Grainworkers urged to accept mediation deal in strike
Vancouver CP report says West Coast grainworkers union leadership pushes acceptance of a federal mediator's recommendations to resolve a protracted contract dispute with grain elevator operators in Prince Rupert and Vancouver. About 750 members vote on the recommendations as their union represents roughly half of Canada's annual $5 billion grain industry.
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Prince Rupert
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Grainworkers Union
Canada
Grainworkers push for higher pay in Canada dispute
Union spokesman Henry Kanes says a decision will be known Sunday after mediation efforts collapsed last Thursday. Federal mediator Bill Kelly proposed a wage figure but unions and management have not publicized his recommendations. Grainworkers earn 14.15 per hour and seek a 1.30 raise to match West Coast longshoremen, stressing impact on farmers and Canada.
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Bill Kelly
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More computers and better choice at Radio Shack
Radio Shack advertises an expanded computer selection with improved variety and models for customers seeking personal and business computing options. Model 12.
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Radio Shack
Infants death probe moves into long investigation
Ontario Supreme Court Justice Grange heads a royal commission into 28 infant deaths at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children from 1980 to 1981. The inquiry may last years as lawyers challenge a 90 page fact statement and testimony plans begin with digoxin findings and the Atlanta CDC report.
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Samuel Grange
Centres For Disease Control
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Susan Nelles
Nelles
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Lamek
Publishers switch in Southam move in Vancouver and Montreal
C W Davey, publisher of the Vancouver Sun since 1978, moves to Montreal to become publisher of The Gazette on August 1 in a Southam Inc. three way reshuffle. He will be succeeded at The Sun by E H Wheatley, who remains president and GM of Pacific Press.
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Southam
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Canada
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Winnipeg Tribune
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Via Rail subsidy rises as routes cut 20 percent
The federal government provided 27 million more in subsidies to Via Rail in 1982, bringing total subsidies to 449 million. Passenger traffic fell 10 percent, yet officials argued the decline was not severe given Ottawa’s 20 percent service reductions to cut costs.
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Montreal
Via Rail
Via
Ottawa
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