British frigate fires on Argentine vessel near Falklands
A British warship opened fire in Falkland Sound near Bold, Cove, West Falkland, firing a radar controlled 4.5 inch gun at what reports call an Argentine supply ship. Thatcher convened her war cabinet amid talk of a possible assault on Stanley as Canberra arrives with 2,500 marines and landing craft.
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Associated Press
Britain
Falkland Islands
Argentina
South Atlantic
British Defence Ministry
Ian McDonald
London
Falkland Sound
Bold, Cove
West Falkland
Falklands
McDonald
Stanley
Margaret Thatcher
Canberra
Exeter
Sheffield
Islanders face Canucks in Game Two final clash
In Uniondale tonight the New York Islanders meet the Vancouver Canucks in game two of the Stanley Cup final. Vancouver’s clutch and grab tactics loom as the series resumes with high stakes for both teams.
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New York Islanders
Vancouver Canucks
Uniondale
Langlois to Return From Exile in Cuba
Yves Langlois the last FLQ suspect in the James Cross kidnapping is returning to Canada on June 9. Langlois and four other FLQ members were exiled to Cuba in exchange for Cross’s release two months after his capture and later went to France before Langlois’s return.
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Montreal
Yves Langlois
Front de Liberation du Quebec
James Cross
Canada
Langlois
FLQ
Cross
Cuba
France
Redcliff approves 21 percent property tax hike for 1982
Redcliff council ups residential mill rate from 100 to 120.98 mills lifting a $6 000 home tax from 600 to 720 dollars. Non residential rate rises from 129.18 to 150.08 mills as treasurer Dirkson warns of capital overages and reliance on uncertain land sales to balance the budget.
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Redcliff
Kaye Osgood
John van Dam
Department of Municipal Affairs
Edmonton
Osgood
Art Dirkson
Dirkson
Lockwood
van Dam
Beaufort oil program worth 600 million announced by Ottawa
The Canadian government unveiled a 600 million Beaufort Sea oil and gas exploration program funded largely by taxpayers. Ottawa and Esso Resources Ltd will oversee five years of exploration with major Canadian participation, under the new Canada Oil and Gas Act. The plan aims for high Canadian content in goods and labor, while not prejudicing native land claims and while promising significant Arctic frontier development.
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Ottawa
Beaufort Sea
Esso Resources Ltd
Canada Oil and Gas Act
Marc Lalonde
John Munro
Frontier Exploration
Lalonde
Munro
Hibernia
Newfoundland
Beaufort
UN chief to press Falklands talks for progress
United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar plans more talks with British ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons and Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Enrique Ros after a 90 minute session. Costa Mendez in Buenos Aires expressed moderate hope the peace effort may succeed as both sides seek sovereignty and a workable formula.
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United Nations
Reuter
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Anthony Parsons
Enrique Ros
Ros
Buenos Aires
Nicanor Costa Mendez
MacEachen Blames U S Rates for Global Economy Woes
Paris OECD finance ministers meeting hears Canada pay the price of high U S real interest rates. Allan MacEachen argues deficit reduction in the United States would lower rates worldwide and boost growth while noting Canada's own income pressures.
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Paris
Allan MacEachen
U.S
Canada
Organization For Economic Co-operation and Develop
MacEachen
Finance Ministers
West
Ottawa
Versailles
Clark's Father Dies in Alberta at 71
Ottawa CP report says Charles Clark father of Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark died at his High River home from heart failure. Joe Clark and wife Maureen McTeer traveled to High River. funeral details pending. Survived by wife Grace, sons Joe and Peter and three grandchildren.
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Ottawa (Cp
Charles Clark
Joe Clark
High River
Alta
Maureen McTeer
Clark
Grace
Joe
Peter
Medicine Hat eyes $1 billion in major projects amid downturn
Reinhold Lehr of the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce says over $1 billion in projects are under construction or planned in Medicine Hat, with 164 million already underway. The list details project values, job counts, and completion dates, though some are only planned or depend on market conditions.
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Medicine Hat
Reinhold Lehr
Dave Oliphant
Chamber of Commerce
Cormier
Oliphant
Western Co-operative Fertilizers Limited
CJCY
Savation Army Citadel
Ym-Ymca
Medicine Hat Wholesale Foods
Hill Childhood
Coulee
St. Mary River
Lehr
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U.K
East Falkland
Fearless
Royal Marines
Ascension Island
Ted Grimm
Vancouver
Arthur Erickson
Washington, D.C
William Davis
Ontario
Allan Fotheringham
Ey Ann Landers
Charles Lynch
Renee
Falkland
Sir Anthony
Perez de Cuellar
Paul Strickland
Allands
Alberta
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