Transport system strains under record grain flows
Canada faces a stressed grain handling network as CN and CP Rail run near capacity while exports rise to record levels. Critics blame institutional and regulatory factors, notably the Wheat Board and Crow rate, for bottlenecks that could hinder future growth and spark reform talks.
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Edmonton
Canada
Soviet Union
Grasp
Canadian Wheat Board
CP Rail
Vancouver
Hugh Horner
Alberta Agriculture
Horner
Canadian Grain Commission
Agriculture Canada
Wheat Board
Grain Transportation Authority
GTA
Doug Radke
Radke
Jean-Luc Pepin
Railways
Hazen
Peter Perkins
Winnipeg
Caribbean aid plan meets hard political headwinds
The Caribbean basin development initiative, backed by the United States and Mexico, faces stiff political hurdles as regional leaders question whether economic aid can resolve deep political crises in El Salvador, Guatemala, and neighboring states. Coordinated funding remains uncertain with World Bank and others eyed.
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Mexico City
Reagan
Mexico
Jose Lopez Portillo
Caribbean
World Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
Venezuela
Canada
United States
el Salvador
Guatemala
U.S
Western Europe
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Caribbean Basin
Central America
Caribbean Islands
Costa Rica
Panama
Honduras
Nicaragua
Cuba
Argentina abandons reforms amid peso devaluations and military discord
Argentina’s military regime abandons reform efforts as the peso devalues sharply and debt grows. With Gen. Videla nearing term end, Lorenzo Sigaut’s devaluations accelerate and a power struggle among generals raises fears of coups and populist shifts.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Canada
Jose Martinez de Hoz
Jorge Rafael Videla
Lorenzo Sigaut
Signut
Martinez
Roberto Viola
Sigaut
Martiinez
Leopoldo Galtieri
Viola
Galtieri
Domingo Bussi
First Army
Bussi
Rohmer’s Patton’s Gap receives a harsh Ottawa takedown
A Canadian columnist savages Rohmer’s latest book Patton’s Gap criticizing its portrayal of Normandy and generalship. The piece mocks Rohmer’s aerial focus and ego while praising Montgomery and Patton, noting Rohmer’s retirement and a sharp, satirical tone throughout.
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Ottawa
Richard Rohmer
Rohmer
Patton
Normandy
Luftwaffe
U.S
George Patton
Viscount Montgomery
Monty
Ultimatum
Exxoneration
Exodus UK
Separation
United States of America
Maj
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Kelly McParland
Rick Boychuk
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Irvine
The
Prairie Wheat Pools
Alan
James Neilson
David Rockefeller
Wall Street Journal
Financial Times
National Rifle
Charles Lynch
John J. Dunn
Sherbrooke
Que
Dunn
Montgomery
Pierre Trudeau
France
Snoopy
England
Dieppe
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