Buckingham tornado leaves 36 injured and 150 homeless
A twister struck the Buckingham Masson area injuring 36 and rendering more than 150 homeless. Mayor Reginald Scullion declared a state of emergency seeking federal and provincial aid for about 2 million in damage. Homes were destroyed and inhabitants sought shelter in a hockey arena and town buildings.
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Buckingham, Que
Reginald Scullion
Buckingham-Masson
Scullion
Masson
Ottawa
Assaid
Buckingham
Parliament debates reform plan and sets summer study committee
Liberal and Progressive Conservative MPs unite to back a summer parliamentary committee to study Trudeau's constitutional reform bill. Debate centers on replacing the Senate with a House of Federation, bilingual rights, and unity challenges with some critics quitting the Liberal party.
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Ottawa
New Democratic Party
Social Credit
NDP
Joe Clark
Ed Broadbent
Gerard Laprise
Senate
House of Federation
Commons
Trudeau
Clark
Broadbent
Laprise
Rabbis discuss Jewish life and Quebec tensions
The Central Conference of American Rabbis says Montreal Jews face concerns about separatism while noting strong Canadian Jewish communities in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg and Vancouver. Leaders warn against anti Semitism but emphasize preserving French culture and democratic status.
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Toronto
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Montreal
Ely E. Pilchik
Short Hills
N.J
Association
Canada
Quebec
Pilchik
Winnipeg
Vancouver
W. Gunther Plaut
Canadian Jewish Congress
Arraignment Set in Marion Kidnapping Case
Charles Marion's long running kidnapping case moves forward with the arraignment of two suspects in Sherbrooke Quebec. Police insist only two in custody amid conflicting reports of additional arrests and ongoing investigations into Marion's 82 day captivity.
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Sherbrooke
Que
Credit Union
Charles Marion
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Carol Gaudet
Marion
Stoke
Ottawa hearings set on reform of commodity tax system
The Commons public accounts committee will hold hearings this summer into proposals to reform Canada's 6.2 billion dollar a year commodity tax system. The taxes fund the federal treasury and include a 12 percent general sales tax with exceptions, plus varying excise duties on items like jewellery wine tobacco and gasoline.
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Ottawa
Commons Public Accounts Committee
Canada
Bell urged to offer bargain-rate multi party phone service
Ottawa hearing heard Bell Canada's would be forced to provide a no-frills multi-party telephone option at half present household rates. The plan targets low income pensioners students and even wealthy users preferring less service and privacy. Arthur Hall of Advanced Decision Handling argued subsidies and higher rates for others are unnecessary.
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Ottawa
Bell Canada
Canadian Radiotelevision and Communications Commission
Inuit Tapirisat
Eskimo Brotherhood
1’Association Des Consommateurs du Canada (Quebec) Inc
Tagramiut Nipingrat Inc
Arthur Hall
Advanced Decision Handling
Falls Church
Virginia
Bell
Engine damaged as bird remains found near Air Canada DC-9 crash
Transport Canada says one engine was damaged and bird remains found on the Toronto runway after an Air Canada DC-9 crash that killed two and injured 105. Investigators recover the cockpit flight recorder and plan seven to ten days of further analysis.
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Royal Canadian Region
Wayne Ouellette
Ouellette
Masson
Toronto
Transport Canada
Air Canada
National Research Council
Ottawa
John Cavill
Ministry of Transport
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Brooks Building Movers Ltd
Medicine Hat
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Alberta
FBDB
Deel Business Development Bank
4Th Avenue
Lethbridge
BBC
Beef Information Centre
11Th Avenue S. E
Calgary
James Richardson
Liberal Party
Richardson
Marion Case
Caisse Populaire de
Sherbrooke-Est
Radio-Canada
Photo-Police
Montreal Street School
Air Canada Jet
Mary Scrase
Victoria
B.C
Frank
Irwin Theodore Childs
United States
Thomas Daglish
Daglish
Shelton
Ministry
Ns Rilard A Piatti
F. Scott 9
F.sc Co. Ltd
14Th St. S.W
Redicine Hat
Sam Stone
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