Frigid Arctic Weather Hamstrings Cosmos Debris Search Party
Arctic conditions cripple search teams seeking debris from Cosmos-954 after its orbit fall over the Northwest Territories. Six evacuees with radiation tests hosted in Edmonton and Yellowknife. Canadian and U.S. crews plan visual checks at two suspected debris sites near Great Slave Lake. Canadian defense ministers cite costs of recovery. Carter calls for stricter space safety measures and a ban on nuclear powered satellites.
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Edmonton
Northwest Territories
Wardens Grove
Great Slave Lake
U.S
Donald Davidson
Thelon Game Sanctuary
Baker Lake
N.W.T
John Morhorst
Rock Island
Mike Mobley
Mesa
Ariz
Mobley
Mordhorst
Robert Common
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Que
Gary An
Derson
Chris Norment
Las Vegas
Nev
Kurt Mitchell
Jackson
Wyo
Yellowknife
Defence
Barney Danson
Ottawa
Soviet Union
Danson
Canada
Dawson
National Defence Department
Atomic Energy Control Board
AECB
Washington
Carter
Fox Resigns After Admission Forgery Scandal Shocks Commons
Canada’s Solicitor-General Francis Fox announced his resignation after admitting he once forged a husband’s name on a hospital admitting document for a pregnant lover. Prime Minister Trudeau accepted in resigning over a past extramarital affair, Fox told MPs.
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Southam
Ottawa
Francis Fox
Commons
Fox
Trudeau
RCMP
Joe Clark
NDP
Ed Broadbent
House of Commons
Ron Basford
Arase
Hostages tied to escape attempt at B C prison
Five prisoners at British Columbia Penitentiary held ten hostages in a standoff. RCMP officials cited a possible conspiracy with visitors and reported negotiations stalled after a Demerol dosing while prisoners rejected transfer offers to Archambault and Millhaven. Judge Dietrich Brand named Medicine Hat provincial and family court judge. to be sworn Friday.
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New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia Penitentiary
RCMP
Bruce Northorp
Northorp
Medicine Hat
Dietrich Brand
Yellowknife
Jim Foster
Brand
East Germany
Yale
Queen's University
Kingston
Ont
Ontario Bar Association
Northwest Territories
Alberta
Philip Wambolt
Northrop
Eastern Canada
Millhaven
Bath
Prisoners raise 12 demands at Dorchester prison
Two Quebec inmates who seized a guard at the Dorchester federal prison add to their demands listing 12 items but reiterate a transfer to Archambault prison in Quebec as a key request. Discussions continue through a cell block gate as officials and a Montreal lawyer plan mid afternoon talks while authorities suggest an escape was being plotted during last week's sit down.
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Dorchester
N.B
Andre Veniot
Archambault
Quebec
Vennot
Montreal
Edar Roussel
Bertrand Janvier
Roussel
Janvier
Tom Epp
Guerrilla leaders seek power sharing in Rhodesia transition
Black nationalist leaders led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo called for a power sharing plan during Rhodesia's shift to black rule. They diverge from Anglo American proposals over a ceasefire and an interim government headed by Field Marshal Lord Carver, opposed by the Patriotic Front who fear dictatorial powers.
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Rabat
Malta
Britain
Rhodesia
Robert Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
The
Patriotic Front
Hamilton Whyte
Whyte
U.S
Stoney Cook
Ian Smith
Nkomo
Mugabe
Smith
Kenneth Kaunda
Zimbabwe
Lord Carver
Carver
Canadian ministers flag concerns over foreign competition impact
Federal and provincial industry ministers warned about the effect of foreign rivals on Canadian producers. They urged policy priorities to curb costs via limited environmental rules and social benefits, while tourism ministers planned to tackle a $2 billion travel deficit ahead of the premiers conference.
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Ottawa
Jack Horner
Horner
U.S
Imum
Foreign Investment Review Agency
FIRA
Canada
Palestinian self-rule obstacles in pursuit of peace
Cairo reports that Egyptian President Sadat called Palestinian self-determination the major obstacle to Arab-Israeli peace and warned of a heavy course ahead as talks on Sinai withdrawal resume. Egyptian officials and U S delegates debated a draft of peace guidelines amid ongoing negotiations for a broader peace settlement.
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Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Sadat
Sinai Peninsula
U.S
Joseph Ehrenkranz
Stamford
Ezer Weisman
Mohamed Abdel Ghany Gamassy
Algiers
Kamel
Egypt
United States
Atherton
Moshe Dayan
Jerusalem
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Ontario
Roy McMurtry
Criminal Code of Canada
New Democrat
Southam News Services
Archambault Prison
Chuck Hutchinson
Marguerite Jackson
Roy Pickell
Rodriguez Tremblay
Parti Quebecois
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