Greenpeace hovercraft damaged delaying East Coast seal protest
In Halifax harbor Greenpeace mechanics guarded a disabled eight passenger hovercraft as two local men spent the night in jail on vandalism charges. Patrick Moore says the craft cannot be repaired in time for the planned protest against Canada's seal hunt.
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Halifax
Halifax Harbor
Canada
Hovercraft vandalism leaves craft grounded on ice
Vandals damaged the hovercraft skirt causing loss of lift and propulsion leaving the craft stranded. Mechanics watch over it overnight as two small three passenger models are prepared for ice work aboard the Rainbow Warrior. Greenpeace and Dartmouth RCMP report ongoing incidents and arraignments.
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Dartmouth Rcmp
Bob Cummings
Greenpeace
Clark demands Grits change energy security omnibus bill
Conservative Leader Joe Clark threatened to prolong a boycott of Commons business until next week to demand changes to the Energy Security Act. The Liberal government faces a possible delay as the Tories push to split the omnibus bill and remove Canadianization measures, while bells rang through the night and MPs remained in caucus.
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Parliament Hill
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John Crosbie
Kesler’s budget for legislature debated in Alberta
Western Canada Concept leader Gordon Kesler will receive about half the office budget of NDP Leader Grant Notley for the next fiscal year. Kesler, the first separatist MLA elected in Western Canada, did not attend a legislative services committee meeting where his staff funding was set at parity with independent Tom Sindlinger, while Notley’s official party budget exceeds Kesler’s.
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Western Canada
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Gerard Amerongen
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Connie Osterman
Three Hills
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Alberta
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Social Credit Party
Conservatives
Nova Scotia offshore pact gives Ottawa control of resource development
Ottawa reaches a 42 year agreement with Nova Scotia to govern offshore oil and gas. The deal shifts most tax revenue to the federal government, funds Nova Scotia development with 200 million between 1984 and 1987, and creates a federal provincial board with Ottawa holding a majority.
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Nova Scotia
Marc Lalonde
Newfoundland
John Buchanan
Sable Island
Nova Sobia
Lalonde
Brian Peckford
Peckford
Canada
East Coast Petroleum
Canada Bill study resumes in House of Commons
In London MPs reopen committee deliberations on Canada's constitutional patriation bill with focus on native rights and Quebec's veto claim. Sir John Biggs-Davison's amendment to delay the bill until after Quebec's legal challenge is argued March 15, while language rights and amending procedures are also on the agenda.
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Canada
House of Commons
Quebec
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Government of
Quebec Court of Appeal
Weather Snow Spreads Across Regions With Severe Cold
Periods of snow bring high temperatures around minus nine and lows near minus eighteen as forecasts show continued harsh winter conditions. A weather map on page twenty four illustrates the spread.
Senator Lowell Murray payment fuels Tory dissent in Canada
Ottawa reports reveal Conservative dissidents accuse Joe Clark of using party funds to pay Senator Lowell Murray 60000 annually as national campaign chairman in addition to his 56000 senate salary. Murray called the claims mischievous while others defend the practice as traditional.
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Charles Pitts
Allister Grosart
Grosart
Keith Davey
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