Saint John police strike looms over city council bid to settle
In Saint John New Brunswick a city council meeting looms as a possible path to end a police strike that led to downtown vandalism and looting. Bargaining resumed after a six hour walkout with officers deployed to provide emergency services. A riotous scene at King's Square left windows smashed at Woolworth and the Royal Bank with several arrests and injuries reported.
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Saint John
N.B
King’s Square
New Brunswick
William Rouble
F.W. Woolworth Ltd
Royal Bank
Richard Hatfield
Rowland Frazee
Fenwick Ross
Gasoline Odor Upsets Kensington Residents
In Kensington area residents report recurring gasoline odors linked to underground pockets. Mayor Ted Grimm says the city faces ongoing problems with no confirmed source, while tests by Alberta Environment and a private firm continue.
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Kensington
Ted Grimm
Medicine Hat
Grimm
Alberta Environment
Oil
Ottawa withdraws funding for 1983 Western Canada Games
Alberta recreation minister Peter Trynchy says Gerald Regan has informed Western ministers funding for the 1983 Western Canada Games is cancelled. The event, begun in 1975 and held every four years, involves about 400 amateur athletes from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia.
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Edmonton
Peter Trynchy
Alberta
Trynchy
Gerald Regan
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Regan
al Rae
Sport Canada
Rae
Reagan recalls Habib amid Lebanon mission concerns
President Reagan orders home Middle East envoy Philip Habib as reports surface Syria did not remove missiles from eastern Lebanon. Habib will return Thursday to brief Reagan and may head back to the region to help defuse the crisis.
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Washington
Reagan
Middle East
Philip Habib
Israel
Habib
Syria
Lebanon
White House
Larry Speakes
Mideast
Middle
Tel Aviv
Menachem Begin
Saudi Arabia
Bekaah
Conservatives propose amendments to Petro-Canada stake plan
The opposition Tory energy critic Michael Wilson outlined amendments to the Canada Oil and Gas Act aimed at blocking a retroactive PetroCan stake in frontier exploration. The plan would push for a 50 percent Canadian share in foreign lease projects, require shared exploration costs, protect native land claims, and create a heritage fund with Canadian job emphasis.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Petro-Canada
Tory
Michael Wilson
PetroCan
Canada
Crown Corporation
Wilson
Marc Lalonde
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Lalonde
National Energy Board
Jet crash on USS Nimitz kills 14 and injures 45
An EA-6B Prowler crashed during a night landing on the USS Nimitz off Jacksonville causing a deck fire. Four F-14s and one SH-3 helicopter sustained major damage while three A-7s were badly damaged. 20 injured were treated at the Naval Regional Medical Centre in very serious or critical condition. The carrier headed to Norfolk as investigators opened the crash inquiry.
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Jacksonville
Fla
U.S. Navy
Cmdr
Ken Pease
Navy
Norfolk, Va
Mooseburg
Norfolk
Dale Knee
Naval Regional Medical Centre
Knee
Young
Strike threatens grain shipments through Vancouver port
A six day wildcat strike by United Transportation Union and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at Revelstoke halts CP Rail grain and coal trains. Ships wait as stockpiles are used, with only 90 CP grain cars unloaded vs 300 normal days. CP Rail files charges over illegal picketing and mediating talks with MP Sid Parker fail.
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Vancouver
Roberts Bank
B.C. Coal
Canadian Wheat Board
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Revelstoke
Sid Parker
NDP
Kootenay East- Revelstoke
Parker
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
CP Rail
Don Bower
B.C
Kelly Joseph Conn
Kevin Michael Coulter
John Gilroy Evans
Orville Foss
Kenneth Johnson
Corry Dale Jones
Erwin Jacob Jones
Ronald Gordon Lind
David Pearson
Knud Winther Sorenson
Calgary
Vancouver Wheat Board
George Hedalen
Coal mine planned near Lethbridge in 70 million project
Fording Coal Ltd and Idemitsu Kosan of Tokyo plan a 70 million underground coal mine near Lethbridge Alberta. The venture would begin development in 1983 with first production by 1985 and create about 350 permanent jobs.
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Lethbridge, Alta
Fording Coal Ltd
Alberta
Fording
Idemitsu Kosan
Tokyo
Lethbridge
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Foreign Investment Review Agency
Jack Morrish
Grain pact nerves keep Lougheed cautious
Premier Peter Lougheed weighs Canada Soviet grain agreement details before judging the pact. The political scene includes cultural policy hearings in Calgary with Medicine Hat briefs, plus broader notes on Japan and labor disputes.
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Lougheed
Peter Lougheed
Canada
Soviet Union
Federal
Calgary
Medicine Hat
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Gerry Lowe
Admiral Beatty
St. John
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Alberta Department of the Environment
Public Works
Lorne Thompson
Frontier Exploration
Tories
U.S
Nimitz
Pease
Japan
United States
Europe
Robert
The
Baseball Players Association
National Labor Relations Board
Ann Landers
Charles Lynch
City News
Keith Spicer Fee
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