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1981-08-06 | Canada Post Strike Agreement
Postal mediator Alan Gold announced on August 6 that a new tentative agreement had been reached in the postal dispute....
1981-08-07 | Jim Coutts Loses
Former Pierre Trudeau aide Jim Coutts lost a by-election in Toronto's Spadina riding August 7 to NDP candidate Dan Heap....
1981-08-10 | Air Traffic Controllers
Striking American air traffic controllers were fired in August. The president of the Canadian air traffic control association, Bill Robertson,...
1981-08-14 | Dewar Train Service
Ottawa mayor Marion Dewar said the decision to remove Ottawa from the transcontinental train route was a blow to national...
1981-08-18 | Kent Commission
Tom Kent, Chairman of the Royal Commission on Newspapers, was asked if he had any indication the government would pay...
1981-08-25 | RCMP Wrongdoing Kaplan
Solicitor General Robert Kaplan said he disagreed with the McDonald commission's call for legislation to ensure police were permitted by...
1981-08-31 | Clifford Olson
Clifford Robert Olson of Coquitlam, BC, was charged with first-degree murder in nine deaths, following the payment of 100,000 dollars...
1981-09-01 | Revenue Sharing
Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed said Alberta made a concession by agreeing to accept an oil price that did not exceed...
1981-09-10 | Trudeau Interest Rates
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said September 10 there would be no blanket programs to protect all Canadians from interest rates...
1981-09-15 | Interest Rates Cosgrove
Housing Minister Paul Cosgrove said the government was sympathetic to the plight of one thousand homeowners who demonstrated on Parliament...