Inuit land settlement gives western Arctic 95,830 sq km ownership
Ottawa announces a COPE backed deal granting the Inuvialuit ownership of 95,830 square kilometres and $45 million in installments across 1981 to 1994, in exchange for giving up 436,800 sq km including the Mackenzie delta. The package includes land management, water rights, hunting rights, and a $3.5 million social program.
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Arctic
Ottawa
Western
Mackenzie River
Faulkner
Inuvialuit
Winnipeg man reunites with his dog after 10 months apart
Rod Ferguson living in Medicine Hat was reunited Thursday with Conan the dog, his five year companion, after Conan was moved from Medicine Hat to a Crescent Heights home and later returned following a NEWS report, a radio ad, and police help.
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Winnipeg
Medicine Hat
Rod Ferguson
Conan
Ferguson
Crescent Heights
Dissident Anatoly Shcharansky Sentenced to 13 Years in Soviet Union
Soviet court convicts Anatoly Shcharansky of espionage for the United States and anti Soviet agitation. He receives 13 years hard labor plus seven years for propaganda served concurrently. The verdict follows other dissident trials including Alexander Ginzburg and Viktoras Pyatkus.
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Moscow
Anatoly Shcharansky
United States
Leonid Shcharansky
U.S
Carter
Kremlin
Kaluga
Here
Alexander Ginzburg
Bonn
West Germany
Shcharansky
Jerusalem
Tolya
Anatoly
Viktoras Pyatkus
Vilnius
Lithuania
Pyatkus
Helsinki Human Rights Group
Shcharansky and
Ginzburg
Helsinki
Andrei Sakharov
Robert C. Toth
Los Angeles Times
Soviet Union
Toth
U.S.S.R
CBC contract dispute looms over Commonwealth Games coverage
Labour Minister John Munro said Ottawa watches CBC talks with the National Association of Broadcasters and Technicians as the Aug 3 to 12 Edmonton Games approach. Alberta urged federal intervention. CBC president Al Johnson indicated plans for partial coverage even if a strike occurs.
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Ginny Galt
Ottawa
John Munro
CBC
Munro
Alberta
Crown Corporation
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
Lou Hyndman
Ing
Edmonton
al Johnson
Johnson
Envoy faced with calls to resign over political prisoner remarks
Washington Reuters reports Andrew Young drew fire for saying U.S. prisons hold political prisoners while Carter offered no reply yet. Cyrus Vance publicly rebuked Young in Geneva as Congress debates impeachment moves led by Larry McDonald. White House and Speaker ONeill urged restraint amid pressure from Republicans and Democrats alike.
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Washington
Reuter
Andrew Young
U.S
Carter
United Nations
Young
le Matin
Georgia
Congress
House of Representatives
Cyrus Vance
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Nixon
Ford
Africa
Larry McDonald
Jim Wright
Barry Goldwater
House
Thomas O'Neill
White House
Jody Powell
Alberta traffic fatalities rise after early year drop
In early 1978 Alberta saw a 33 percent drop in fatal accidents from 1977 but June figures show a 44 percent rise from the previous year. Bruce Percy cautions if trends continue yearly fatalities may exceed 576 the 1977 peak. The safety branch urges people to take care.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bruce Percy
Domglas Talks Continue as Strike Option Remains
Redcliff Domglas Limited plant negotiators from Local 201 of the United Glass and Ceramic Workers Union pursue talks to avert a strike. The union, which voted 90.2 percent in favor last Friday, could strike 48 hours after notice if no deal is reached. Roy Hoffman, chief union negotiator, said no end date or details are disclosed.
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Domglas Limited
Redcliff
Roy Hoffman
Hoffman
United Glass, and Ceramic Workers Union
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Hugh Faulkner
Committee For Original People’s Entitlement
COPE
Canada
Mackenzie Delta
Yukon
Sam Raddi
Tuktoyaktuk
Territorial
Federal Government
Bryan Blomme
Dan Lander
P. Solonin
Ida Milgrom
Leonid
KGB
Siberian
Domglas
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