Trudeau Lougheed to meet on oil pricing talks in July
Prime Minister Trudeau and Alberta Premier Lougheed likely meet July 24 to negotiate a new oil pricing agreement. Lalonde discusses a possible federal export tax on natural gas and other energy forms to boost federal revenues, with talks aimed at breaking a deadlock before the July 31 expiry.
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Doug Long
Ottawa
Trudeau
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
The
Commons
Marc Lalonde
British Columbia
Lalonde
Winnipeg
Victoria
B.C
Bob McClelland
Marv Leitch
Provinces
Bill Jarvis
Ontario
Quebec
Priorities set for talks on constitution in Canada
Montreal reports that 10 provinces meet with Justice Minister Jean Chretien for three weeks of talks on the constitution. Officials expect to first address family law and the Supreme Court structure, then move to resource ownership and interprovincial trade.
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Kevin Dougherty
Montreal
Jean Chretien
Supreme Court of Canada
Chretien
Quebec
Sovereignty Association
Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau
Ottawa
Justice
Toronto
Vancouver
Net closes on coyotes as aliens recuperate
The U S Border Patrol, citing survivor accounts, says it is tightening the net on coyotes who smuggled Salvadorans into the United States and left 13 to die in the desert. Authorities report the group is recovering from harsh desert exposure as the investigation continues.
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AJO, Ariz
U.S
el Salvador
Tucson
Border Patrol
E.J
Jerry) Scott
John Rockhill
Bruce Babbitt
Charges laid in hotel fire in Winnipeg
Rudolf Rolf Hagenlocher, 43, of no fixed address, is charged with setting fire to a substance at the Holiday Inn in downtown Winnipeg. The blaze on the ninth floor killed Joseph Sponarski, 60, Portage la Prairie, a Liberal convention delegate, and injured seven others. Autopsy results pending. more charges may follow.
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Winnipeg
Rudolf Rolf Hagenlocher
Hagenlocher
Wayne Myshkowsky
Joseph Sponarski
Portage la Prairie
Man
Holiday Inn
Winnipeg Convention Centre
Sponarski
Portage- Marquette
Edmonton jail guards walkout may trigger order to return
Illegally striking Alberta jail guards may be ordered back to work today after a wildcat walkout that began Monday. A decision on seeking an injunction could come as inmates at Edmonton Remand Centre vow to stay calm during the stoppage.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bob King
Alberta Union of Provincial
Robbie Robidoux
Edmonton Remand
Approval expected for pipeline says paper
The Star reports the federal cabinet is likely to approve today the southern leg of the 23 billion dollar Alaska Highway gas pipeline. Government sources say the decision will be by the cabinet priorities and planning committee, with final public word after the full cabinet meets on Thursday. Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd. of Calgary holds the Canadian decision, with executives meeting Monday but not yet announcing plans.
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Toronto
The
Star
Alaska Highway
Cabinet Priorities and Planning Committee
Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd
Calgary
MPs fly first class at public expense in Ottawa riding flights
Taxpayers will pay about 360000 more yearly as MPs gain first class on their annual travel for home ridings. The House of Commons board approved a test program and the change raises monthly travel costs by 30000, adding to the 2 million already spent on flights.
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Southam News
Ottawa
George St. Jacques
House of Commons
The
House of Commons Board of Financial Management
St. Jacques
Aid cuts suspend relief to Cambodian border civilians
Major relief agencies including the Red Cross and UNICEF halt food shipments to Thai Cambodian border areas amid claims aid is reaching Pol Pot loyalists. The World Food Program also stops supplies to Pol Pot controlled zones as tensions and fighting influence the region.
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Bangkok
Geneva
Switzerland
International Committee of the Red Cross
UN Children’s Fund
Unicef
Pol Pot
Associated Press
UN World Food Program
International Red Cross
Aranyaprathet
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Jack Shields
Athabasca
Medicine Hat
Maple Avenue
Molson
Alberta Brewers’ Agents
Frank Webber
Canada
Richard Hatfield
New Brunswick
John Buchanan
Nova Scotia
Bill Bennett
Brian Peckford
Newfoundland
Sterling Lyon
Manitoba
Cambodian
New York City
Jean- Pierre Hoche
Red Cross
James Grant
Robert Jackson
Kurt Waldheim
Thailand
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