Trudeau opposes referendum if talks fail on constitution
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau told reporters in Stockholm he does not envision a national referendum on constitutional reform unless Ottawa and the provinces fail to reach agreement. He warned a referendum would be divisive and suggested a sovereign people would express themselves by other means if a deadlock persists.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Quebec
People's Constituent Assembly
Westminster
Canada
Last day of school brings summer plans for Medicine Hat youths
About 8 000 students in Medicine Hat and Redcliff wrap up the school year at Vincent Massey Elementary and other campuses. Students share hopes for high school, trips to Banff and Winnipeg, camp Elkwater, and long sleeps as they anticipate summer freedom and next year’s changes.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Vincent Massey
Jeff Werre
Janet Knoernschild
Crescent Heights
Banff
Winnipeg
Susan Merritt
Elkwater
Helen Stones
Tracy Sitter
Gopher
Parkside Junior High School
MacGuigan denounces Vietnam invasion as unjustified in ASEAN talks
Canada’s external affairs minister Mark MacGuigan, in Kuala Lumpur, calls Hanoi’s invasion of Cambodian and Thai border villages unjustified and specious, noting refugee flows and a new ASEAN joint stance condemning the incursion. He travels with a five-nation group to bolster economic and environmental cooperation.
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Malaysia
Mark MacGuigan
Vietnam
Hanoi
Thailand
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Cambodia
NATO
Turkey
Afghanistan
Pol Pot
Ankara
Party of Five
Greece
Bangkok
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
Canada
United States
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
India
Heng Samrin
Singapore
Indonesia
Philippines
Five Nations
Petro-Canada revises Alberta oil potential outlook
Petro-Canada told the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board that recoverable oil from new conventional and heavy crude could total about 262.2 million cubic metres with a broader Alberta oil sands contribution potentially reaching six billion cubic metres. The hearing reviewed 20 year projections for production capacity, which is expected to fall to 108 000 cubic metres daily by 1986 before rising to 293 000 by 2000 driven by oil sands.
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Petro-Canada
Alberta
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
Petro- Can
Conservation Board
PetroCan
O Canada Official National Anthem After Bill Passage
MPs in Ottawa sing O Canada in Commons after passing a bill making it the official national anthem. Francophone MPs sing unchanged French lyrics while anglophone MPs adjust the new English version. Royal assent expected today with a ceremonial proclamation on Parliament Hill July 1.
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Canada
Commons
Senate
Parliament Hill
Carter says Europe trip productive despite Afghanistan stalemate
President Carter, returning to Camp David after an eight day European tour, called the trip productive and said allies are united on key issues including Afghanistan. He criticized the Soviet troop withdrawal as a token with little lasting impact and urged complete Soviet withdrawal as the path to peace. France rejected his settlement proposal.
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Carter
Afghanistan
Andrews Air Force Base
Lisbon
U.S
Camp David
Soviet Union
France
Venice
Italy
Canada Faces $550 Million Oil Price Rise Cost
Finance Minister Allan MacEachen told the Commons finance committee that the latest OPEC price hike has pushed the federal oil import compensation cost up to about $3.5 billion annually. He said further increases are expected with Venezuela oil, noting about one third of Canada's imports come from that country.
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Canada
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