Ottawa Quebec pact delays charter rights amid referendum threat
Prime Minister Trudeau and Quebec Premier Levesque announced a deal to delay a charter of rights for two years with a binding referendum if no consensus is reached. Provinces weigh amending formulas and oppose rapid rights entrenchment. Premiers from Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario voiced reservations while British Columbia and Manitoba pursued compromises.
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Canada
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Allan Blakeney
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William Davis
Davis
British Columbia
Bill Bennett
Blakeney
Alberta probes fertilizer price gap with United States
Alberta Agriculture Minister Dallas Schmidt said the department is probing claims that Alberta made fertilizer costs are higher than prices in Montana and other states. The inquiry follows border-price documents and statements from two backbench Tories.
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Alberta
Dallas Schmidt
Shirley Cripps
Drayton Valley
al Hyland
Cypress
Montana
Medicine Hat
Bob Sloane
Western Co-operative Fertilizers Ltd
Schmidt
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Medicine Hat fundraiser short of goal
Medicine Hat residents fall short of the United Way goal by an estimated 10 000 to 15 000 dollars as donations are tallied.
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Medicine Hat
United Way
U.S
John McCloy
Columbia launch scrubbed over oil pressure fault
The second Space Shuttle Columbia launch was halted at 7 48 a m EST due to an oil pressure problem in the ships on board power units and a late computer response during countdown. Astronauts Engle and Truly were aboard when the clock stopped 31 seconds before liftoff. A 48 hour turnaround was set to attempt again.
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NASA
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Columbia
Joe Engle
Richard
George Page
Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dome reports Arctic oil find and control bid
Dome Petroleum Ltd announced a positive assessment of major oil potential in the Beaufort Sea near the Mackenzie Delta and proposed to take 100 percent control of Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Ltd. Independent studies estimate Kopanoar 21-44 and Koakoak 0-22 contain billions of barrels with 15 to 40 percent recoverable.
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Dome Petroleum Ltd
Dome
Canada
Beaufort Sea
Mackenzie River
Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Ltd
Jack Gallagher
Beaufort
Mackenzie Delta
Degolyer and MacNaughton
Dallas
Dome Canada Ltd
Kopanoar
Gulf Canada Resources Inc
Hunt International Petroleum Corp
Elliot Engineering
Denver
Kookoak
Elliot
Schreyer’s constitutional time-bomb ticks away
Allan Fotheringham compares Edward Schreyer to Lord Byng in 1926 and warns Trudeau could use the Governor General to block London binding, risking crisis. Schreyer’s powers are seen as a broad-axe able to halt a unilateral Westminster appeal if Trudeau proceeds despite court rulings.
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Meighen
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Byng
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King
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Supreme Court of Canada
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