Clark defends pipeline options amid Alaskan oil debate
Prime Minister Clark says Canadian plans to move Alaska oil to the U S Midwest remain alive as U S Carter backs the Northern Tier tanker route. Trudeau accuses Clark of switching loyalties while environmental concerns mount and a tanker incident highlights spill risks.
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Ottawa
Clark
United States
Midwest
U.S
Jimmy Carter
British Columbia
Alaska
Washington State
New Democratic Party
Ed Broadbent
Carter
Pierre Trudeau
Overland Foothills Oil Pipe Line Ltd
Canada
Trudeau
Trans Mountain Pipe Line Co. Ltd
Vancouver
Trans Mountain
Northern Tier
West
Gulf of Alaska
Valdez
Edmonton
B.C
U.S. Midwest
John Crosbie
Khomeini plan to probe Iran crisis amid Tabriz arrests
Iranian authorities report 20 army officers jailed in Tabriz over plotting against the regime and 30 more sought at a northern air base. Clashes with militants last week left 11 dead as Khomeini envoy and peace missions move to defuse the crisis.
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Dong Long
Tehran
Tabriz
Ayatollah Hossein Moussavi
Islamic Revolutionary Court
Peoples Republican Army
Moussavi
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
United States
Pakistan strengthens Afghan border defense amid Kabul crisis
A Karachi and Islamabad exchange centers on Pakistan bolstering its 2000 kilometre frontier with Afghanistan as Afghan rebels flee toward the border amid Soviet intervention. Pakistani officials deny a buildup while China and the United States discuss arms support to Pakistan.
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Associated Press
Pakistan
Afghanistan
United News of India
Kabul
Orien Fazal e-Haq
Kebu
EFE
U.S. State Department
Moscow
U.S
Mohammed Zia ul-Haqq
China
United States
Press Trust of
India
Huang Hua
Islamabad
Soviet Union
NDP seeks to cap medicare charges and end premiums
Ed Broadbent outlined a platform to force doctors to charge provincial medicare fees or risk losing patients. The NDP would bar doctors who bill above negotiated rates from provincial plans and would halt federal funding to provinces allowing higher fees. The policy mirrors Quebec and targets Ontario Alberta and British Columbia where premiums exist.
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Norma Greenaway Welland
Ont
New Democratic Party
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Broadbent
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Hamilton
St. Catharines
Welland
Ian Deans
Hamilton Mountain
Quebec
Canada
Peter Lougheed
B.C
Trudeau's rail pledge questioned as ill conceived plan
Liberal leader Pierre Trudeau proposed doubling the Winnipeg to Vancouver CN line at an estimated 800 million dollars over eight years paid by CN. Experts note not all sections need double tracking and CN must stay profitable. Ed Lumley clarifies the plan targets key bottlenecks rather than full line duplication.
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Vancouver
Pierre Trudeau
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Trevor Heaver
University of British Columbia
Centre For Transportation Studies
Trudeau
West Coast
Heaver
Ed Lumley
Stormont-Dundas
Clark denies talking of 900 million transit aid
Prime Minister Clark rejected claims he or his party discussed a 900 million Canada transit aid plan during meetings with Toronto Transit Commission members. He said no specific amount was discussed and funds could come from the energy bank for energy related projects including transit, while TTC general manager Michael Warren backed Clark's account.
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Carter
Crosbie
Vancouver
Clark
Trans Mountain
Trudeau
Carterula Hin
Foothills
Ottawa
Canada
Toronto Transit Commission
TTC Commission
Jeffrey Lyons
Toronto
Michael Warren
TTC
Warren
Lyons
John Crosbie
Montreal
Tim Ralfe
Lafleur Calls Boy in Hospital After Knife Attack
Cory Gurnsey, nine, recovering in Montreal hospital, wore a No 10 Canadiens sweater. Guy Lafleur telephoned him, congratulating and asking how he was, after Cory was stabbed eight times by a stranger returning from school. Lafleur gifted a new sweater to replace the one damaged in treatment.
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Guy Lafleur
Montreal Canadiens
Cory Gurnsey
Calgary
Montreal
Lafleur
Cory
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