Feed grain policy and soybean embargo impact on Medicine Hat MP
Gordon Pollard reports on reactions to a soybean embargo affecting Canada. MP Hargrave warns of tighter cattle feed supplies and soaring soybean prices, risking higher costs and slower meat production. He cites past crop failures in Ontario and potential psychological effects on cattlemen and hog producers.
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West Canadian Microfilm Ltd
West Feed Grain
Medicine Hat
Canada
Car and heating fuels set to triple in price by 2000
A federal energy study warns Canadians face higher fuel costs for heating and driving over the next 25 years. It foresees oil and natural gas prices doubling or tripling by 2000, yet says Canada will have energy supplies to meet needs for the next 80 years. The report outlines oil, gas, coal, hydro and nuclear energy and suggests an export surplus with more reserves.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie Valley
Arctic
Canada
Alaska
Montreal
Venezuela
Middle-East
Hoax dynamite found under bridge ahead of royal visit
A Brantford steeplejack found a package beneath a CN Railway bridge that seemed to contain two sticks of dynamite. Police dismantled it and ruled it a dummy bomb planted as a hoax two hours before Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were to pass.
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Brantford
Ont
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Daniel Webster
Canadian National Railways
Manitoba NDP wins Manitoba election majority
Premier Ed Schreyer's New Democrats secure a majority with about 31 seats, holding off Conservatives at 21 and Liberals at five. Voters rewarded urban Winnipeg and northern Manitoba, while Liberals lose ground. The result prompts renewed debate on Liberal Conservative merger.
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Lilly
Schreyer
Winnipeg
Ed Schreyer
New Democrats
Manitoba
NDP
Conservatives
Liberals
Tories
Canadian officers found safe after Viet Cong roadblock delay
Two Canadian ICCS observers Captain Ian Patton of Toronto and Captain Fletcher Thomson of Ottawa were reported safe after being halted at a Viet Cong roadblock 35 miles east of Saigon. Col. Jim Morrow said they were surrounded in a rubber plantation with about 20 armed Viet Cong, as plans were made to airlift them out on Saturday.
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Saigon
Jim Morrow
Toronto
Montreal
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Ian Patton
Fletcher Thomson
Ottawa
PRG
Morrow
Bien Hoa
Cam Tam
West German mark revalued by over fifty percent
West Germany raised the mark by 50 to 51 percent against seven European currencies, as the dollar slid to record lows on major exchanges. Finance Minister Helmut Schmidt announced the move, with the German central bank stating it would support related currencies if needed and expecting dollar stabilization.
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Ap-Reuter Bonn
West Germany
U.S
Europe
Helmut Schmidt
Frankfurt Foreign Currency Exchange
Cure Schmidt
No action on embargo from Trudeau on U S oilseed ban
Ottawa reports the Canadian government has discussed potential responses to the U S embargo on soybeans soybean oil and cottonseed oil but will take no action at this time Prime Minister Trudeau said after talks with cabinet and officials He noted readiness to act if conditions change while Agriculture Minister Whelan and Fisheries Minister Davis weighed contingency options including unconventional protein sources raised by NDP member Frank Howard
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Ottawa
United States
Trudeau
the Commons
Robert Stanfield
U.S
Stanfield
Eugene Whelan
John Diefenbaker
Washington
Frank Howard
NDP
Skeena
Jack Davis
Hanging bill clears justice committee
Ottawa CP report says a bill to extend the capital punishment ban while lengthening prison terms for murderers cleared the Commons justice committee. It keeps hanging for on duty policemen and prison guards for five more years, sets a 10 year minimum before parole, and allows judges to raise to 20 years.
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Jim Poling
Ottawa
Commons Justice Committee
Warren Allmand
James Jerome
L. Sudbury
Jerome
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Yester
James Ferrabee
Southam News Services
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Donald MacDonald
MacDonald
Social Credit
Col. Morrow
Mark
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Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Justice Committee
Commons
Mr. Allmand
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