Committee to probe Mackasey lobbying allegations
In Ottawa the Commons privileges and elections committee will investigate claims that Liberal MP Bryce Mackasey was paid to lobby for a Quebec firm seeking government contracts. Speaker Jeanne Sauve said the charges threaten the House and impede Mackasey’s work, while Mackasey urges a swift resolution.
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Liberal
Bryce Mackasey
Quebec
Commons
Privileges and Elections Committee
Montreal Gazette
Mackasey
Jeanne Sauve
Sauve
Progressive Conservatives
Ontario
Lincoln
Japan declines to guaranty Dome LNG loan
Japan National Oil Corporation will not guarantee a 2.4 billion dollar Eximbank loan for Dome Petroleum to export liquefied natural gas to Japanese utilities. JOC cited budget limits and Dome’s debt. Dome spokesman Doug Evans denied any financing shortfall.
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Southam News
Tokyo
Japan National Oil Corporation
Dome Petroleum
JOC
Government Oil Corporation
Nissho-Iwai Trading Company
Dome
Eximbank
Japan
Tokyo Shimbun
Doug Evans
Calgary
Suspect Denied Bail in Brooks Shooting Case
John William Cherpak, 46, of Rainier Alberta, remains in custody after a bail hearing denied on second-degree murder charges. RCMP say a March 18 Brooks home shooting left 18-year-old Frank George Wells dead. Judge L D MacLean barred publication of bail-hearing evidence. Cherpak reserved plea to Thursday for election of trial method.
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John William Cherpak
Court of Queen’s Bench
Cherpak
Rainier
Alta
RCMP
Brooks
Frank George Wells
Say Rcmp
L.D. MacLean
Yalden warns Trudeau on danger to bilingualism
Official Languages Commissioner Max Yalden warns bilingualism remains at risk less than a year after constitutional rights. He urged the Trudeau administration to show leadership as public service lags in bilingual delivery and minority language education may decline. Yalden released a sharp report to the House of Commons urging action to revive momentum.
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Ottawa
Max Yalden
Trudeau
Canada
Yalden
House of Commons
City discusses cemetery plot transfers and policy change
Alderman Pete Simpson chairs a Parks Advisory Board review on banning transfer of Hillside Cemetery plots. The board cites bookkeeping confusion and blocked plot use, proposing city buyback at original price. Simpson and Al Hagan urge deeper investigation and alternative fixes.
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Pete Simpson
Community Services Committee
Parks Advisory Board
Hillside Cemetery
Parks Board
Clark battles for life on 112th day with artificial heart
Arti ficial heart recipient Barney Clark, 62, fights a worsening fever of 38.8 degrees as doctors run more tests for a puzzling ailment that threatens his kidneys. His wife Una Loy stays at his bedside while university officials caution the outcome remains uncertain though death is not imminent.
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Salt Lake City
Barney Clark
Clark
Una Loy
John Dwan
University of Utah Medical Centre
Cancer rates around Hillspring no higher than province
Edmonton CP reports that cancer rates near the Hillspring area downstream from a Gulf Canada sour gas plant are not higher than in other Alberta regions. Minister Neil Webber rejects opposition claims of elevated cancer incidence, citing no evidence of increased rates.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Neil Webber
Jack Ady
Hillspring
Gulf Canada
Grant Notley
Webber
Begin vows to fight on after Israel pres elects Herzog
Prime Minister Menachem Begin plans to keep his coalition after a parliamentary defeat. Chaim Herzog won the presidency 61 to 57, defeating Begin’s choice Menachem Elon. Five coalition members voted for Herzog, two abstained. Begin aides said the coalition would stay intact despite calls to dissolve.
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Reuter
Menachem Begin
Israel
Begin
Chaim Herzog
Supreme Court
Menachem Elon
Herzog
Elon
Knesset
Likud
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