Lang urges farmers to plant one more field this spring
Ottawa minister Otto Lang urges Canada's 180000 grain farmers to add barley, rapeseed or wheat acres despite weather risks. He predicts a larger wheat and barley output to meet rising foreign demand and notes July acreage surveys will reveal how closely farmers follow the guidance amid past incentives to curtail production.
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West Canadian Microfilm Ltd
AU Strom Lang
Ottawa
Otto Lang
Wheat Board
Russia
India
Australia
Southeast Asia
Lang
Statistics Canada
Collision intensifies as British ship and Icelandic patrol clash
The British frigate Scylla and Icelandic patrol vessel Aegir collided off northwest Iceland amid fishing rights tensions. Icelandic Coast Guard says Scylla rammed and caused major damage. Aegir slightly damaged with no casualties. Scylla reportedly shadowing the Aegir near the Greenland pack ice edge.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Reuter
Icelandic
Coast Guard
Scylla
Aegir
Britain
London
Greenland
Bardi Point
Air Canada could suspend operations as rotating strikes bite
Air Canada president John Baldwin warned that cumulative effects of IAM rotating strikes may force temporary shutdowns. He cited 24 hour walkouts in St Johns Montreal and Ottawa, with one Ottawa to Val d Or flight canceled, as talks with IAM stall over wages. He stressed safety and service quality, noting falling passenger traffic and uncertain continuation time.
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Montreal
John Baldwin
Air Canada
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Baldwin
St. John’s
Mld
Quebec City
Ottawa
Val d'Or
Que
Language vote solidifies bilingual civil service in Canada
The House backed the Liberal resolution 214 to 16 endorsing nine bilingual civil service principles. Conservatives split, with two New Democrats crossing, while the act itself remains nonbinding. Stanfield defended rebels as voicing dissatisfaction with implementation and morale and national unity.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Western Canada
Robert Stanfield
Stanfield
John Diefenbaker
Edmonton
William Skoreyko
New Democrats
New Democrat
Liberals
Social Credit Party
Trudeau
Commons
Parole Push Called for Overcrowded Prisons
Ottawa hears Solicitor General Allmand admit many inmates should be on parole. He cites overcrowding at Drumheller and Mission and supports tighter parole rules and a larger National Parole Board to speed releases while warning some parolees may still pose risks. He and Board chair George Street favor using detention homes and probation to aid rehabilitation.
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Donsellar Southam News Services
Ottawa
Warren Allmand
Commons
Canada
Drumheller
Alta
Mission
B.C
Mr. Allmand
National Parole Board
Parole Board
George Street
Street
Arnold Peters
Ontario
Lawmakers Propose U S Route for Alaska Oil Pipeline
Three congressmen Morris Udall John Blatnik and John Anderson introduced legislation to force Congress to pick a pipeline route from Alaska. A six month study by the comptroller general would report by January 1 with options. talks with Canada would run to December 1 and Congress would vote within 60 days. Interior officials would issue permits for any approved route with no judicial review.
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Interior Secretary
Congress
Ontario to test Alberta gas pricing policy in court
Premier William Davis announced in the Ontario legislature that the province will pursue a court challenge to Alberta's proposed gas pricing policy to test its legality.
Saigon Rejects New Truce Terms From Paris
The Saigon government said it would not sign any new truce agreement from Paris aimed at altering the Vietnam ceasefire signed Jan 27. Kissinger and Tho were reported to be refining implementation rather than renegotiation as Saigon holds 11 points with counterproposals. Diplomatic activity intensified as Acting U.S. Ambassador Whitehouse met twice with Foreign Minister Lam and then with President Thieu.
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Saigon
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Tho
U.S
Charles Whitehouse
Tran van Lam
Nguyen van Thieu
Canada to Admit More Ugandan Refugees Under Restrained Plan
Canada will accept a limited number of Uganda exiles from Austrian transit camps, prioritizing family reunifications and hardship cases. About 70 of 1,500 remain eligible to arrive this month with 280 more applications under processing for the next three months. Canada will not fund extra transports unless requested.
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Ottawa
Canada
Uganda
Robert Andras
Austria
Montreal
Mr. Andras
United Nations Refugee Commission
Andras
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