Postal rates may rise across Canada in new proposal
The basic cost of mailing a letter would jump to 30 cents from 17, with US letters at 35 cents, effective January 1. Large bulk mailers would get lower rates, and most increases apply to all mail types, except delayed rates for newspapers and books. Canada Post aims to fund a new crown corporation and reduce the growing deficit.
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Ottawa
United States
Andre Ouellet
Canada
Ouellet
Postal
Crown Corporation
Canada Post Corporation
Mortgage relief hopes fade in Ottawa talks
Ottawa officials meet with 36 financial executives to discuss homeowner hardship as mortgage renewals at near record rates strain family budgets. Bankers say they can handle cases individually with no blanket relief, and a joint study group may be formed to explore further help before the next federal budget.
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Ottawa
Finance
Allan MacEachen
MacEachen
Paul Cosgrove
Robert MacIntosh
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Mead Lake
Gatineau Hills
Quebec
MacKachen
AGCL Sues DuPont Over Methanol Competition
Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd AGCL files an anti trust suit in New Jersey federal court against E J DuPont de Nemours and Conoco accusing DuPont of acquiring Conoco to curb methanol competition in the United States AGCL seeks to stop DuPont supplying methanol to Conoco or force relinquishment of Conoco stake plus treble damages AGCL says Medicine Hat plants capacity 1200 tonnes per day with a third plant under construction totaling 1206 tonnes per day DuPont is cited as the largest US methanol producer and a major customer of AGCL in the past
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of the
Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd
AGCL
United States
E. J. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Conoco Inc
John LoPorto
DuPont
Conoco
LoPorto
New Jersey
Federal District
Canada
Medicine Hat
DuPoint
U.S
LoPorte
A. E. Sam Egglestone
Egglestone
U.S. International Trade Commission
U.S. Court of International Trade
Reagan proposes third budget plan to curb inflation
President Reagan unveiled a third budget in six months aiming to reassure on inflation and growth. The plan calls for 12 percent cuts in nondefense programs, a 75,000 job federal cut, and abolishing education and energy departments, with tax simplifications and welfare cuts under review. The military budget remains largely intact as uses of F-18s continue, while projected outlays reach 709 billion and revenues 666 billion for the 1982 year.
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Washington
U.S
Reagan
America
Education and Energy
Allan MacEachen
Wall Street
Texas
Jim Wright
House of Representatives
Senate
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
U.S. Navy
Canada
B C agrees to pay federal natural gas tax
British Columbia will remit the federal natural gas excise tax it withheld for nearly a year if the two governments resolve the amount. A 1986 expiry is set, with BC Hydro and BC Petroleum Corp. tax bills disputed by BC and Ottawa. A court challenge against the tax is planned.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Ottawa
B.C
B.C. Hydro
B.C. Petroleum Corp
Federal Finance Department
B.C. Petroleum
Bob McClelland
Marc Lalonde
Alberta
Allan Williams
Saskatchewan
Hydro
The
Petroleum Corporation
Army units join police crackdown in Poland over Solidarity
Poland’s government said special army units would assist police to curb anti-Soviet unrest linked to Solidarity. Military police patrolled Warsaw and were stationed at key government sites as Premier Jaruzelski urged restraint while vowing a tougher rule of law. He ordered interior ministry aid with army support to enforce norms amid Solidarity’s second congress in Gdansk.
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Warsaw
Poland
Independent Union
Solidarity
Jozef Glemp
Glemp
Kremlin
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
Interior
Gdansk
Grain talks in Vancouver leave hopes high to avert shutdown
Negotiators for B C six grain elevator companies and workers met for three hours in Vancouver to discuss conciliation report recommendations. Both sides found the session fruitful and expect no terminal shutdown. The McKee report calls for a one-year contract with a $1.50 across the board raise to $12.55 per hour starting Jan 1 1981, while the union seeks cost of living and seniority protections.
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Vancouver
B.C
Eric Harris
Clive McKee
McKee
Italians Press IOC to Punish Canada for Moscow Boycott
Italy along with Cortina Campezzo and Falun lobby the IOC to deny Calgary the 1988 Winter Games in protest of the 1980 Moscow boycott. CODA official Roger Jackson notes the tactic amid Sweden’s Lars Eggertz and Calgary’s $1.5 million bid with millions more in in‑kind support. The IOC meets Sept. 30 at Baden-Baden to decide host city.
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Southam
Baden-Baden
West Germany
International Olympic Committee
Canada
Cortina Campezzo
IOC
Calgary
Cortina
Falun
Roger Jackson
Lars Eggertz
Moscow
CODA
Bob Niven
Sweden
City plans Maple Avenue widening with four more homes
The city needs only four more homes on Maple Avenue to proceed with roadway widening. It notes the project may not collect $200 but will enable starting the construction, with details on Page 3. The report is part of broader regional and national coverage.
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Maple Avenue
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Steve Tsujiura
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