Royal wedding sparks Brixton unity amid tensions
In Brixton’s Hope pub and surrounding streets near St Paul’s, locals watch the royal wedding with mixed feelings. Patrons praise tradition and splendor while noting Brixton’s rioting history and police tensions. People describe hopeful togetherness despite crime and prejudice.
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London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Mick Gibbons
Mick
London Bridge
Brixton
Borough of
Lambeth
Dee Dee
St. Matthew's Street
Brixton Water Lane
Sw2
Postal talks grow tougher as mediation runs long
Mediator Alan Gold and government officials and union negotiators faced mounting obstacles on the twelfth mediation day with several outstanding issues hampering progress. Talks paused for review and reflection as Jean-Claude Parrot’s request for time was granted. The day followed a hard stretch of negotiations seen as tougher than the day before.
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Ottawa
Alan Gold
George Orser
Gold
Orser
Jean-Claude
Parrot
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Four sued over child's death in Kiddies' Day Parade
Gayle Dillman of Medicine Hat files a claim totalling 424000 in Medicine Hat Court of Queen's Bench against the city of Medicine Hat the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Association Adam Hauck and Gary and Carol Kavanaugh. The suit alleges negligence at Riverside Park during the 1980 Kiddies Day Parade after Rikki Sue Dillman died when kicked by a horse. Damages sought include 103000 general and 3000 special per defendant plus costs.
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Medicine Hat Court
Dillman
Dunmore Rd
S.E
Rikki Sue
Riverside Park
Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Association
Carol
Gary Kavanaugh
Second St. S.E
Kay, Kay and Riggins
Brooks
City Hall
Ottawa imposes curb on rapid takeovers
Canada moves to slow non energy takeovers amid pressure on the dollar and inflation. Finance Minister Allan MacEachen asks banks to reduce lending for deals while reaffirming a 50 percent Canadian ownership target for oil by 1990. Energy deals, worth over 6 billion since Oct. 28, should also proceed more slowly. Nu-West Group president Ralph Scurfield cites government and American company pressures prompting the move.
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Ottawa
United States
Allan MacEachen
U.S
MacEachen
Canada
Energy Department
Norman Wells pipeline delayed to aid land claim talks
The federal government ordered an 18 month halt on starting the Norman Wells pipeline and a two year pause on Mackenzie Valley exploration. The moves follow seven new Petro-Canada exploration agreements covering 6.1 million hectares. Minister John Munro said the delays push native land claim negotiations with the Dene Nation and Metis Association forward, affecting about 20,000 natives.
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Yellowknife
N.W.T
Norman Wells
Mackenzie Valley
Petro-Canada
National Oil Company
John Munro
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Munro
Dene Nation
Metis Association of the
Northwest Territories
Bank of Canada Rate Rises to 20.54 Percent
The Bank of Canada set a new record rate at 20.54 percent on Thursday up from 19.89 percent, signaling further increases in loan costs. Traders noted the treasury bill auction helped cap the rise as the central bank injected cash into the system.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Treasury
Tuna War Ends Lift Canadian Hope For Settlement
The West Coast tuna war concludes with External Affairs Minister Mark MacQuigan praising aspects of the settlement as more advantageous to Canada. The note appears in the pages listing other city and national items.
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Mark MacQuigan
Canada
Reagan Wins Steep Tax Cut Victory In Congress
President Reagan pushes a permanent 25 percent tax cut over 33 months in the largest U.S. tax reduction, winning 238 to 195 in the House with 48 Democrats defecting and only one Republican opposing. The Senate approved 89 to 11, sending the measure to a conference committee to reconcile differences. The plan promises total tax reductions of more than 753 billion dollars over five years and includes 47 billion in oil industry breaks over a decade.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Senate
Senate House of Representatives
VIA Rail cuts spark Western anger over Edmonton Jasper link
The Ottawa plan to drop VIA Rail’s northern transcontinental service through Edmonton and Jasper provokes anger in Alberta. One daily train will run Calgary to the coast, with cuts aimed at reducing a $600 million deficit and shifting focus to the Quebec City Windsor corridor. Critics call the move a betrayal of Western interests and a failure of national unity.
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Edmonton
Jean-Luc Pepin
VIA
Prairies
Macdonald
Laurier
Diefenbaker
Liberal
Journal
Doug Roche
Alberta
Eric Geddes
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Jan Reimer
al “Boomer” Adair
Pepin
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Jasper
Prince Rupert
B.C
Vancouver-Jasper
Vancouver- Jasper
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Richmond Radio
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