Toronto postal workers keep strikes as unions urge return
Ontario and Winnipeg mail staff faced ongoing walkouts while Toronto seals city letter boxes and concentrates mail at the main post office. John Potts signals possible rotating strikes if no contract agreement is reached, affecting Collingwood to Bowmanville districts and delaying about one million pieces of mail.
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Winnipeg
Calgary
Vancouver
Toronto
Toronto International
John Potts
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Toronto Post Office
Potts
Toronto Postal
Collingwood
Orillia
Barrie
Newmarket
Richmond Hill
Port Hope
Bowmanville
London
Canada
Richer provinces opt out of new health bill plan
Ottawa faces cooler reception from Ontario Alberta and Quebec as they push to opt out of the shared cost hospital insurance and medicare scheme despite a $500 million rise in federal costs. Health Minister Lalonde and Finance Minister Turner stay hopeful the plan gains wider support eventually. Only British Columbia and Nova Scotia show tentative approval.
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Peter Calamas
Southam
Ottawa
Treasury
Ontario
Alberta
Quebec
Marc Lalonde
John Turner
Lalonde
Atlantic
John White
Alberta’s Getty cautious on new health funding plan
Don Getty says the federal proposal offers minor health funding gains but falls short of a tax-point transfer. Alberta will study the plan, while noting a more relaxed conference tone under John Turner. Ontario and Quebec pressure shift, with Ottawa seeking to curb rising health costs through a formula tied to GDP growth and carrots plus a potential stick.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Don Getty
Intergovernmental Affairs
Getty
John Turner
Fort Macleod visit unlikely during royal tour
Prime Minister Trudeau said it is unlikely Fort Macleod will appear on the Queen’s westward itinerary during her upcoming Canada visit in late June and early July. He noted the royal couple already planned two days in a 10 day trip for RCMP centennial events and Calgary is set for July 5. Fort Macleod residents pressed for a stop, citing the town’s 1874 founding, but officials face scheduling limits and other provincial requests.
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Ottawa
Fort Macleod
RCMP
West
Trudeau
Canada
Ken Hurlburt
Lethbridge
Calgary
Alberta
Hurlburt
Nixon Inaugural Speech Signals End of War
President Nixon opened his second term by pledging a peaceful era and saying the era of turning every conflict into America’s own is ending. He foresees hostilities in Vietnam ending soon and emphasizes domestic renewal in education health housing and the environment while rejecting isolationism.
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Washington
Nixon
America
Vietnam
United States
Spiro T. Agnew
Capitol
Warren E. Burger
Paris
U.S
Gunmen hold hostages in Brooklyn store siege
Four gunmen with an arsenal refuse to release 10 hostages at John and Al's Sporting Goods in Williamsburg Brooklyn after a nightlong showdown that left one patrolman dead and two officers wounded. Police and a Black Muslim with a bullhorn urged surrender as an armored carrier evacuated pinned officers.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ness
John and
Williamsburg
John
Nova Scotia premier warns of more tariffs
Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan said countervailing duties on Michelin tires from his province could extend to other exporters aided by government funds. He met U.S. treasury officials in Washington and criticized the move as a pressure tactic aimed at Canada while noting informal talks with officials. Regan spoke during his attendance at the president's inaugural events with John Shaheen, financier and refinery builder at Port Hawkesbury.
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Duart Farquharson
Southam
Washington
U.S
Nova Scotia
Gerald Regan
Treasury
USS
Canada
Ury
Marks
Regan
Maritimes
John Shaheen
Nixon
Port Hawkesbury
Strait of Canso
Highways in Medicine Hat District Said in Good Winter Condition
The AMA reported all highways in Medicine Hat and district were in good winter driving condition at a.m.
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AMA
Medicine Hat
Optimism grows for Vietnam peace talks in Saigon visit
Gen. Alexander Haig Jr returned to Saigon after a 30 minute meeting with President Thieu amid growing optimism that a Vietnam peace settlement may emerge. Talks in Paris with North Vietnam focus on ceasefire terms and prisoner repatriation while Haig plans to brief Nixon after consultations with Asian allies.
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Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Washington
Tin Song
Thieu
U.S
Haig
Seoul
Chung Hee Park
Park
United States
North Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Paris
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Vientiane
Bangkok
Cambodia
Laos
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