Foam removal option offered to urea formaldehyde victims
Ottawa faced a shift as Consumer Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet allowed federal help for removing foam insulation from homes. The program keeps a $5,000 per family limit with $110 million total, but now families can demand complete foam removal if desired. Rick Patten on the advisory council welcomed the change and urged broader future changes.
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Ottawa
Andre Ouellet
Ouellet
Quellet
Rick Patten
Canadian rail unions sign tentative contracts
Canadian unions representing about 35,000 railway workers sign tentative deals identical to April offers. The packages include a 12 percent wage rise backdated to January 1, a nine percent increase next year, and unchanged work rules and benefits. Machinists at Air Canada sign a separate tentative pact.
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David Gerlovitz
Montreal
Canadian National
CP Rail
District Lodge 148
The
International Association of Machinists
Air Canada
United Transportation Union
Tungsten rods found in gold bars in Toronto scam
Toronto police investigate the replacement of gold bar cores with tungsten rods. The forged bars show outer gold casings with tungsten interiors, risking market panic. Police note many bars remain unchecked in vaults and that the alteration requires precision engineering.
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Toronto
Johnson Matthey
Precious Metals
Rates Increase For The Medicine Hat News Subscriptions
The Medicine Hat News publishes an August 30 1982 notice announcing higher home delivery rates due to production costs. Carrier delivery goes to 1.25 per week with 8.5 percent to the carrier. yearly and six month terms updated. motor route and rural school subscriptions set at 58.00 per year. prepayments honoured at old rates until expiry. renewals for office paid subscribers by August 28 1982.
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Medicine Hat News
Inco pact tentative as strike drags on to October
A tentative agreement ends a month long strike between Inco Metals Co and United Steelworkers Local 6200 in Port Colborne and Local 6500 in Sudbury. Ratification is pending as operations face three month shutdowns and layoffs with possible weekly benefits.
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Eugene Ellmen
Toronto
Inco Metals Co
United Steelworkers of America
Victor Pathe
Ontario Ministry of Labor
Ontario
Sudbury
Port Colborne
Ministry of Labor
Tanker Imperial Acadia Refloated After Grounding Near Port Aux Basques
Imperial Acadia, a 10 000 tonne tanker owned by Imperial Oil Ltd, ran aground near the harbor entrance at Port aux Basques. About 200 barrels of diesel leaked but crew contained the spill. no injuries among 25 crew. The vessel floated free at high tide and proceeded to Halifax. Coast Guard to investigate the grounding.
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Port Aux Basques
Mfld
Imperial Acadia
Imperial Oil Ltd
Canadian Coast Guard
Imperial Oil
Halifax
Coast Guard
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Ed Schreyer
Rolly Fox
Bill Davis
Terry Fox
Terry Fox Scenic Lookout
Thunder Bay
Fox
Shopcraft
Association Machinists
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Medicine Hat Innsh Street
5Th Avenue
S.E
Medicine Hat
Ronald K. LaFournie
W. C
Bill
Scott
Federal Business Development Bank
Banque Federale DE Developpement
4Th Avenue
Lethbridge
Zenith
Canada
Allowance Ave
the Medicine Hot News
Medicine 4 Hat News
Larried
Inco Pact
Morry Brown
Batus
Downtown Business Association
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