U K troops advance toward Falklands capital in anticipated assault
British commandos moved in helicopters toward Stanley as 7,500 British troops prepared to attack 7,000 Argentine defenders. Reports cite Libya delivering missiles to Argentina and the potential for a final air strike.
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Associated Press
Falkland Islands
Stanley
Libya
Argentina
Paris
U.S
Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
Falklands
Press Association
Britain
London
British Defence Ministry
South Atlantic
Standard
Washington
Sheffield
Atlantic Conveyor
Royal Marine
Ian Bruce
The
Glasgow Herald
Bruce
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mount Kent
Amadeo Frugoli
DYN
Buenos Aires
Crises batter economy as Ottawa hosts Versailles summit
Ottawa faces a deep downturn with unemployment at 10.2 percent and the dollar near new lows. Bank of Canada raises its trend rate to 15.87 percent while major banks lift prime rates to 17.5 percent. Statistics Canada reports 1,241,000 jobless in May, 320,000 fewer jobs than nine months ago, and Alberta’s rate at 7.2 percent.
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Ottawa
Versailles
Bank of Canada
Canada
Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Toronto Dominion Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
Bank of Montreal
Mercantile Bank
National Bank of Canada
Europe
U.S
Paris
Trudeau
Statistics Canada
Alberta
Meteorite sighting over Alberta sparks limited search plan
Alan Dyer of the Queen Elizabeth Planetarium says cameras tracked a bright meteor over Medicine Hat toward Edmonton around 11:50 p.m. No landing reports confirmed, but a targeted search may involve NRC, University of Alberta and Saskatchewan geologists, with amateurs.
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Medicine Hat
Alan Dyer
Queen Elizabeth Planetarium
Edmonton
Dyer
National Research Council
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Athabasca
Innisfree
Bruderheim
Housing starts slide sharply in May in Canada
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp reports seasonally adjusted annual starts fell to 116000 in May from 144000 in April, the biggest drop since October. Single detached starts plunged 63 percent to 3516 units while apartments and other multifamily units dropped 35 percent to 4874 as high interest rates slow demand. Urban starts totaled 8390, down from 16985 in May 1981.
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Ottawa
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp
Federal Housing Agency
Budget help eyed for Medicine Hat library budgets
The Medicine Hat public library may receive city assistance to set its budgets after a $43,000 deficit in 1981 prompted finance committee discussion. The note appears on Page 3. A UN disarmament session in New York dominates international news with protests pushing for a total nuclear ban. Page 4.
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Medicine Hat
New York
John R. Walker
Sheri Murphy
Israeli ambassador shot in London multiple suspects detained
Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Argov lay critically ill after being shot in the head at the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane. Police said three suspects, Palestinians with false passports, were captured and the attack drew claims linking the PLO to the assault.
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London
Shlomo Argov
Argov
Dorchester
Park Lane
the Press Association
Britain
Scotland Yard
BBC
The
Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
PLO
Nabil Ramlawi
Ramlawi
Lebanon
Yitzhak Modai
Jerusalem
Water policy sparks conflict in the West amid planning gaps
An independent study warns of growing water disputes as Alberta debates reveal cabinet splits over diversions. The report Nature's Lifeline: Prairie and Northern Waters, by Lane and Sykes for Devonian and Canada West Foundation, notes fragmented licensing, rising demand, and uncertain economics for southward transfers from northern rivers.
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Calgary
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Devonian Group
Canada West Foundation
Yukon
Northwest Territories
A. E. Pallister
Canada West
D. K. Elton
Pallister
Elton
Robert Lane
Gary Sykes
Nature
Lane
Federal Environment Protection Service
Sykes
Prairie Provinces
Lougheed
Marvin Moore
Henry Kroeger
Mackenzie River
Lane and Sykes
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Wayne Moriarty
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Claude Ryan
Ann Landers
Charles Lynch
Gordon Wright
Ean International News
John Walker
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