Government orders inquiry into RCMP activities
Ottawa moves to a royal commission to probe RCMP actions following accusations of unlawful activity. Justice David McDonald to chair. Toronto lawyer Donald Rickerd and Montreal lawyer Guy Gilbert named as members amid opposition pressure and new allegations.
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Brian Sutters
Southam
Ottawa
Trudeau
Royal Commission of Inquiry
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mounties
Francis Fox
House of Commons
RCMP
Fox
David C. McDonald
Supreme Court of Alberta
MPC resolution stalls halfway house in Medicine Hat
The Medicine Hat Municipal Planning Commission backed a development permit for a fourplex halfway house by the John Howard Society, requiring city planners approval and public safety review. Fr. William Irwin defends the project, while MPC chair Dave Oliphant cites local concerns and legality issues.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
John Howard Society
William Irwin
Fr. Irwin
Red Deer
Edmonton
MPC
Dave Oliphant
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Oliphant
Commission
Medicine Hat Halfway House
Chiefs speak of bitter legacy at Treaty 7 ceremony
In Calgary Prince Charles hears chiefs say Treaty 7 betrayed Blackfoot confederacy as they recount lost land and vanishing way of life. A Stoney lawyer urges Crown to return land while the prince witnesses tribal dancing. A bystander briefly kisses the royal cheek at Heritage Park.
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Calgary
Prince Charles
American Indian Movement
United States
Webster Macdonald
Don Chiniquay
Don Rider
Stoney Indian Band
Sider
Chiniquay
Rider
Bearspaw
Macdonald
Alberta
Heritage Park
Exilida McKevett
Fire at Danbury federal prison kills five inmates
A blaze at the Danbury Federal Correction Institution early Thursday killed five and injured 66. Prisoners aided others in escaping as officials investigated evidence of arson after a Wednesday night disturbance in a cellblock housing 80 inmates. One guard and one firefighter were hurt.
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Danbury Hospital
Federal Prison
Danbury
Federal Correction Institution
West Redding
Paul Harrick
Harrick
John Creasey
Trudeau Welcomes Schmidt in Chaotic Vancouver Airport Ceremony
Prime Minister Trudeau greets West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt at a disorderly Vancouver airport welcome. The visit precedes talks on world economic and nuclear policy and a state dinner. Trudeau plans a western tour highlighting a C$170 million development project in British Columbia.
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Trudeau
Helmut Schmidt
Vancouver
Canada
Schmidt
Justice
Ron Basford
Pierre
Ottawa
British Columbia
Alberta
Missing Canadian reporter held in Kampala military prison
James Ferrabee reports that Gerald Utting, a Toronto Star journalist, is believed detained in a Kampala military prison. Canadian diplomats, after six days in Nairobi and no access to Ugandan authorities, confirm only that Uganda has not denied his presence. Utting flew to Entebbe on June 22 seeking entry rights, then disappeared.
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James Ferrabbee
Southam News Services
Nairobs
Gerald Utting
Kampala
Canadian High Commission
Gar Pardy
Kenya
Utting
Uganda
Pardy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Toronto Star
Nairobi
Bureau of State Research
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Canada
Toronto
Air France
Entebbe
Zia orders civil servants to prep October elections
Gen Zia ul Haque, the Pakistan army strongman, orders civil servants to prioritize planning October general elections. He aims to return power to a civilian government within 90 days and has sworn in local high court judges as provincial governors. The Grey Shirts paramilitary force is to be reorganized amid street unrest. The New Times reports Masood Mahmood and two intelligence chiefs were arrested.
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Islamabad
Reuter
Pakistan
Zia-ul- Haque
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zia
Grey Shirts
Bhutto
New Times
Masood Mahmood
British Troops Move Toward Belize Amid Washington Talks
Twenty RAF transport planes pass Bermuda carrying troops to Belize as Guatemala threatens invasion over independence plans. Britain and Guatemala, with Belize officials, hold talks in Washington on the territory's future while a British warship arrives and Guatemala readies for possible combat.
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Bermuda
Reuter
Royal Air Force
Belize
Guatemala
Britain
Washington
Adolfo Milena Orantes
British Honduras
Spain
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