Mulroney and Crosbie enter PC leadership race
Brian Mulroney and John Crosbie announce bids for the Progressive Conservative leadership. Mulroney, Iron Ore Co. of Canada president, plans a March campaign launch with possible Ottawa or Montreal events. Crosbie signals a March announcement with a policy statement, while MPs predict other notable entrants may join.
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Crosbie
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Michael Wilson
Party
Peter Blaikie
Western
Canada
Air talks bubble on make or break session
Canadian and U.S. negotiators resume air transport policy talks in a key session as about 50 000 travellers on cut rate Air Canada and six U S airlines await word on fare scrapping. Washington demands linked air travel between Canada and Australia. A Canadian spokesman said today could decide if a deal is reached.
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Australia
Marc Lortie
Alberta pledges to keep oil price subsidy under 75 percent
Premier Peter Lougheed said Alberta will not extend subsidies as oil prices fall, arguing the 1981 energy pact set a 75 percent ceiling but did not contemplate price drops. He urged aligning with world prices but will continue informing central Canadians about provincial gasoline taxes.
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Peter Lougheed
Trudeau Blames Alberta Over Oil Price Pact Fallout
Prime Minister Trudeau in the Commons blamed Alberta for the threat to an agreement that keeps Canadian crude prices near 75 percent of world levels. Alberta’s Peter Lougheed disputes the 1981 pact, arguing it should not cap the domestic price if world oil surges and the wellhead price sits around 29.75 dollars per barrel.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Commons
Peter Lougheed
Jean Chretien
Ottawa funds 35 million to back private TV drama and kids
Ottawa announces a 35 million dollar fund to spur private production for CBC TV and private networks, rising to 60 million in five years. The program, administered by the CFDC, backs drama variety and children's shows with a one to two matching plan and aims to shape a new national broadcasting policy.
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National Broadcasting
Francis Fox
Canadian Film Development Corp
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Mark Rose
New Democratic Party
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Medicine Hat Faces Question Over Prostate Cancer Rates
A Canadian Journal of Public Health report shows Medicine Hat's prostate cancer rate at 53.2 per 100 000, above Alberta's 34.6 average, sparking caution from Allan Doyle and Dr. Edgar Contan about linking cadmium in drinking water to the higher incidence. Cowtan notes possible noncadmium factors. Water tests show cadmium below 0.001 ppm per Alberta study, with officials unavailable for comment.
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Cancer Society
Canadian Journal of Public Health
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Canadian Cancer Society
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South Saskatchewan
Bow River
Old Man River
Frank Wetsch
Wetsch
Contan
Cowtan
University of Calgary
University of Alberta
Ken Clementi
John Dunlop
Ottawa defends past chemical tests as defence only
Defence Minister says Canada conducted no offensive chemical, biological or radiological testing from the 1940s to 1960s, countering New Democrat allegations based on declassified U.S. documents about Suffield experiments in Alberta. He called the claims historical and not fully known to him.
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U.S
Suffield Experimental Station
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de Jong
Suffield
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