Clark urges early election as Conservatives push tax cuts
Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark calls for a Trudeau election and a new budget as MP meetings press for rapid passage of a $100 million tax credit to spur hiring. He defends mail service and notes Conservatives aim to regain seats while endorsing Kingston constitutional proposals.
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Paul Gessell
Ottawa
Joe Clark
Trudeau
Clark
Kingston
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Israel halts Cairo talks over Sinai settlement standoff
Israel refuses to resume defence minister talks in Cairo while U S officials expect a return to negotiations. Cyrus Vance urges both sides to pause public exchanges and pursue a peace process. Sadat accuses Israel of sabotaging Jerusalem talks amid deadlock over Sinai settlements.
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Israel
Egypt
Cairo
U.S
Cyrus’ Vance
Vance
Washington
Ezer Weizman
Sinai Peninsula
Moshe Dayan
Mohammed Kamel
Anwar Sadat
Dayan
Kamel
Alfred Atherton
Middle East
Sadat
Menachem Begin
Begin
al Ahram
Liberal leaders clash in Quebec Liberal leadership bid
Claude Ryan and Raymond Garneau debated policy paths at a first regional Liberal meeting in Hull. They backed renewed federalism, private enterprise, and criticized the Parti Quebecois while outlining differing approaches to consensus and linguistic equality ahead of the Quebec City leadership vote.
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HULL
Que
Claude Ryan
Raymond Garneau
Quebec
Quebec Liberal Party
Jean Chretien
Trudeau
Ottawa
Ryan
Garneau
Canada
Parti Quebecois
Quebec City
Bourassa
Gerard D. Levesque
Gunman holds hostages in Manitoba town
A British Columbia man calling himself Cliff seized at least three hostages in Oak Lake Manitoba after a Virden shooting left a RCMP officer dead and two officers badly wounded. Police manned roadblocks as the suspect hid in a doctor’s office and home with seven weapons. The hostage count included the doctor’s wife and another person. hospital reports were unavailable on the wounded officers.
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Oak Lake
Man
British Columbia
Cliff
Manitoba
Virden
RCMP
Brandon General Hospital
Winnipeg
Brandon
Alberta's fiscal year shows record cash surplus and overages
The auditor's report for 1976-77 shows Alberta with a cash surplus of 498.4 million and 41 million in underestimated expenditures. The total cash position, including banked funds, rises to 836.7 million and the Heritage Fund brings the bottom line to 3.008 billion. Oil and gas royalties lead revenue with 1.450 billion, while agriculture is the only department to overspend.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Agriculture
Public
Treasury
Alleged crime kingpin Paolo Violi gunned down in Montreal
Police confirmed Paolo Violi was shot dead late Sunday at his own ice cream shop adjacent snack bar on Jean Talon Street in Montreal. Two hooded attackers likely used a shotgun in the north end incident near Gelateria Violi.
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Montreal
Paolo Violi
Violi
Jean Talon Street
Gelateria Violi
Aro
Quebec
New York
Francesco
Quebec Police Commission
Native groups seek total control over Liard Highway plan
Southwest NWT native bands and a Metis group ask Ottawa for total control of planning construction and maintenance of the 40 million Liard Highway linking the Mackenzie River area to the British Columbia border. They urge hiring North and local tendering to boost northern benefits and warn Ottawa to secure a formal economic settlement within the Mackenzie River valley land claim.
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Fort Simpson
N.W.T
Northwest Territories
Hugh Faulkner
Indian Affairs and
Northern Development
Faulkner
Ottawa
Mackenzie River
British Columbia
B.C
Fort Nelson
Territories
Alberta
Hire North
Ewan Cotterill
Nick Sibbeston
Mackenzie River Valley
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