Ottawa tries new talks to end air controllers strike
A fresh round of face to face negotiations began in Ottawa with mediator Noel Hall guiding union and government talks to end the 10 day controllers strike. J R Campbell and Michael Bolger led the bargaining teams as Parliament delays back to work legislation.
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Noel Hall
Vancouver
J. R. Campbell
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
Treasury Board
Association
Federal Treasury Board
J.R. Campbell
Michael Bolger
Hall
Trudeau
C. M. Drury
Donald Jamies
J. D. Lyon
Lyon
Nixon unveils plan for peace amid CBC rotating strikes
NABET members in Newfoundland join Vancouver workers in rotating strikes against CBC. About 90 employees across St. John’s Gander Grand Falls Corner Brook and Goose Bay walkout to pressure contract demands. In Toronto a union meeting rejected CBC talks based on a conciliation board report and demanded wage increases totaling over 30 percent in phased steps.
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Vancouver
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
St. John’s
Gander
Grand Falls
Corner Brook
Goose Bay
Toronto
Kenneth Steel
Association
Ontario
Steel
Derek Nelson
Broadcasting Corporation
Ottawa
Nabet
Canada Braced as Cold Grips Nation With Record Lows
Extreme cold swept Canada with power shortages in British Columbia and record lows across the Prairies. At 8:00 a.m. a Jan 26 record 38 below zero fell to 40 below by 10:00 a.m. Snow and wind disrupted travel, schools, and mail, while prairie airports and towns posted historic lows.
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British Columbia
Prairies
Ontario
Quebec
Atlantic Provinces
Bagotville
Que
Maritimes
Fredericton
Edmonton International
Uranium City
Sask
Vermilion
Alta
Nixon Reveals Secret Peace Offer To North Vietnam
President Nixon disclosed a three month old secret peace plan offering a full U S withdrawal from South Vietnam and the release of POWs in exchange for reforms including Thieu stepping down before internationally supervised elections. The plan, backed by Henry Kissinger’s talks in Paris, was described as flexible but not accepted and could not involve Viet Cong participation.
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Nixon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen Vang Thieu
United States of America
White House
Thieu
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Democratic Party
Davis reveals delta project in Peace-Athabasca
Environment Minister Jack Davis announced that a rock-fill dam on the Chanel des Quatre Fourches west branch will be finished this spring raising water levels in about 60 percent of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. The $200000 project aims to restore ecology after water level drops following the 1968 Peace dam completion.
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Ottawa
Chanel Des Quatre Fourches
Peace-Athabasca
Jack Davis
Davis
Peace Dam
British Columbia
Premier proposes raising Alberta municipal grants ceiling
Premier Peter Lougheed announced plans to lift the municipal grants ceiling to 42 million from 38 million. Grants will be funded by expenditure needs and priority spending rather than natural resources revenue. The $4 million increase will be shared per capita among Alberta municipalities amid belt tightening in other areas.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Local Initiatives Grants Aid Medicine Hat Projects
The Hon. H. A. Olson announced two LIP grants for Medicine Hat. The Medicine Hat Crisis Centre receives 20 452.20 for expansion creating nine jobs. The City of Medicine Hat social services gets 38 704 for a city-wide needs survey and service upgrades creating twenty two jobs.
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H. A
Bud) Olson
Ottawa
Medicine Hat
City of
Trudeau assures Alberta on energy policy talks
Edmonton CP reports Prime Minister Trudeau guarantees prior consultation with Alberta on national energy policy changes. Don Getty says there will be no secret agreements and Alberta's views will inform policy. Alberta seeks observer status and may establish a Washington listening post if talks continue.
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Trudeau
Alberta
Don Getty
United States
Getty
Washington, D.C
Washington
Canada sees record housing starts in 1971
Ottawa report shows 233,653 dwelling starts in 1971, up 23 percent from 1970, with Alberta British Columbia Saskatchewan leading gains. Edmonton tops city starts, while Ottawa Hull and Montreal dip after 1970 highs. Average home cost rose to 22 422 dollars.
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Guy Demarino Southam
Ottawa
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Montreal
Ottawa-Hull
Robert Andras
Ontario
Quebec
Andras
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