Trends in Abortion Access and Demographics in Canada
Patterns show hospitals closing to out of region abortions as liberalized law nears its second anniversary. A Vancouver General Hospital study of 500 cases reveals most patients are ages 20 to 34, with 38 percent single and 64 percent in professional or skilled jobs. Only 7 percent on welfare. Reasons skew toward psychiatric or social factors, with health-related cases minority. Adoption numbers drop as abortions rise.
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Peter Calamas Southam
Ottawa
This Week
Vancouver
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver Children’s Aid Society
Catholic Children’s Aid
B.C
Ontario
Alberta
Phere
Gas export hearing opens on 2.7 trillion cubic feet figure
Lawyers and corporate officials gathered in Ottawa as National Energy Board hearings began on whether Canada can spare 2.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas for export to the United States. Ontario utilities seek future supply while exporters and Alberta push for broader access.
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Ottawa
National Energy Board
Canada
United States
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
R. J. Gibbs
Ontario Hydro
Herb Laycraft
Consolidated Natural Gas Ltd
Laycraft
Air Canada faces risk of shutdown from rotating strikes
Air Canada's employees voted for rotating strikes that could begin Thursday and potentially force the airline to shut down. IAMAW members returned to work after a 24 hour study session in Montreal Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver. Chief union negotiator Mike Pitchford said strikes may not start until Thursday and airline president Jack Baldwin warned a total shutdown is possible during peak travel season.
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Air Canada
International Association of Machinists ‘and Aerospace Workers
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vacouver
Mike Pitchford
Jack Baldwin
Pitchford
British soldier killed in IRA night attack in Belfast
Gunmen ambushed four soldiers in a Land Rover in West Belfast firing over 60 bullets. The driver died in hospital, others wounded but returned fire. The IRA claimed revenge for civilians killed in Londonderry, signaling further retaliations amid political pressure.
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West Belfast
Provisional
The
IRA
Belfast
Londonderry
London man confesses in fume filled car killings
In Chester England a 25 year old Londoner was found dead in a car and police say he left a note admitting the brutal murders of three French campers, including two sisters and their male companion, at a nearby beauty spot.
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Chester
England
Reuter
Rhyl
U S Phone Workers Strike Shrinks Service Across Nation
About 500 000 AFL CIO Communications Workers of America members walked out at 6am EDT leaving supervisory staff to handle switchboards. Most calls continue to work due to automation but new installations and repairs halt in strike regions. The dispute centers on wages fringe benefits and agency shop with Bell and Amer ica Telephone and Telegraph proposing new offers.
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Washington
U.S
Bell System
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell
America Telephone and Telegraph Co
C. and P. Telephone Co
C. and P
Estate tax abolition forces provinces to cope
Ottawa signals provinces must face revenue losses after Dec 31 when the federal estate tax ends. Finance Minister E. J. Benson warns no phaseout to match capital gains receipts, while offering five years of guaranteed provincial revenue from income taxes and extending key equalization and postsecondary aid programs. He urges provinces to assume new taxing and spending responsibilities.
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John R. Walker
Southam News Services
Ottawa
E. J. Benson
Manitoba
Saul Cher
Niack
Benson
Ben
Son
Mr. Benson
Crop damage high in Alberta floods
Edmonton Canada reports widespread flooding in northern Alberta with substantial crop damage though no immediate loss of life. Officials note Paddle River area is worst hit with hay meadows and pasture submerged while Freeman River floods recede slowly. A bridge collapse near Fort Assiniboine killed a University of Alberta student, stranding about 50 families.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ernest Tyler
Alberta Emergency Measures Organization
Tyler
G.R. Purnell
Agriculture Department
Barrhead
Paddle River
Sangado
Freeman River
Fort Assiniboine
Assiniboine
Pembina
Peace
Majeed Mustapha
Department of Environment
Janice Chung
Hong Kong
California cowboy rides bull to top score at Calgary Stampede
At Calgary Stampede bull riding Nelson from San Francisco earned 71 points to lead the second go round on Tuesday. Bruce Hough of Bottlesville Okla and Hank Abbie of Rumsey Alta followed with 67 and 66. An injury occurred to a stock supplier, Reg Kesler.
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Calgary
California
Bill Nelson
San Francisco
Canadian Rodeo Cowboys’ Association
Nelson
Bruce Hough
Bottlesville
Okla
Hank Abbie
Rumsey
Alta
Reg Kesler
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