Conservatives back a joint inquiry into food prices. Liberal House Leader Allan MacEachen brands Tory stance grandstanding while Herb Gray says the government will weigh amendments and push a constructive committee study.
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People of Canada
Senate
Baldwin
Commons
Herb Gray
Allan MacEachen
NDP
MacEachen
House Committee
Allan Lawrence
Northumberland-Durham
Postal walkouts continue in Toronto amid mail backlog
About 175 Toronto postal workers returned to work while others in southern Ontario remained off the job. Pickets blocked lines at the main downtown post office as the strike disrupted city mail and caused a nationwide slowdown with 50 percent of Canadian mail passing through Toronto.
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Toronto
Ontario
John Potts
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Ed Roworth
Hamilton
Niagara Peninsula
Roworth
Canada
Calgary
Winnipeg
Toronto International
Post Office
Conciliation report wording sparks Ottawa postal dispute
In Ottawa and across Toronto and Winnipeg labor strife disrupted mail as the conciliation board report's wording fuels fighting between the government and opposition. Owen Shime works on clarifications while the Council of Postal Unions plots strategy and pressures return to bargaining amid disputed clauses and accusations of changes to the report.
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Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Postal Conciliation Board
Council of Postal Unions
Owen Shime
Conciliation Board
Post Office
Commons
Jim McGrath
Andre Ouellet
Ouellet
McGrath
Lucien Lamoureux
Saigon signals readiness for peace talks progress
Saigon indicated it is ready to accept a peace agreement and seeks clarifications on technical annexes before Kissinger and Tho resume talks in Paris. Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam said withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops must accompany allied pullout and warned against a unilateral ceasefire.
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Saigon
Tran van Lam
Lam
United States
North Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Nixon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nguyen van Thieu
Haig
Thieu
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Washington
White House
Kissinger and
Tho
Paris
South Vietnam
Finance ministers Talks lack concensus
Ottawa reports show the first day of the federal provincial finance ministers conference ended with agreement only on the economy outlook and broad frankness. Ontario and Quebec pressed for altered cost sharing, proposing retreat from 50 50 in health and post secondary education, while Turner warned the proposals may not win wider provincial support.
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James Ferrabee Southam
Ottawa
John Turner
Quebec
Ontario
Turner
Slayings at Hanafi Muslim HQ Shock Washington
Police probe an execution style massacre at an expensive Washington D C home used as Hanafi Muslims headquarters. Seven dead including five children, two women alive, four to eight suspects seen fleeing rear door, motive unknown. Kareem Abdul Jabbar donated the house and is a sect member.
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Washington
Milwaukee Bucks
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Jabbar
Lew Alcindor
University of California At
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Bibi Khaalis
Almina Khaalis
Corona juror still doubtful after Corona murder verdict
Fairfield AP The holdout juror in Juan Corona’s mass murder trial says she still has doubts and believes he deserves another trial. The jury foreman noted an initial 7 to 5 acquittal ballot before Corona was found guilty on 25 counts of first degree murder after 46 hours of deliberation across eight days.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan Corona
Corona
San Francisco
U.S
Richard E. Patton
California
Naomi Underwood
Turner rails at provincial borrowing in Canada climate
Ottawa Finance Minister John Turner criticized provincial investment advisers for suggesting foreign borrowing without examining Canadian markets. He urged provinces to tap the Canadian market, warned of currency and export risks, and called for stronger coordination among federal, provincial, and municipal borrowing efforts. Turner pressed for more Canadian market analysis and information sharing.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
John Turner
Canada
Turner
Japan
United States
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