Tories accuse PM of trying to torpedo talks
In Ottawa, Progressive Conservatives accuse Prime Minister Trudeau of provoking a constitutional talks crisis by labeling some premiers as pursuing sovereignty. The clash centers on remarks about provinces seeking political or economic sovereignty and tensions with Alberta and others over resource pricing and offshore resources.
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Tories
Paul Gessell
Ottawa
Trudeau
Ege
Uebec
Rene Levesque
Canada
Ng ‘Et Association
Newfoundland
Brian Peckford
Peckford
Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Bill Jarvis
Clark
Levesque
Jarvis
Alberta
Crosbie
Lalonde
Energy, Mines and Resources
Pinnocchio
Vancouver
Strikers inch closer to settlement at Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre
Health care workers widened strikes to Brandon and Grandview as CUPE dropped wage demands to about 17 percent for a one year contract while offering more than 21 percent over two years plus a dental plan. Talks with Manitoba Health Organizations continue as 3,000 workers across 17 southern towns strike.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Health Sciences Centre
Canadian Union of Public Employees
CUPE
Brandon
Grandview
Man
Fred Tabachnick
The
Manitoba Health Organizations
MHO) Inc
Union
Tabachnick
Sid Lewis
Fairview
Arthur Curry
Gilbert Plains District Hospital
Eugene Kostyra
MHO
Herman Crewson
Trudeau calls rapid constitutional change after Quebec referendum
Prime Minister Trudeau warns the danger of Quebec separation will return swiftly without rapid reform. He invites all 10 premiers to a June 9 closed door meeting at 24 Sussex Drive to set groundwork for broader reform of the British North America Act and to show tangible progress within months.
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John Ferguson
Ottawa
Trudeau
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Levesque
Sussex Drive
Moslems and leftists clash in Beirut suburb
In a Beirut suburb, Shiite Amal fighters battled Lebanese Communists and Arab Liberation Front guerrillas. Palestinian sources say two guerrillas and at least five civilians died, with about 15 killed and 50 wounded overall before Syrian peacekeeping troops intervened.
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Beirut
Reuter
Amal
Arab Liberation Front
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
U S Black Leader Vernon Jordan Shot Near Fort Wayne Motel
Vernon Jordan executive director of the National Urban League was shot twice as he stepped from a car at a Fort Wayne motel. He is in critical but stable condition with bullets in the stomach and leg. Police report no suspects or motive. The Fort Wayne city controller rejects racial motives claims.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Vernon Jordan
National Urban League
Jordan
United States
Frank Heyman
Saskatchewan Crash Kills CP Rail Work Crew in Bus and Tanker Collision
A highway crash 32 kilometres west of Swift Current Saskatchewan killed 23 CP Rail workers and injured 11 others. A tanker truck carrying 7 500 gallons of hot asphalt oil exploded, engulfing the bus with many victims trapped beneath the wreckage. Authorities opened an inquest as survivors and rescuers recalled the mass destruction and chaos at the scene.
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Swift Current
Sask
CP Rail
Alan Arbuckle
Swift Current, Sask
Saskatchewan
Bill Junken
Webb
Earl Olson
Calgary
Ontario
J. Stewart McMillan
McMillan
Canada
Newfoundland
Maritimes
Junken
John Martens
Saskatoon
Gull Lake
Regina
Fairview Hockey Arena
Rheal Forest
St. Milo
Man
Forest
Medicine Hat News to Publish Full Stock Market Quotations
Starting Friday the Medicine Hat News will publish full stock market quotations from Toronto Vancouver and Alberta exchanges. The daily market scene will appear on business pages with Toronto quotations at 12:15 p.m. EST Vancouver at 10:15 a.m. PST and Alberta close from Calgary.
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Medicine Hat
Toronto
Vancouver
Alberta
Toronto Stock Exchange
Vancouver Stock Exchange
Alberta Stock Exchange
Calgary
Canadians criticize US on four key bilateral issues
NDP MPs Bob Rae and Jim Fulton, returning from San Diego talks with Congressional representatives, urge action on acid rain auto pact fisheries and boundary disputes. They warn delaying measures risks Canadian fish stocks and economic downturn from the Alaska Highway gas pipeline project.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
NDP
Bob Rae
Broadview-Greenwood
Jim Fulton
Skeena
Fulton
Rae
San Diego
Calif
U.S
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Marc Lalonde
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Commons
Lougheed
John Crosbie
Scott
Crewson
COPE
Vernon Jordan JR
Carter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Georges Bank
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