Trudeau government to bar 263000 from unemployment insurance
Ottawa plans to reduce unemployment insurance eligibility by about 10 percent next year affecting an estimated 263,000 jobless Canadians. Employment Minister Bud Cullen announced the 580 million dollar spending cut for 1979-80 but did not provide a firm tally of those harmed, saying to consult officials for the numbers.
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Don Sellar Southam
Ottawa
Trudeau
Bud Cullen
Cullen
Job program overhaul follows UI cuts and tax plan flaws
George Oake reports that Canada’s Jobs program, launched five months ago, faces overhaul after a midyear survey. Only 6,000 of an annual 50,000 jobs have materialized, while Finance Minister Chretien’s Employment Tax Credit faces revisions and unemployment policy shifts to reduce benefits and shift costs to employers.
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George Oake Southam
Ottawa
Trudeau
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Bud Cullen
Atlantic Provinces
Ontario
Byelections floated as autumn plan may be replaced
Ottawa reports speculation that Prime Minister Trudeau will announce Oct. 16 byelections in seven vacant ridings before leaving for Rome for Pope John Paul II's installation. Eight byelections already set for that date, potentially ruling out an autumn general election.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Rome
Pope John Paul
Medicine Hat Rentals Jump In Alberta Vacancy Survey
Edmonton reports Medicine Hat's rental vacancy at 14.7 percent placing it second to Wetaskiwin's 15.8 percent across 83 Alberta towns. The survey notes higher empty units in new buildings and rising rents, with Grande Cache leading province at 61.7 percent and Drumheller remaining cheapest.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Department of Housing and Public Works
Wetaskiwin
Calgary
Camrose
Grande Cache
Lethbridge
Red Deer
St. Albert
Hatters
Redcliff
Drumhler
Tom Chambers
Chambers
Rebels Hold City As Guard Assault Fails In Nicaragua
Teenage rebels believed to number around 400, some as young as 12, defend a northern Matagalpa city against National Guard units. After hours of fighting, guardsmen struggle to dislodge insurgents inside a fortified command post. Red Cross warns of a potential bloodbath as casualties rise. one civilian dead and 13 wounded in hours of combat. The town, home to 45 000, becomes a pivotal anti-Somoza flashpoint amid a nationwide strike.
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Matagalpa
Nicaragua
Reuter
Anastasio Somoza
Red Cross
Somoza
Gold dust used as car payment shocks Edmonton dealer
Edmonton CP reports a car salesman received about 4500 in gold dust as payment for a new 10000 car. The anonymous buyer traded in his old car, paid the balance with 21.67 ounces of gold dust in a coffee jar. A goldsmith said purity cannot be judged without refinement in a Vancouver smelter.
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Edmonton
Art Thompson
Thomson
Vancouver
Rondeau Convicted in Arson Conspiracy Case
Independent MP Gilbert Rondeau was found guilty of arson and conspiracy in Granby Quebec. He faces sentencing September 11 in sessions court after a four day trial. Prosecutors say he paid Jacques Harbecco 1500 dollars to torch a Bromont building on December 20 1976.
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Rondeau
Bouchard
Jacques Harbec
Bromont
Michel
Social Credit Party
Air Canada talks collapse over three contract clauses
Ottawa intervention announced by Labor Minister John Munro came as Air Canada and its 7500 locked out ground staff adjourned talks. The dispute centers on three clauses including longer suspensions and travel time with union business, which the airline refuses to drop.
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Ottawa
John Munro
Air Canada
Montreal
The
International Association of Machinists
TAM
Bundestag lifts immunity in major spy scandal probe
West German lawmakers voted to strip parliamentary immunity from an unnamed Social Democrat lawmaker amid a widening spy inquiry linked to the Ion Pacepa case. About 300 deputies supported the move aimed at enabling office searches and investigations into suspected breaches of state security.
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Bomn
Reuter
Bundestag
Uwe Holtz
Assembly
Holtz
Karl Carstens
Carstens
Cologne
Ion Pacepa
United States
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
West Germany
Kurt Rebmann
Pacepa
Willy Brandt
Guenter Guillaume
Georg Leber
East Germany
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