Abortion on demand called a form of rape by doctor
Dr Lise Fortier a Montreal gynecologist at Notre Dame hospital told delegates at a national family planning conference that denying abortion on demand is a form of rape. She blasted the Canadian abortion law as unjust and urged repeal to let doctors decide with patients. The conference opened amid debate on funding and access for low income Canadians, with Health Minister John Munro announcing grants to promote and train family planning services.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Montreal
Lise Fortier
Fortier
Notre Dame Hospital
Federal Health and Welfare Department
Dr. Fortier
Dr. Pool
John Munro
National Health and Welfare
Munro
Southam
Alaska to Midwest gas pipeline price hits five billion
A Calgary based Northwest Project Study Group cites delays inflation and design changes as the reason for a five billion dollar price tag for a 2500 mile trans Canada Alaska gas line to Emerson Manitoba. The plan would deliver 3.4 bcfd with start in 1978 and full capacity by 1980, facing regulatory hurdles and competing Arctic gas projects.
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Washington
Alaska
Canadian Northwest
Wilber H. Mack
Northwest Project Study Group
Mack
Ottawa
Lee Hurd
Calgary
Hurd
Prudhoe Bay
United States
Emerson
Man
U.S
Trans- Alaska
U.s.-Canada
Geoffroy Uses Dead Cousin Identity in Passport Fraud
Escaped murderer Yves Geoffroy posed as Real Lafond, a dead cousin of his bride Carmen Parent. The suspect’s fraudulent passport cites Joliette birthplace and April 25 1934 as birth date, diverging by one day from the real April 24 1934 baptism record.
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George Radwanski
The
Gazette
Montreal
Yves Geoffroy
Carmen Parent
Joseph Holand
Real Lafond
St. Alphonse de Rodriguez
Joliette
Lucien Lafond
Geoffrey
Real Roland Lafond
Lafond
Carmen
Geoffroy
Ottawa
lAssumption
NEWSman to cover legislature in Edmonton session
The NEWS premiers a dedicated legislative reporter Gordon Pollard to cover Alberta's legislature in Edmonton for the first month of the sitting. Pollard returns to The NEWS after three years with the Canadian Press Bureau in Ottawa and as Brantford Expositor editorial writer.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Edmonton
Gordon Pollard
University of Victoria
New York
Columbia University
Canadian Press Parliamentary Bureau
Ottawa
Brantford
Ont
Air traffic to resume as technicians return to work
National air traffic returns to normal as Toronto and Montreal technicians resume duties after a union vote. Helivax staff resume with work to rule, while talks continue on a new contract reached in Ottawa offering retroactive pay from July and raises from 14 to 22 percent over 25 months.
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Toronto International
Toronto
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Montreal International
Helivax
Ottawa
Union
Treasury Board
Trudeau apologizes for language on CHUM call in Toronto
Prime Minister Trudeau apologized for using profanity in the Commons and declined a cup of coffee invitation from a Toronto dress shop owner. He spoke on CHUM radio taking calls on abortion unemployment and more. He urged responsible decisions on abortion and said the state cannot guarantee jobs for all graduates.
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Toronto
Trudeau
CHUM
Two Cubans demand asylum at Ottawa embassy standoff
Two Canadians held hostage by two Cuban asylum seekers in Havana confronted by guards Stephen Williams and Normand Mongeon. The pair, armed with a knife and a pistol, released after two hours of talks with Ambassador Kenneth Brown and another two hours in his office. No injuries were reported.
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Ottawa
Havana
External Affairs Department
Department
Kenneth Brown
Stephen Williams
Kingston
Ont
Normand Mongeon
Rigoberto Polo
Evarista Emilion Perez
Brown
Mr. Brown
Vienna
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Asutumn
Beaton Joins Four-Way Curling Tie For Lead
Polly Beaton of Alberta upset undefeated Manitoba 10 8 in the Canadian Women's Curling Championships fifth round. The result left four teams tied for first at 4 1 including Lee Tobin Quebec Aadress Williamson Manitoba Vera Peter Saskatchewan and Beaton’s Medicine Hat rink.
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Saskatoon
Polly Beaton
Alberta
Manitoba
Lee Tobin
Quebec
Aadress Williamson
Vera Peter
Saskatchewan
Miss Beaton
Medicine Hat
Marie Toole
Prince Edward Island
Sue Ann Bartlett
Newfoundland
Sharon Bettesworth
British Columbia
Sheila McLeod
New Brunswick
Helen Rowe
Nova Scotia
Helen Sillman
Ontario
FAFTH
Pei
Mberta
New Bruns
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By Peter Calamas
Family Planning Federation of Canada
Serena of
Hull
Municipal Planning Commission
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions
Northwest Group
Northwest
Gas Arctic Study Group
Canadian Arctic
Cy Rolofski
Gas Arctic
NATO
NORAD
E. J. Benson
Centre
Commons Defence Committee
Gordon
Bride
Laura Sabin
St. Catharines
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