A television newsmagazine program hosted by Everett Banning who introduces and comments on the following stories of the week.~[Recovery Signs]. Report on Canadian and American economics with their signs of recovery. Heightened stock market activity, lower bank rates and President Ronald Reagan's raising of taxes are reviewed. Comments by: Edward Yardeni, E.F. Hutton, economic experts; Joe Granville, stock market forecasters; Henry Koffman of Saloman Brothers; Peter Martin of McLeod, Young Weir; President Ronald Reagan; and Thomas Foley, House Democratic Whip.~[Sudbury and Trudeau]. A report on the unwelcome reception given to Prime Minister Trudeau in Sudbury, Ontario. Shots of a Sudbury crowd at the train station hurling eggs and insults at his passing train.~[P.L.O. Evacuation]. Report on the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut, and of their defiance in spite of their recent defeat. Shots of: P.L.O. guerrillas waving flags and shooting into the air; Israeli cabinet ministers entering the Knesset; and P.L.O. rebel fighters in transit in Cyprus. Comments by Dan Meridor, Israeli cabinet spokesman, and Farouk Kaddoumi, P.L.O. Foreign Minister.~[Dieppe]. A report on the 40th Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid through a reconstruction of the event through the eyes of witnesses and historical commentary. Special focus is given to the courage of Canadian soldiers on that campaign. Personal accounts of military developments, from enlistment to landing on the Dieppe beachhead, are given by the members of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Brigade: Les Crooks; Frank Valterman; Brigadier General, Denis Whittaker; Jack McFarland; and George Ott. Shots of photography of: Hamilton, 1940s; early photography of Les Crooks; World War II Canadian soldier's manuals and I.D.; military training and comraderie; Reverend John Foot, winner of the Victoria Cross; German newsreel footage of Canadian dead sprawled over the beach; and of Canadian prisoners of war being rounded up.~[Highrise Fires]. Report on the highrise fire at the Toronto Plaza II building. Comments by Gail Thompson, evacuee, and Jack Larochelle, fireman. Shots of: exhausted firemen; a fireman with a rescued child; and a woman waiting on balcony of a smoking apartment as fireman addresses her from below.~[Brian Westwood]. A report on the defection of Brian Westwood, leader of the British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party, to the Western Canada Concept Party, a separatist party. Comments by Brian Westwood.~[Gunman]. Report of a gunman's attempt to hold off Calgary police after a robberyand his resulting suicide. Comments by Inspector Joe Hautzinger, Calgary Police. Shots of Calgary Police sharpshooter preparing for a shoot-out.~[Ted Finn]. Report on the replacement of Fred Gibson, head of the new Canadian federal security agency, by Ted Finn. Comments by Ted Finn and shot of Fred Gibson, former Head.~[Warden Conference]. A report on a prison warden conference in Toronto with some focus on the control of prison rioting. Comments by Donald Yeoman, Commissioner of Correctional Services. Shots of prison security apparati.~[Monroe's Action]. A report on the success of a suit brought against "The Sun" newspapers by the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, John Monroe, for slander. Shot of Minister Monroe in the House of Commons.~[Off-Bound Diplomats]. Report on the opposition of the Glen Cove, New York municipality to Soviet diplomants. Comments by Arkady Shevshenko, Soviet defector, and Greg Werthering, a Glen Cove resident. Moscow's reaction to American discrimination is also probed. Shots of Moscow police.~[Diver Charity]. A report on a diver who came within five miles of crossing Lake Ontario under water to raise money for the Hospital For Sick Children. Comments by Richard Meek, diver and Dr. Jim Miller, team physician, who comments on the health risk involved.~[Various Stories]. Report on: a US football cheerleaders' camp; an anti-snoring device; sleep apnea; win-a-car contest; the return to passenger service of the Queen Elizabeth II; a man hit by a falling air conditioner; the world's biggest cake made in Yugoslavia; and world mud-tying championship in Darwin, Australia with mud crabs as participants. Shots of the insertion of an anti-snoring device in a patient's mouth and mud crabs in a boxing ring being followed about by contestants. <60mn>
