Government Cabinet critiques Information Canada agency
Ottawa reveals a cabinet level re evaluation of Information Canada after a critical memorandum by deputy director Robert Phillips. Prime Minister Trudeau and Labor Minister O Connell affirm a thorough review as opposition presses questions about the agency and its director Jean Louis Gagnon.
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Information Canada
Trudeau
Robert A. J. Phillips
Jean Louis Gagnon
Toronto
Martin O'Connell
Phillips
O'Connell
Jean- Louis Gagnon
Royal Commission On Bilingualism
Gagnon
Liberal Federation of Quebec
la Presse
Montreal
le Nouveau Journal
Andre Laurendeau
Northern Ireland
Heath
Unionist Party
Robert Mitchell
Irish Republic
Dundalk
Ulster Crisis Escalates as Sniper Kills Police Sergeant
A young police sergeant died from a sniper bullet in Northern Ireland, the fifth officer killed this year amid rising violence. Sgt. Thomas Morrow was shot in Newry during a factory break in, as unrest spreads across the province with 52 dead this year.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Thomas Morrow
Newry
Ulster
Edward Heath
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
John Stanley seeks Tory nomination in Medicine Hat race
John Stanley 26, president of the local Progressive Conservative association, launched his bid for the Medicine Hat Tory nomination. He argues the federal election will hinge on Canada remaining a constitutional monarchy and criticizes the RCMP insignia petition as political. He teaches English at Crescent Heights High School and plans an early announcement to allow party time to choose a chairman.
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Progressive Conservative Party
Medicine Hat
John Stanley
Stanely
RCMP
Mr. Stanley
Canada
Olson
Stanley
Diefenbaker
Crescent Heights High School
Lougheed government outlines five Tory priorities in throne speech
Alberta’s 17th legislature opens with Peter Lougheed’s PC government reaffirming five priorities: human rights, aid for seniors and families, support for farms and disabled children, and reforms to sterilization law. The throne speech also proposes a $50 million agricultural development fund and an Alberta Opportunity Fund aimed at diversification.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Progressive Conservatives
Social Credit
Grant MacEwan
Lougheed
Premier Denounces Foreign Investment as Red Herring
Edmonton CP Premier Peter Lougheed calls the Lake Louise resort plan a red herring amid debate between conservationists and recreationists. He says foreign investment is not the issue while Alberta reviews oil policy and royalty agreements loom. He notes Syncrude limits on Albertan equity but gives no final positions.
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Edmonton
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Peter Lougheed
Lougheed
Village Lake Louise Ltd
Imperial Oil Ltd
Imperial Oil
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Alberta
Wyse critiques throne speech as a far cry from promises
Medicine Hat Redcliff MLA Bill Wyse blasted Peter Lougheed's throne speech as uninspiring and silent on key issues. He praised the agricultural development fund if used for small family farms and called for clearer plans for the Alberta Opportunity Fund and highway priorities, while questioning the cost of a Hansard and skeptical of new committees for foreign investment and other reforms.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Bill Wyse
Peter Lougheed
Social Credit
Wyse
Alberta
Pioneer 10 Races Toward Jupiter On Space Mission
Cape Kennedy reports Pioneer 10 launched aboard an Atlas Centaur at 8 49 p m EST on a record speed toward Jupiter. The mission aims to pass the asteroid belt, study Jupiter, and potentially voyage beyond the solar system. It carries a gold plaque for alien civilizations and could reach Aldebaran in 1.7 billion years if undisturbed.
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Fla
Pioneer 10
Jupiter
Solar System
Asteroid Belt
Asteroid
Pluto
Aldebaran
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