Leitch Lalonde Oil Price Talks Open in Ottawa
Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch meets with federal counterpart Marc Lalonde to discuss a new federal provincial energy pricing pact. They consider a one month extension, aim for a blended oil price, and address revenue sharing and consumer protections amid negotiations that could influence constitutional reform.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Marc Lalonde
Leitch
Lalonde
Energy Department
the Commons
Joe Clark
Edmonton
Marketing problems for grain farmers in Ottawa area discussed
Ottawa area grain industry seminar heard Western farmers face price gaps as Canada keeps domestic wheat prices below world levels. Don Mazankowski urged policy review of floor and ceiling prices while others argued for export controls and rail investment to lift the industry.
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Ottawa
Edmonton
Canada
Don Mazankowski
Mazankowski
Roy Atkinson
Landis, Sask
Canadian Wheat Board
Produce-R
Atkinson
National Farmers Union
Japan
Doug Ford
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
Hugh Horner
Grain Transportation Authority
Cape Town violence marks Soweto anniversary clashes
Across Cape Town areas including Elsies River Bonteheuwel Ravensmead and Retreat rioters clashed with police using shotguns clubs and rubber bullets. Reports cited killed and wounded ranges from 8 to well over 15 with official channels restricting details. Officials warned looters and arsonists will be shot to kill as unrest spans the Cape Peninsula.
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Johannesburg
Cape Town
Cape Argus
Elsies River
South Africa
Mike Geldenhuys
Bonteheuvel
Ravensmead
Quentin Papenius
Police Directorate of Public Relations
SAPA
Soweto
Energy policy debated by Canadian Gas Association
At the association’s annual meeting Robert Kadlee urges incentives to boost oil supply and curb demand. He cites energy self sufficiency in the early 1990s and calls for government policy to support large investments while noting gas sales are blocked by regulatory delays and lack of market growth. He describes expansion costs for Vancouver Island and Quebec gas prospects amid rising competition from electricity. A new energy efficient gas furnace is being developed and tested.
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Jasper
Alta
Robert E. Kadlee
The
Canadian Gas Association
Canada
Kadlee
Inland Natural Gas Ltd
Vancouver
Quebec
Montreal
Railways under fire as MPs attack CP and CNR tactics
MPs on the Commons transport committee criticize CN Rail for high freight rates on wood chips and CP Rail for planning to sell passenger serving depots to Via Rail. Les Benjamin and Keith Penner urge scrutiny while Transport Minister Pepin defers to the Canadian Transport Commission for a ruling on the depot sale and station plans.
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Ottawa
CP Rail
Canadian National Railways
Commons Transport Committee
Les Benjamin
New Democratic Party
Regina East
Canada
Keith Penner
Cochrane
CNR
Canadian Pacific
Benjamin
Via Rail
Moncton
Vancouver
Via
Jean-Luc Pepin
Canadian Transport Commission
Hostage drama ends for Quebec prisoners
Three inmates at the Chicoutimi provincial jail surrendered to police after holding a guard for 42 hours. Claude Lavoie 20 met with his girlfriend as part of negotiations with authorities. Roger Scott 24 and Yvan Brouillard 30 surrendered with their lawyer Louis Charles Fournier.
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Orsainville
Quebec City
Louis- Charles Fournier
Eugene Roberge
Bourgault
Scott
Brouillard
Fournier
Roberge
Chicoutimi
Coal firms start price talks with Japan on B C coal deal
Dension Mines Teck and British Petroleum will press Japanese steel buyers for a tonnage price on five billion tonnes of metallurgical coal from northeast British Columbia. The long term value is estimated at 3.5 to 5 billion dollars as negotiations begin amid freight and port cost disclosures.
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Peter Lougheed
Clark
Lions Park
Glenda Griffin
Donna Thompson
Lan Scott
Geldenhuys
Cape Peninsula
Cape Flats
D.F. Malan
South African Press Association
Die Burger
Cape Times
Gas Association
Vancouver Island
Prince Rupert
B.C
Don Phillips
Phillips
Southeastern B.C
Robert Andras
Tech
Anzac
Sukunka
Premer Bill Bennett
Prince George
Crown Corporation
B.C. Rail
Bill Bennett
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