Canadian uranium cartel charges target six mining firms
Six Canadian mining companies Denison Mines Eldorado Nuclear Gulf Minerals Rio Algom Uranerz Canada and Uranium Canada Ltd faced charges for conspiring to fix domestic uranium prices during 1971 to 1978 aligning with an international cartel. Government officials who helped organize the cartel were not charged following a four year inquiry by Attorney General Jean Chretien while the Bertrand report remains private.
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Jean Chretien
South Africa
France
Australia
Britain
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Denison Mines
Eldorado Nuclear Ltd
Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd
Rio al
Donald Macdonald
Jack Austin
Vancouver
Austin
Gordon MacNabb
C. J. C. Runnalls
Justice
Elliot Lake
Ont
Gulf Oil Corp
United States
Fourth-Hour Lumber Strike Threat Looms in British Columbia
About 15,000 unionists are already off the job on unauthorized work stoppages as BC forest industry edges toward a provincewide shutdown. Keith Bennett, chief negotiator for Forest Industrial Relations, warned that chances of avoiding a major strike by 60,000 wood workers look poor as IWA and PPW Canada threaten action before week’s end.
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Vancouver
B.C
Keith Bennett
Forest Industrial Relations
International Woodworkers of America
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of
Canada
Questions linger on Liberals and civil servants in uranium cartel
Ottawa reports probe into an international uranium cartel from the early 1970s cites six charged companies and two Crown corporations. Former energy officials named as conspirators but not charged, with debate over high level political responsibility and potential government coercion to join.
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Energy Department
Toronto
Sinclair Stevens
Trudeau
Alberta appoints judge to land annexation inquiry
The Alberta government announces a formal inquiry into land acquisitions in the Edmonton annexation area. Justice William R. Brennan will lead to determine if confidential information about the annexation and land purchases was improperly disclosed. Ministers Moore and Chambers requested the probe to clear the air amid ongoing allegations involving former cabinet ministers.
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Alberta
William R. Brennan
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench
Brennan
Marvin Moore
Tom Chambers
Moore
Chambers
Union asks Warren to join talks to end postal strike
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers demands Michael Warren, named future Crown postmaster, participate in negotiations to end the eight day national strike. Jean-Claude Parrot says no preconditions beyond Warren's presence, while government officials hedge on resuming talks.
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Ottawa
Postal Union
Michael Warren
Crown Postal Corporation
Jean-Claude Parrot
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Parrot
Warren
Treasury Board
Don Johnston
Johnston
Pipeline halted to move crude oil from Alaska to Edmonton
Trans Mountain Pipe Line Co. Ltd. has temporarily abandoned plans to move crude oil from Alaska to Edmonton via Washington State due to high financing costs and reduced U S oil demand. The setback affects the project’s timeline and regional energy transport plans.
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U.S
Trans Mountain Pipe Line Co. Ltd
Alaska
Edmonton
Washington State
Trudeau Patriots Hope Dim as Court Delays Ruling on Constitution
Supreme Court adjourns for summer without a decision on Canada’s patriation plan. If the court rules for the government it may pass in Britain this winter but Westminster’s session and Canadian timelines push patriation into next year. Trudeau faces fading momentum amid split opinions and cautious Liberal views.
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Jim Travers
Southam
Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Supreme Court
Bernard Hofley
Trudeau
Constitution
Bora Laskin
Europe
Hofley
Westminster
Commons
House of Lords
Margaret Thatcher
Canadian Supreme Court
Britain
Civil rights groups challenge PEI laws on intoxicated persons
Toronto civil liberties groups condemn two Prince Edward Island bills granting police power to enter homes without warrants and detain individuals in treatment centers for alleged alcohol or drug problems. They compare the measures to the British Columbia heroin act now under appeal.
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Toronto
Prince Edward Island
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Citizens Commission On Human Rights
British Columbia
Supreme Court of Canada
Caroline Charbonneau
Citizens Commission
Church of Scientology
P.E.I
Borovoy
Medicine Hat man killed in rollover crash south of city
RCMP said 21 year old Alex Ivanoff from a farm 15 km south of Medicine Hat died after his car rolled off the Black and White Trail 13 km south of the city. He was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead on arrival at Medicine Hat and District Hospital.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta dinnerware safer than thought
Alberta dinnerware from Medalta and Medicine Hat Pottery dating to the 1930s and 40s was found to contain orange uranium oxide glazes. Only one Alberta example turned up by Monday, with about three other tested pieces in the province. Authorities say beta radiation is weak and contained, but using the dishes with acidic food could pose a small ingestion risk over a lifetime.
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Calgary
Alberta
Medalta
Medicine Hat Pottery Companies
Medicine Hat
Maureen Olsen
Edmonton
Ronald Getty
Glenbow Museum
Olsen
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