Talks stall as mail strike hour nears in Canada
Ottawa reports talks between the federal government and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada have halted as a national strike deadline nears. Postmaster Gilles Lamontagne says he will resume talks to avert rotating strikes starting at midnight, while union president Robert McGarry doubts a settlement. The dispute centers on wage demands and a cost of living allowance, with potential broad impacts if a shutdown occurs.
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Ottawa
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
Gilles Lamontagne
Gatineau Hills
Quebec
Robert McGarry
Lamontagne
McGarry
Trudeau
Quebec City
Red Deer
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Air Canada flight attendants back strike vote
The Canadian Air Line Flight Attendants Association reports overwhelming support for a walkout to back contract demands for Air Canada's 2700 attendants. Counts from Toronto and Montreal show clear favor, with Winnipeg and Halifax ballots not expected to change the outcome. A legal strike could occur next Monday after full results are finalized.
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Montreal
Air Canada
Merle Day
Canadian Air Line Flight Attendants' Association
Toronto
Winnipeg
Halifax
Day
Federal Labor Department
Gerry Lareault
Vance seeks Saudi support for Camp David peace plan
U S Secretary Cyrus Vance flew to Saudi Arabia after failing to win Jordan backing for the Camp David accord. He pressed Saudi officials to back the U S mediated peace while citing the U S offer to sell F 15 fighters. Jordan’s Hussain Ibrahim voiced reservations about the plan’s handling of West Bank and Palestinian issues. Syria’s foreign minister said Damascus would not be moved by Vance’s visit and affirmed rejection of the Sadat Begin accords.
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AP Reuter
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Vance
Hussain Ibrahim
Amman
West Bank
Syria
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Sadat
Lougheed Rejects Trudeau on Senate Powers and Federation
Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed in Medicine Hat rejects Ottawa’s exclusive control over constitutional changes to the Senate and monarchy. He cites a cooperative federation with premiers to shape reform, urging harmony and legal debate without provoking dispute. He also notes Edmonton and Calgary funding pressures and mentions Leo LeClerc's potential PC candidacy amid city demands.
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Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Pierre Trudeau
Senate
Lougheed
Medicine Hat
Regina
Canada
Trudeau
Ottawa
Edmonton
Calgary
Leo LeClerc
Liberal MPs Convene Strategy Meeting With Trudeau
Ottawa reports focus on unemployment inflation and a slipping dollar as Liberal MPs meet with Prime Minister Trudeau. Finance Minister Chretien outlined a new 750 million dollar U S bond issue to support the yuan value, while the cabinet previews a Christmas budget likely including tax cuts.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Finance
Jean Chretien
U.S
New York
Gatineau Hills
Quebec
Chretien
Commonwealth Finance
Montreal
Edmonton schools reopen after teachers end strike
Public school teachers and 67,000 students returned to classrooms in Edmonton after the Alberta Teachers' Association was ordered back to work by Labor Minister Neil Crawford. The ATA planned to seek a court injunction against the back-to-work order while the dispute over the contract with the school board remains unresolved.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dollar manoeuvres draw Tory fire in Ottawa
Finance Minister Jean Chretien plans a new 750 million dollar U.S. bond sale in New York to prop up the Canadian dollar. Sinclair Stevens of the Progressive Conservative party calls for Chretien's resignation, citing loss of control of the portfolio as the dollar hits a 45-year low and the Bank of Canada escalates rates.
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Jean Chretien
U.S
New York
Sinclair Stevens
Chretien
Stevens
Bank of Canada
U.S. Securities and Echange Commission
Finance Department
Canada
Castro Dines in Canada While Refueling in Gander
Cuban leader Fidel Castro stopped at Gander International Airport en route from Moscow to Havana. He stayed about two hours while the Soviet aircraft recharged and dined on steak with airport manager Dick James. A U S Marine aircraft carrying 25 marines landed to refuel on its flight to Virginia from Denmark.
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Fidel Castro
International
Havana
Moscow
Castro
Dick James
United States Marine
U.S
Virginia
Denmark
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