Diana and Charles Charm Seniors in Charlottetown Visit
The couple greeted about 10,000 cheering residents in Charlottetown before a 45 minute stop at Summerset Manor in Summerside where 90 year old Anna MacLellan teased Diana about kissing her husband and Mildred Callbeck, 84, was denied an autograph. The royal visit wraps as they head toward Edmonton.
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P.E.I
Anna MacLellan
Diana
Princess of Wales
MacLellan
Charles
Summerset Manor
Ing
Mildred Callbeck
Callbeck
Italian election shocks Christians as CD collapse looms
Italy's Christian Democrats posted their worst general election showing, winning 32.4 percent and 120 Senate seats, while the Communists held solid and the Socialist Movement and Socialists rose, triggering stock market drops and talks of a premiership shift.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democrats
Christian Democrat
Socialist Movement
Trudeau to speak on economic fight
Prime Minister Trudeau will address Canadians on the six-and-five restraint program and the economy in a 15 minute CBC broadcast at 7 p m local time in western provinces. He will report progress on inflation and recovery and may announce caps grants conditioned on wages and prices within guidelines. The speech comes as Conservatives attack six-and-five with data on department salaries and alleged inflationary effects.
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John Ferguson
Southam
Ottawa
Trudeau
CBC
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Marc Lalonde
Government expands training posts for women in centres
Ottawa moves to increase women’s access to provincial training centres raising the share of seats reserved for women to 30 percent from 20 percent. The plan includes higher living, training and child care subsidies starting Sept 1 and expanded allowances for those in training without unemployment benefits. Extra child care and housing supports are outlined for single earners and those supporting multiple dependants.
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Ottawa
Lloyd Axworthy
Axworthy
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Ottawa deal trims Canada market share for Japanese cars
Ottawa unveiled a new import restraint agreement limiting Japanese automakers in Canada. The pact reduces their access, reshaping competition as Canadian manufacturers seek to protect market share. Officials described the measure as stabilizing trade and protecting domestic industry.
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Ottawa
Sikh curfew in Punjab after militant campaign deaths
In a northern Punjab city police enforce a curfew after five people die in a Sikh militant drive for religious and political concessions. The event is part of ongoing unrest amid regional tensions.
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Punjab
Lea
Edmonton search continues for missing 10 year old boy
City workers combed man hole shafts in Mill Woods but found no body of 10 year old Stephen Clarke who authorities believe drowned when a sewer whirlpool sucked him in during a weekend storm. Water levels must drop for more access and the body may surface in the North Saskatchewan River after extensive river patrols.
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Edmonton
Mill Woods
Jim Howse
Howse
Sanitation Department
Brenda McDowall
Stephen Clarke
Howie
North Saskatchewan
BC Transit War Over Logo Sparks Federal Dispute
BC Liberal Senator Ray Perrault declared a political fight with Ottawa over credit for ALRT funding after the federal logo was omitted from 114 Ontario built rail cars. Grace McCarthy said an inside sign and future plaques fulfill the agreement, while Perrault warned federal funding could be at risk.
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Pierre Trudeau
British Columbia
B.C
Ray Perrault
Perrault
Canada
Ontario
Trudeau
Bennett
Grace McCarthy
McCarthy
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