Trudeau greets Calgary Stampede crowd in political parade
Prime Minister Trudeau rode with Lord Strathcona’s Horse as Calgary Stampede crowds cheered. Horses named Liberal and Trudeau figures highlighted his Alberta visit amid mixed cheers, boos, and a closed roast with Ontario’s William Davis and Alberta's Peter Lougheed.
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Stephen Scott
Calgary
Trudeau
Broncos
Liberal
Pierre
Justin
Stampede
Alberta
Jack Horner
Crowfoot
Alta
Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regiment
RCMP
Horner
Vancouver
William Davis
Ontario
Peter Lougheed
Indians seek ministerial meeting on Nass River land claim
The Nishga Tribal Council urged Ottawa and Victoria to hold a ministerial level meeting to resolve responsibilities for Nass River Valley land claims. They fault the federal native claims office and B C Labor Ministry for deep disagreement over who pays for Crown land and resources and past use since the claim began.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Nishga
British Columbia
Nass River
Federal Native Claims Office
Labor Ministry
Gosnell
Ottawa
Victoria
Leaders reject plan for new Canadian constitution
Saskatchewan and the nine other provinces denounced Trudeau's proposed constitutional changes as unilateral and insufficient on federalprovincial power. Ministers will prepare for the August premiers conference in Regina and compile an inventory of issues before talks.
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Saskatoon
Trudeau
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Roy Romanow
Romanow
Regina
Senate
Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec
Diary extracts spotlight dredging bid corruption trial
Ontario Supreme Court hears diary excerpts from Harold McNamara showing high level bidding tactics in the 1969 to 1974 dredging bidding case. Names include Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan and Quebec minister Gerard Levesque with other associates referenced. Entries from 1971 to 1973 note meetings with Hydro agencies and a planned political donation related to a hockey rink project.
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Toronto
Ontario Supreme Court
Gerald Regan
Nova Scotia
Gerard Levesque
Quebec
Commerce
Bill Kelly
Davis
Charlie McNaughton
George Gathercole
Marchand
John Connolly
Pierre Camus
Ernie Griffiths
Ontario Hydro
British Columbia Hydro
Manitoba Hydro
Ontario
Regan
Quinlan
Mulgrave
Moore
Domglas Workers Vote to Strike Over Wages Dispute
About 300 Domglas workers vote 90.2 percent in favor of strike action at Redcliff company. Union plans to meet with Domglas officials to avert a strike as contract talks lag. Wages and fringe benefits are the key issues. the company has offered four percent annually for two years.
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Hoffman
Medicine Hat
Bill Sellhorn
Domglas
European Community moves toward a global monetary system
European Common Market leaders endorsed creating an European Monetary System backed by 50 billion dollars in gold and currency reserves. The EMS aims to defend currencies and stabilize exchange rates with central bank cooperation, with detailed work to continue by December. Roy Jenkins praised the plan as imaginative and large scale. James Callaghan urged caution and further assessment. The summit also backed a French proposal to cut the Community’s oil import dependence.
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Bremen
West Germany
Reuter
Roy Jenkins
Executive Commission
International Monetary Fund
IMF
James Callaghan
Britain
France
Soviet Dissidents Stand Trial Marching Detente Strain
Soviet Union moves to try two leading Jewish dissidents next week in Moscow and Kaluga. Anatoly Shcharansky faces high treason charges with possible death sentence. Alexander Ginzburg charged with anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda and could receive up to 10 years. Western officials warn impact on U S Soviet relations amid SALT talks.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Kremlin
Anatoly Shcharansky
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Alexander Ginzburg
Kaluga
Washington
U.S. State Department
Carter
Africa
Shcharansky
Israel
Ginzburg
Human Rights Helsinki Group
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B.C. Labor
Allan Williams
James Gosnell
Claude Morin
Harold McNamara
McNamara Corp. Ltd
Department of National Revenue
Roderick McLeod
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Geneva
Switzerland
Frank Press
Redcliff
Tom van Ham
Cypress Hills
van Ham
Dan Lander
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