Federal oil pricing talks with Alberta linger amid industry strain
Ottawa and Alberta face a slow moving pricing battle that has lifted domestic crude from 18.50 to 27.05 per barrel while Ottawa holds taxes steady. Analysts warn delays risk delaying tar sands projects and Canada’s 1990s self sufficiency target, urging both sides to resolve pricing within weeks.
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Alberta
Trudeau
Ottawa
Marc Lalonde
Merv Leitch
Lougheed
McDonald Commission report risked by Ottawa editing plan
Critics fear the Trudeau government will censor the RCMP inquiry report by appointing a panel of senior officials from the Privy Council Office Justice External Affairs and Defence to edit. They urge leaving the document with the commissioners and adopting a hands off approach to preserve credibility.
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Commission of Inquiry
RCMP
Trudeau
David McDonald
Kaplan
Commissioners of Inquiry
Southam
Charles Lynch
External Affairs Department
Privy Council Office
McDonald Commission
Commission
Calgary area records bid by egg board and radio station
The Alberta Egg and Fowl Marketing Board teams with a Calgary station to aim for a Guinness World Record by breaking more than 12 438 eggs in a shopping centre parking lot this Saturday. The stunt prompts mixed reactions about provincial marketing publicity efforts.
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Alberta Egg and
Culture centre relocation fuels council debate in town
The author challenges Mayor Grimm and council over moving the cultural centre to the College site, highlighting the cost sharing with government and the potential loss of control. The piece contrasts this with a courthouse goal, notes criticism of MLA Horsman, and urges council to act or risk missing cultural opportunities.
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Ted Grimm
Grimm
Jim Horsman
Council
Horsman
Grimm & Company
American public shows concern for human rights beyond politics
Amid debate over Ernest Lefever, Americans express a darker view of government complicity with abuses abroad and at home. Readers cite 6000 documented disappearances in Argentina, 15,000 uncounted, and link humanitarian concerns to moral duty.
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Washington
D.C
Ernest W. Lefever
Reagan
State Department
U.S
Carter
Jacobo Timmerman
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Soviet Union
Lefever
Timmerman
Senate
Argentina
United Nations
Pacific News Service
Oil Prices Fall as Pemex Cuts Deep While Dollar Soars
The worldwide oil glut drops Pemex price by four dollars to twenty eight a barrel for Maya crude. Yet the dollar strengthens, pushing up the cost of oil for non oil producers and risking higher import prices while ailing Europe and Japan.
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Mexico
Pemex
Cain
Reagan
Britain
Francois Mitterrand
West Germany
OPEC
Treasury
United States
Boston Globe
Ottawa oil price rise tied to flawed energy policy
The piece argues that higher Canadian oil prices are driven by political motives, not conservation or self sufficiency. It contends funds largely fund imports and subsidies rather than boosting domestic supply, urging urgent settlement of Ottawa and Alberta energy talks to direct revenues toward actual oil self sufficiency.
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Canada
Hook
Crook
Toronto
Ontario
Ottawa
Alberta
Marc Lalonde
Lougheed
Lalonde
Merv Leitch
Banff
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Ian MacDonald
Riverside Park
Financial Times News Service
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