Gas station owners win bid to adjourn federal appeal
In Toronto, two independent gas station owners secured a court adjournment of the federal government appeal over selling gasoline by gallons. The county court granted the delay until September, keeping the metric debate on hold over the summer. Lawyer Jack Zwicker volunteered to represent Halpert and Christiansen after their finances faltered.
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Metric
Toronto
Jack Zwicker
Jack Halpert
Ray Christiansen
Group home shut down amid molestation photos allegations
Edmonton police report a group home for emotionally troubled youths was closed as a precautionary measure after allegations linking it to pornographic photographs. Social Services Minister Neil Weber said the move followed complaints raised last week in the legislature.
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Group Home
Edmonton
Neil Weber
Weeber
Strawberry growers fear disastrous BC season
Record rainfall and a saturated North American market hit British Columbia strawberry growers hard. Cornelius Penner, secretary of the Strawberry Growers Association, says continuous rain worsens root-rot and compounds already high winter crop damage for the 210-member group.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Cornelius Penner
Strawberry Growers Association
Iraq tightens sea blockade as Hussein vows power to hit Kharg Island
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declared a strengthened sea blockade aimed at destroying Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal and a broader Gulf port complex. He warned of weapons capable of demolishing Kharg Island itself as U.S. intervention rumors circulated amid Gulf shipping attacks.
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Associated Press
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Persian Gulf
Iraq
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Gulf
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Libya
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Gulf States
New York
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Saudi Arabia
Fahd
Richard Murphy
Washington
Reagan reassures allies on Central America and Gulf stance
President Reagan says the United States is not preparing to send troops to Central America or the Persian Gulf but vows to keep Gulf oil lanes open. He cautions that a large U.S. role in a Middle East war is very unlikely and asks Congress for 62 million dollars in aid to El Salvador. He notes U.S. oil imports from the region are about three percent.
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Washington
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Middle East
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United States
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Air Canada names Claude Taylor chairman in reshuffle
Air Canada president Claude Taylor was named chairman of Canada’s largest carrier, replacing interim chair Gene Francolini after Rene Amyot’s ouster. The move, announced by Transport Minister Lloyd Axworthy, leaves questions about who holds real power as the airline enters deregulation.
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Dave Todd
Southam News
Ottawa — Air Canada
Claude Taylor
Canada
Lloyd Axworthy
Taylor
Gene Francolini
Rene Amyot
Quebec City
Axworthy
Air Canada
J ~ Taylor
Ottawa
Montrel
Axworthy Crown
Liberal
Bryce Mackasey
Amyot
Pierre Jeanniot
Ottawa to discipline prison staff over Boden day pass escape
Disciplinary action including suspensions and pay loss will be imposed on several Laval prison staff after Wayne Boden, serving life for four murders, escaped from a Montreal restaurant on an eight hour day pass. Kaplan refused to name disciplined individuals. sources say including the arts instructor and the warden. The escape, after Boden was granted the pass despite a Parole Board warning, lasted 36 hours before recapture.
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Leslie Shepherd
Ottawa
Wayne Boden
Robert Kaplan
Kaplan
Commons Justice Committee
Boden
Montreal
Laval
Solicitor General's Department
National
Dust clouds farmers' horizons on the prairies
Patrick Nagle reports wind erosion spreading dust across southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan as dry spring conditions return. Farmers recall 1930s Dust Bowl losses while winter moisture remains low and summer fallow persists, with wind erosion threatening topsoil and farm stability.
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Whitewood
Sask
Regina
Brandon
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
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