Trudeau ridicules Tory energy policy and Petro Canada talk
Prime Minister Trudeau mockingly questioned Tory oil and gas plans and pressed for details on energy pricing. He praised Petro Canada while noting calls to review it and quoted Canadian and Newfoundland MPs on its future. Trudeau warned Ottawa will defend national interests and constitutional powers.
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Donsella
Joe
Petro‘Canada
John Crosbie
Petro- Canada
David Crombie
Clark
Petro Canada
Newfoundland
James McGrath
Lougheed
Canada
Ottawa
Peace treaty signing set for Monday at White House
The Egyptian Israeli peace accord will be signed under a tent on the White House North Lawn at 2 p.m. Monday with leaders Sadat and Begin. Security blocks protest near the White House and Lafayette Park. Sadat and Begin stay at the Egyptian embassy and a hotel.
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White House
Lafayette Park
Menachem Begin
Israel
Anwar el-Sadat
Egypt
Sadat
Manus J. Fish
National Capital Region
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White House Sidwalk
Carter
Begin
Oval Office
British diplomat Sir Richard Sykes Shot Outside Hague Residence
Sir Richard Sykes Britain's ambassador to the Netherlands and his valet died after being shot outside the ambassador’s residence in The Hague. Two gunmen escaped after opening fire as Sykes prepared to depart for the embassy. Witnesses described two men in dark suits aged 35 to 40. No motive given. Sykes had been a security expert for British diplomats and had served in multiple capitals.
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Sykes
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Dublin
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Britain
Washington
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Athens
Peking
Santiago
South Africa accused of meddling in U S Senate race
Eschel M. Rhoodie, a deposed South African official, reportedly says Pretoria interfered in the U S election to defeat Sen. Dick Clark. He claims a secret $73 million program funded propaganda and influence operations, while Jepsen defeats Clark. Jepsen calls the charge ridiculous. Rhoodie is proffering tapes for sale.
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South Africa
Information Ministry
Europe
United States
Dick Clark
Iowa
Rhoodie
Bureau of State Security
Clark
Roger W. Jepsen
Jepsen
Unity force issues rebuttal to the unity crisis report
The nine member task force released a 150 page rebuttal titled A Time to Speak. It argues Canadians view unity as real and pressing and urges faster political action ahead of the Quebec referendum. Co chair Jean Luc Pepin said Canadians speak with passion and emotion about Canada’s future.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commission Cochairman
Jean Luc Pepin
Confederation
Ross Marks
British Columbia
Pepin
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
Charette pleads guilty to 1968 terrorist bombings
Jean-Pierre Charette former FLQ member pleaded guilty to three charges from 1968 bombings. He returned from exile in Cuba to face the case and was ordered held pending sentencing after previously being free. He is also wanted in the United States for hijacking a National Airlines flight to Havana.
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Jean-Pierre Charette
Front de Liberation du Quebec
Charette
Cuba
United States
National Airlines
Havana
Ottawa approves plan to recover Kurdistan oil
Ottawa approves towing the stern section of the British tanker Kurdistan to Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia after owners post a 50 million bond and follow environmental safeguards. The bow will be sunk at sea and a coast guard vessel will aid the operation. The plan avoids repeating 1971 oil spill in nearby waters.
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Port Hawkesbury
N.S
Otto Lang
Cape Breton
Lang
Bond
Coast Guard
Chedabucto Bay
Arrow
Juno Awards honor top Canadian recording artists
Prime Minister Trudeau praised the Canadian recording industry as a multibillion-dollar trade while Hank Snow received a Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction. Winners include Anne Murray, Burton Cummings, Dan Hill, Rush, Nick Gilder, Claudia Barry, Jerry Doucette, and Gino Vannelli with production honors shared by Joe and Ross Vannelli.
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Canada
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Burton Cummings
Dan Hill
Rush
Trudeau
Hank Snow
Pulp and Paper
Snow
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Montreal
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Cummings
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Levesque
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Claudia Barry
Jerry Doucette
Doucette
Ken Friesen
Gino Vannelli
Labrels
Joe and
Ross
Tuno
The
Good Brothers
Ronnie Prophet
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