Yurko Opposes Suffield Training After Tour Evidence Of Damage Cited
Alberta Environment Minister Bill Yurko, after visiting Suffield Military Reserve, pressed for a comprehensive federal provincial study of the 1000 square mile site. He warned of substantial surface disturbance from tank training and urged a 50 50 cost share to determine best land use and economic impact.
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Suffield Military Reserve
Alberta
Bill Yurko
Yurko
Britain
Lands and Forests
Allan Warrack
Mith
Palestinians Free Kuwait Air Crew After Paris Embassy Takeover
Gunmen who seized the Saudi embassy hostages in Paris released the Kuwait Boeing 707 crew after bargaining with Kuwait's defense minister at the airport. They warned they would blow up the plane with hostages unless guerrilla leader Abu Daoud was freed within 12 hours. The group had earlier threatened to drop hostages on Riyadh and held 15 people in Paris before nine were released.
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Kuwait
Riyadh
Sheikh Saad al-Abdulla
Paris
Abu Daoud
Sheikh Saad
Kuwait Airlines
Boeing
Lakehead to Vancouver Rail Movement Stymied Across Canada
The Canadian Press reports rail tie ups from Thunder Bay to Vancouver as back-to-work resistance slows east–west traffic. Capreol Ontario workers return after noon, Winnipeg yards stay idle, picket lines disrupt Transcona, and Thunder Bay remains a major bottleneck with 1200 idle workers awaiting injunction outcomes.
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Thunder Bay
Vancouver
CNR
CP Rail
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Lakehead
Capreol
Ont
Sudbury
Winnipeg
Symington Yards
Transcona
Montreal
Vic Clements
Prairies
T. P. Callon
Supreme Court of Ontario
Munro Warns Strikers Over Rail Tie Up
Ottawa Labor Minister John Munro warned railway workers to return to work within days or face jail. He said open defiance of Parliament laws cannot be tolerated and that the government has backing from all parties to enforce the rail strike ending legislation already explained to workers in Vancouver and other western cities.
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Ottawa
John Munro
Vancouver
Munro
Commons
Old age pension hikes approved amid inflation debate
The Commons approved increases raising single pensioner basic to 105.30 a month and the guaranteed income supplement to 179.16, with payments due on October pensions. Patches tie pensions to cost of living with quarterly adjustments and no cuts if inflation falls. Critics urged stronger measures while noting bill language and broader welfare concerns. RCMP centennial celebrations marked Alberta with flags across detachments.
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Ottawa
The
Commons
Senate
Trudeau
Allan McKinnon
Victoria
Stanley Knowles
New Democrat House
Marc Lalonde
Lalonde
Knowles
Ontario
Alberta
Duncan Beattie
Hamilton Mountain
John Turner
United States
Canada
Otto Jelinek
Toronto High Park-Humber Valley
Reg Stackhouse
Scarborough East
Peter Reilly
Ottawa West
Indians win historic claim in Northwest Territories land dispute
The Northwest Territories Supreme Court allowed the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories to file a caveat over about 400 000 square miles in the Mackenzie River Valley while imposing a stay until federal appeals end. The ruling acknowledges aboriginal rights as a basis for land claims and signals possible settlements with Ottawa. The case involved 14 hearings, 34 witnesses and 1,300 pages of testimony as the body seeks to protect treaty Indians across the territory.
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Yellowknife
N.W.T
Canada
Northwest Territories Supreme Court
Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories
William Morrow
Registrar of Land Titles
Brotherhood
Justice Morrow
James Wahshee
Dogrib
Ottawa
Dietrich Brand of
Mackenzie River
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University of Calgary
John Brumley
Brumley
Mr. Yurko
CFB Suffield
John Beveridge
Frank Webber
Persian Gulf
Saad Abdullah el Salem
Hussein
Jordan
Pease
Railway
B.C
Kamloops
Prince George
Nelson
RCMP
Medicine Hat
Wilf Ottenbreit
U.s.-Canada
Indians
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