Strikes threaten suspension of wheat sales
The Vancouver port shutdowns by two strikes threaten to halt Canadian Wheat Board sales to foreign customers and stop grain deliveries to Prairie elevators. An 11 member advisory panel warned Ottawa that two separate strikes must be settled before shipments resume.
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Nick Hills
Southam Western Bureau
Vancouver
Canadian Wheat Board
Ottawa
Wheat Board
Canada
Japan
United States
Australia
PSAC strike stalls as pickets hit Ottawa post office
PSAC workers in Ottawa form picket lines as bargaining stalls enter day 17. Toronto is warned of potential midnight disruption while several provinces report layoffs, route suspensions, and airport closures due to walkouts.
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Public Service Alliance of Canada
PSAC
Ottawa
Toronto
Treasury Board
Jean Chretien
The
Commons
Claude Edwards
British Columbia
Vancouver
Quesnel
Williams Lake
Prince George
Whitehorse
Yukon
Atlantic Provinces
Halifax
Moncton
N.B
Saint John
St. John’s
Mld
Ed Roworth
Post Office
Prairies
Thunder Bay
Ont
Toronto International
Montreal
Information Canada
Canadian Forces
Shearwater
N.S
Six killed in head-on collision west of Edmonton
An Evansburg family of five and a 50 year old Legal woman died in a Monday head-on crash on Highway 16 about 40 miles west of Edmonton. Victims were Albert Diesing 45 Laverna Diesing 40 and sons Alvin 15 Timmy 8 and William 13. The other vehicle’s occupants Lea Brission Laurier Brission Corrine Brission and Lucille Bergevin were injured in fair condition. RCMP cited blowing snow and extreme ice on a flat stretch near Wabamun at 11:55 a.m.
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Wabaman
Alta
Evansburg
Legal
Edmonton
RCMP
Albert Diesing
Laverna
Alvin
Timmy
William
Lea Brission
Laurier
Corrine
Prince George
B.C
Lucille Bergevin
Wabamun
Marchand promises details of changes to freight rates
Transport Minister Jean Marchand told the Commons transport committee that corrective action has been taken on western complaints about freight costs and more reform is planned. He would share details with the committee once western provinces agree to publication, but did not set a timeline.
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Ottawa
Jean Marchand
Commons
Tran Sport Committee
Marchand
Confederation
Canada
West
Alberta
Don Mazankowski
Vegreville
Calgary
Mazankowski
Ontario
British Columbia
Prairies
Rocket Attacks Hit Phnom Penh and Battambang Shops
Communist led insurgents fired over 30 rockets into Phnom Penh airport and at least nine into the city causing seven injuries. In Battambang, over 1,000 students ransacked Chinese shops after clashes. Early reports cited light airport damage and ongoing shelling later in the day.
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Phnom Penh
Battambang
Opposition's targets missing from House dredging debate
In Ottawa the opposition pressed in the Commons but key ministers were absent as Prime Minister Trudeau travels Europe. Munro may resign over Hamilton dredging allegations. Marchand and Allmand were away with government aides citing hospital and other duties.
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Ottawa
Commons
Trudeau
Europe
Robert Stanfield
Labor
John Munro
Transport
Jean Marchand
Warren Allmand
Government House
Mitchell Sharp
Gone West
Allmand
Regina
RCMP
Marchand
Montreal
Andre Ouellet
Munro
Hamilton
Former West Berlin mayor Albertz flown to West Germany in Lorenz kidnapping case
Heinrich Albertz traveled from Frankfurt to West Berlin by U.S. military plane to broadcast a statement from five anarchists held by kidnappers who demand their refuge in Aden. The Movement of the 2nd of June insists Lorenz remains alive and free only after the prisoners’ fate is resolved.
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Aden
Addis Ababa
Germany
Lorenz
West Berlin
West Germany
South Yemen
Tripoli
Syria
Damascus
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Bonn
Peter Lorenz
Christian Democratic Party
Lufthansa
Frankfurt
Pastor Albertz
Berger inquiry opens amid clash over Mackenzie Valley pipeline
The Berger inquiry into the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline began in Yellowknife with Pipeline Commissioner Thomas R. Berger and his team facing sharp exchanges between the government of Canada and Canadian Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd. The open session outlined the probe’s aim to assess social economic and environmental impacts and set possible terms for a right of way. The inquiry promises a long difficult process with promises of openness.
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Yellowknife
N.W.T
Berger
Mackenzie Valley
Forest of Arrows
Government of Canada
Canadian Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Chief Commission
Ian Scott
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Harrold
North America
Federal Treasury Board
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Peter Monk
Seattle
Fred Spoke
Michael Tams
Taber
Roy van Seters
Katherine Eckel
Sask
Denise Segal
Winnipeg
Sharp
Lincoln Alexander
Hamilton West
James McGrath
St. John’s East
McGrath
Joint Commons
Senate Committee
Robert Andras
House
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