Rain fails to stop Kenora area wildfire across Ontario
Kenora Ontario battles Kenora 23 fire spanning over 125000 acres as rain brings lightning risks. About 250 residents from Reddit and Ena evacuated by bus to Kenora while 150 cottagers flee seven townships toward Dryden. Madsen and Starrat Olson fire nears hamlets 110 kilometres northeast prompting evacuations.
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Reddit
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Dryden
Mexican President Arrives for Three Day State Visit
Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo arrives at 9 04 a m EDT at Ottawa for a three day state visit greeted at base by Gov Gen Ed Schreyer and envoys Augustin Barrios Gomez and Claude Charland. He will meet Prime Minister Trudeau, address Senate and Commons, attend ballet Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and a state dinner.
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Canadian Forces Base
Ottawa South
Ed Schreyer
Augustin Barrios Gomez
Canada
Claude Charland
Mexico
Lopez Portillo
Trudeau
Senate
Commons
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Government House
Bob Clark to resign leadership of the Socreds
Edmonton Social Credit leader Bob Clark announces his resignation from the party leadership. He will not seek the leadership at the March convention and will remain MLA for Olds Didsbury through at least one more term. Clark seeks a newer, tougher leadership style and will not endorse possible successors.
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Social Credit
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Clark
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Dick Collver
Collver
Saskatchewan
Clover Bar Sacred Wall Buck
Ray Speaker
Little Bow
Calgary
Rod Sykes
Olds- Didsbury
Bush Drops Out of Presidential Race in 1980
In Houston George Bush ends his two year bid for the presidency leaving the Republican nomination to Ronald Reagan after networks say Reagan has enough delegates. Carter nears Democratic convention victory over Kennedy setting November matchup.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Bush
Reagan
Carter
Edward Kennedy
Explosion at Edmonton Airport Destroys Tanker Truck
A tanker truck being filled at Edmonton International Airport exploded and burned out of control early today. The driver fled unharmed as airport crews and volunteers fought the fire with foam to prevent spread to nearby storage tanks. Two other trucks were removed from danger.
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Leduc
Mount St Helens Erupts Again in Washington Mudstorm
Thick ash and drizzle from Mount St Helens eruptive plume create mudslides in Longview and Kelso. No new injuries reported. total death toll from eight days earlier stands at 32, with 21 bodies recovered and 11 still missing. Governor Ray closes 32 kilometer zone. geologists warn of further activity.
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Vancouver
Washington
Reuter
Mount St. Helens
Longview
Kelso
Dixy Lee Ray
Difficult rescue continues for trapped miners at Val d Or mine
In Val d Or Quebec a cave in at the Belmoral Gold Mine traps eight men. Rescue teams clear debris from the main ramp while rescuers bore an air hole and pump oxygen to the 150 metre level. Five miners are believed to be in a ventilation shaft extension as experts battle high air pressure and risk of decompression. A student worker Michel God bout is missing with efforts focused on possible refuge in a 105 metre level lunchroom.
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Val D’or
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Quebec Metal Mining Association
Belmoral
Gerald Lapointe
Legault
Lavigne
Michel Godbout
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