Canadian officials pressure Uganda over missing Toronto Star reporter
Ottawa reports that the Ugandan high commissioner was summoned for the third time as Canada presses Kampala about the fate of Toronto Star reporter Chris Utting believed detained. P A Bissonette and officials seek confirmation, noting strong belief he is in Uganda.
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Ottawa
External Affairs Department
Toronto Star
P.A. Bissonette
Lamech E. Akong’o
Utting
Kampala
Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Air France
Entebbe
City nurses to join Alberta strike over wage talks
At Medicine Hat and District Hospital 130 nurses will walk out Monday joining a province wide action by 2,500 nurses. Hospital officials plan to minimize non emergency care and extend doctor hours while emergency and critical wards stay open.
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Medicine Hat and District
Alta Magee
Nursing Association
Alberta
Riverside killers linked to 28 murders in case
Clues point to 28 murders as a bloody hacksaw carpet and a dog hair tie two Riverside roommates to the killings. David Hill and Patrick Kearney, both from Redondo Beach, face two murder counts each and may be linked to slayings over seven years. Kearney led investigators to six grave sites.
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Riverside
Calif
David Hill
Patrick Kearney
Redondo Beach
Leftist hijackers flee Chile by jet to Lima
Four young leftists hijacked a Chilean Ladeco Boeing 727 with 56 aboard shortly after takeoff from Arica. They landed in Lima where asylum was offered for three men and one woman at the Venezuelan embassy. They sought release of Erich Schnake and Carlos Lazo but Chile refused. The plane then flew on to Santiago with 48 passengers and eight crew.
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Lima
Peru
Chile
Caracas
Manuel Bulnes
Erich Schnake
Carlos Lazo
Salvador Allende
Ladeco
Santiago
Arica
el Salvador
Paris
Prince Charles in Alberta amid security scare over ammunition
A hotel guest found a live ammunition box in the Four Seasons lobby as Prince Charles arrived for a Treaty 7 event in Calgary. RCMP surrounded the prince while security searched for the owner, with officials noting the shells could be fired from a rifle or handgun. The visit continued with receptions and a media briefing.
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Nick Lees
Calgary
Prince Charles
Four Seasons
Michel Gauvin
Prince of Wales
Alberta
RCMP
Charles
Gauvin
Frank Fedor
London
Robert Bogle
Wilf McDougal
Indian Treaties Program
Peter Lougheed
Soviet Union
Middle East
Prince
Jack Horner
Ralph Steinhauer
Saddle Lake
Pakistan's Ziaul Haq pledges no political ambition
Gen Muhammed Ziaul Haq, Pakistan's new military ruler, says he will hold elections in October and has no political ambitions. Bhutto and top leaders are in protective custody as the assembly and provincial legislatures are dissolved and constitutional provisions are paused.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Muhammed Ziaul Haq
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Ziaul
Fazal Elahi Choudhry
National Assembly
Bhutto
Pakistan National Alliance
Karachi
Radio Pakistan
Pakistan People's Party
Strike notice hits 20 more Alberta hospitals
Alberta nurses served strike notices on 20 additional hospitals bringing the number affected to 30 by next Monday. About 3,500 nurses may be off work next week as the AARN seeks an 18 percent wage increase, while the AHA offers six percent. Red Deer General faced a crisis with emergency care limited to dire emergencies as staff shortages grew.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
AARN
Brooks General
Jasper
Seton General
Lethbridge General
Royal Alexandra and
General Hospitals
Calgary
General
Holy Cross
Grande Prairie General
Lethbridge St. Michael's General
Red Deer
Gordon Miniely
Alberta Hospital Association
AHA
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Red Deer General Hospital
Gordon Kerr
Headstones Overturned at Catholic Cemetery in Alberta
Vandalism shattered about 200 headstones and grave markers at the Catholic parish cemetery near St. Albert north of Edmonton. Police have not released details. Father Jacques Joly suspects multiple people, noting some stones weigh up to a half ton. The 116 year old cemetery has seen isolated incidents before.
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ST. Albert
Alta
Edmonton
Jacques Joly
Father Joly
Pepin leads unity study group to gauge public mood
Jean-Luc Pepin says the new unity study group, co chaired with John Robarts, will seek public views on national unity and advise the government. He frames the group as a way for Prime Minister Trudeau to show he has done all that could be done amid Quebec secession tensions.
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Doug Long
Ottawa
Jean-Luc Pepin
National Unity
Trudeau
Canada
Pepin
Antiinflation Board
John Robarts
Ontario
Quebec
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