Ottawa tops living cost increase in May report
Statistics Canada reports May living costs rose in all 12 major city areas led by Ottawa at 1.1 per cent. Montreal posted the smallest month rise at 0.4 per cent while St John’s, Newfoundland, recorded the largest annual gain at 8.2 per cent from 1972 to 1973. Food and housing costs drove the increases with mixed moves in meat prices and dairy.
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N.B
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Winnipeg
Edmonton
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Vancouver
Pension boost sails through Commons in war veterans bill
Ottawa CP The basic pension rate for a single fully disabled armed forces pensioner will rise about $900 a year to 4704 July 1 after Commons passage of a pension act amendment. Married disabled and widows gains noted with broader increases for lesser disabilities and survivor benefits.
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Senate
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Court orders halt to nuclear tests by World Court
The Hague Reuters reports the World Court granted Australia and New Zealand interim injunctions 8 to 6 restraining France from further nuclear tests in the South Pacific while their case for a declaration that the tests breach international law proceeds. France says it will ignore the ruling and disputes the court's competence in defence matters amid renewed French tests at Mururoa Atoll. The New Zealand frigate Otago sails to Mururoa with an unnamed cabinet minister as protests spread through Australia and New Zealand.
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Mururoa
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