Fortier optimistic on French fish quotas near St Pierre Miquelon
London based Yves Fortier Canadian negotiator says positive talks continue with French officials on 1988 91 quota rights for waters around St Pierre and Miquelon off Newfoundland. He notes ongoing discussions and optimistic outlook as Ottawa and Paris meet to resolve ownership and management disputes in a disputed maritime zone.
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Yves Fortier
Newfoundland
Paris
Fortier
Canadian Bar Association
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Nova Scotia
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Peterson to push six conditions in Canada US free trade talks
Ontario Premier David Peterson arrives at the first ministers meeting armed with six conditions for a US Canada free trade deal, including preserving the auto pact agriculture regional development Canadian culture and foreign investment rules and a binding trade dispute mechanism.
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Brian Mulroney
United States
Ontario
David Peterson
Peterson
Canada
Immigration drives illiteracy levels in Canada study shows
The Southam Literacy Survey reports about one million of Canada’s 4.5 million adults are functionally illiterate with immigrants forming a large share. Forty percent of foreign-born residents struggle with daily tasks, higher when excluding US and UK entrants, while native-born Canadians show lower rates.
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Southam News
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Canada
Southam
U.S
British Isles
Southam Inc
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Creative Research
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Montreal
Vancouver
Pope John Paul II appeals for justice as tour halts in Phoenix
In Phoenix the Pope met clergy and 195 American Indian tribes while visiting St. Joseph's Hospital to comfort three critically ill children a 15 year old with an inoperable brain tumor a premature 2 1 2 month old girl and a paralyzed six year old girl. He urged Christians to oppose injustice and stressed personal responsibility in eradicating poverty and oppression.
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Arizona
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
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Mexico
Alberta illiteracy seen as unchecked problem in need of policy
An Alberta literacy expert calls funding for adult education a drop in the bucket compared with the province's illiteracy. One in three Edmonton adults struggles with reading writing or math and full time literacy slots are limited with long waiting lists.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Pat Kaye
Kaye
Alberta Association For Continuing Education
Shevardnadze Opens talks as summit fate hinges on progress
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrives in Washington to hold talks with President Reagan and Secretary Shultz. A letter from Mikhail Gorbachev accompanies him as they seek progress on INF missile treaties and preparations for possible Washington or Moscow summits. Talks extend to UN session in New York, with negotiators offering concessions in Geneva.
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Shevardnadze
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George Shultz
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Shultz
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United States
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Tass
Karpov
Soviet Union
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