Sabotage suspected in British Columbia power plant blasts
Four 100-tonne reactors and an oil treatment unit were blown at a Vancouver Island Hydro substation near Qualicum Bay. Damage pegged at 4.5 million dollars as explosives were found under each reactor. Hydro calls the act sabotage and says completion of the Cheekye Dunsmuir line may be delayed.
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Olsen
RCMP
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Ottawa mulls parliamentary inquiry into public servants rights
Treasury Board President Don Johnston said a possible inquiry into public servant rights on free speech and political activity is being considered after the Public Service Staff Relations Board upheld the firing of Neil Fraser, a Revenue Department auditor who criticized the metric program and the Constitution. Fraser plans to consult his lawyer before deciding on court action.
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Ottawa
Treasury Board
Don Johnston
Public Service
Neil Fraser
Revenue Department
Johnston
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Fraser
Grainmen optimistic despite bridge fire
Federal spokesmen express optimism about hitting a 26 million tonne export target for Western grains and oilseeds despite a Fraser River bridge fire that disrupted CNR’s lower BC mainline to Vancouver. CPR expects to absorb most displaced traffic. Vancouver shipments may surpass 10 million tonnes this year.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
John Morriss
Canadian Wheat Board
Fraser River
Doug Radke
Grain Transportation Authority
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Radke
Kent rejects Fleming proposal on newspaper concentration
Halifax based interview with former Winnipeg Free Press editor Tom Kent follows the 1980 commission on newspaper ownership. Kent says government action is a start but fears continued concentration as Fleming limits future acquisitions without forcing sales.
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Tom Kent
Royal Commission On Newspapers
Kent
Winnipeg Tribune
Ottawa Journal
Southam Inc
Thomson Newspapers Ltd
Winnipeg Free Press
Jim Fleming
Fleming
Southam
Thomson
Toronto Globe and Mail
Canada
Family awarded nearly $400000 in Cranbrook jet crash case
The B C Supreme Court awarded Mary Arlene Martin and her three children $397,800 in damages plus $28,000 in pre judgment interest and legal costs after a 1978 Pacific Western Airlines crash in Cranbrook. The airline, owned by the Alberta government, was found liable by a jury led by Mr Justice D E Andrews.
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B.C
Pacific Western Airlines
Cranbrook
B.C. Supreme Court
Mary Arlene Martin
D.E. Andrews
Alberta
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