British troops push to recapture Falklands from Argentina
Britain says forces have begun moving out from Port San Carlos to retake the Falklands while Thatcher withholds timing. Defence officials estimate about 5 000 troops at the East Falkland bridgehead with as many as 3 000 more nearby aboard QE2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ap-Afp
Port San Carlos
Falkland Islands
Argentina
Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
Defence
John Nott
Falkland
Falklands
Stanley
Defence Ministry
Ian McDonald
Atlantic Conveyor
McDonald
Coventry
Royal Navy
Goose Green
San Carlos
Darwin
Nott
Peace mission opens amid Falklands stalemate efforts
UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar begins a new Falklands peace drive with limited hopes for an early ceasefire. He meets British and Argentine officials as the Security Council urged truce talks. The U.S. starts arming Britain with missiles and munitions as London prepares to advance on Port Stanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Reuter
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Falklands
Security Council
Anthony Parsons
Arnoldo Listre
Foreign Ministry
International Organizations
Perez de Cuellar
Argentina
Britain
United States
Falkland Islands
Reagan Administration
U.S
Washington
Western Hemisphere
London
Port Stanley
Trudeau Defends Kaplan as Commons Clashes Escalate
Prime Minister Trudeau defended Solicitor General Kaplan amid Conservative attacks over campaign workers' armed robbery references. He announced he would not seek Kaplan’s resignation and countered hecklers, including Joe Clark’s ally David Crombie, with a sharp exchange in the Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Trudeau
Robert Kaplan
Commons
Kaplan
Joe
Clark
Tory
David Crombie
Rosedale
Crombie
Body Identified Man Found Near City River
The body of Breadham Farnham, missing since March 11 1980 after a sighting at the CPR bridge, was identified by RCMP through dental charts. The 44 year old previously lived at 102 218 Second St. N.E. near the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Saskatchewan
Breadham Farnham
RCMP
Farnham
Darryl Smith
Second St. N.E
Ottawa yields on extra-billing in medicare talks
Ottawa and provincial ministers opened talks on medicare with Ottawa signaling concessions on extra-billing by doctors. Health Minister Begin backed eliminating extra billing while provinces won room to address issues and study user fees. The talks include possible new Canada Health Act rules, dispute settlement, and potential sanctions for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Kerstetter
Ottawa
Monique Begin
Begin
Ontario
Larry Grossman
Alberta
Dave Russell
Quebec
Yukon
City's planning unit adds historical review to development
The city’s coordinating committee on Wednesday moved to integrate historical site protections into planning. The note appears in the history rates section and references past controversy over preservation versus development.
Officials silent on Medicine Hat price fixing probe
Federal Combines Investigation Branch officials refused to confirm if Medicine Hat doctors are under probe for alleged price fixing. No charges have been laid. privacy rules limit disclosures. Alberta groups report investigators visited Alberta towns focusing on uniform extra billing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Combines
Medicine Hat
William Lindsay
Combines Investigation Branch
Ottawa
Federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Lindsay
Alberta
Sally Hall
The
Consumers Association of Canada
Andre Ouellet
Hall
Leo Hill
Medicine Hat and District
Pope John Paul II to visit Britain in historic tour
Pope John Paul II will visit England Scotland and Wales in a six day trip marking the first visit by a reigning pope to Britain. The visit aims to promote church unity and blessing of British Catholics while Thatcher scales back government role and the Pope meets Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles at Canterbury and Buckingham Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southam News
London
Britain
John Paul II
Ian Paisley
England
Scotland
Wales
Falkland Islands
Argentina
Falklands
John Paul
Vatican
Thatcher
Basil Hume
Robert Runcie
Canterbury
Henry VIII
Clement VII
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Prince Charles
Canterbury Cathedral
Ottawa presses bill to regulate newspaper sector
Multiculturalism Minister James Fleming defends a federal proposed newspaper act aimed at preventing interference with press freedom and ensuring diverse news sources in the national interest. Publishers oppose, calling it a gross intrusion on an industry long free from government interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
James Fleming
Fleming
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard
Newfoundland
Canada
John Crosbie
Rotz Gasih
Dave Stieb
Toronto Blue Jays
N.Y
Ann Landers
Allan Fotheringham
T Bridge Ee
Des O’coffey Bane
Don McGillivray
Ee Ene
Wayne Moriarty
Western Express
Lehane
Chris Harbron
Pope’s U.K
By Christopher Young
Buckingham Palace
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!