Greenhills miners win 6.6 percent pay raise pact
East Kootenay coal mine workers ratify a perpetual contract by 92.6 percent, retroactive to last April 1. Average wages rise about 6.59 percent to 2.91 per hour, with gains in pension benefits and safety. Reopening rules hinge on the consumer price index shifts.
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MICHAEL LAMBers Association
East Kootenay
uni
ing
International Union of Operating Engineers
engineers union
Diana steals show as Prince and Princess of Wales tour Edmonton
Diana dazzled tens of thousands during a sunbaked walkabout in downtown Edmonton and shone at a $50,000 Klondike bar barbecue hosted by the city. Charles wore a long black coat with striped trousers and spats, echoing Edward VII. The Boeing 707 carrying the couple touched down at CFB Edmonton midday. Premier Lougheed welcomed them at the Alberta legislature.
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EDMONTON
Charles
Diana
Prince and Princess of Wales
England
Edward VII
Canada
Prince of Wales
Prince Edward Island
New energy deal to cap oil prices 18 months Ottawa Calgary
Federal and Alberta governments reach a pricing pact to keep oil prices near current levels for up to 18 months. The agreement, announced in Calgary, ties to the 1981 framework but may allow future alterations if world oil markets move. Oil remains at about 29.75 a barrel with gas price steps and possible tax relief to keep heating affordable.
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OTTAWA
Alberta
Calgary
lnter
cet Energy Department
Jean Chretien
John Zaczrny
Chretien
Glemp says Lech Walesa will stay in Polish politics
In Rome Jozef Cardinal Glemp affirmed Walesa will not be removed from public life. The Vatican dismissed any link between Walesa and a new church run foundation for Polish farmers, calling such connections unfounded and a product of imagination.
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AP-Reuters ROME
Jozef Cardinal Glemp
Poland
Lech Walesa
Solidarity labor union
Vatican
Walesa
John Paul
Romeo
Navy hunts submarine in Norway inlet after anti submarine firing
Norwegian navy planes torpedo boats and a patrol vessel joined the frigate Narvik in an offshore hunt for a suspected foreign submarine near Andsfjord Norway after guards at Andeya Island saw a possible periscope. The search followed six Terne missiles fired on a strong sonar contact.
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OSLO
shi
Narvik
Norway
Andsfjorden
Andeeya
Orion
Canada Day in Toronto Opens With CN Tower Carillon
A noon tribute in Toronto features an electronic carillon atop the CN Tower to play O Canada, with 960 watts across 15 loudspeakers. The 12 minute concert, audible within six kilometres, begins with 12 chimes and ends with the anthem, amid fireworks, speeches, and parades for Canada’s 116th birthday.
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Ed Simon
O Canada
Toronto
CN Tower
Canada Day holiday halts Lethbridge Herald Friday
The Lethbridge Herald will not publish on Friday due to the Canada Day holiday and will resume publication Saturday. A holiday message wishes readers a happy holiday and notes Canada Day activities including competitions at suburban North York city hall and youth Olympics events across the land.
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Lethbridge Herald
York city hall
Canada Day Sternwheelers Launch in Lethbridge
Canada Day activities in Lethbridge begin with an 8 a.m. sternwheeler launch on the Oldman River at the High Level Bridge re-enacting the Medicine Hat trip. The day features Dorn events at Henderson Lake Park with Mayor Andy Anderson, dances, a Royal Canadian Legion band, a flag ceremony, and a sunset fireworks show.
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Rigaud
Winnipeg
South Saskatchewan
Richmound
Sask
Medicine Hat
Alta
Vancouver
Port Moody
B.C
Canadian Pacific Railway
North Vancouver
Squamish
Signal Hill national historical park
St. John’s
Cape Spear
Canada
Lethbridge
Oldman River
High Level Bridge
Allan Watson School
Henderson Lake Park
Andy Anderson
Henderson Lake
Royal Canadian Legion
Alberta Birthday Brings Boosts and Cuts in July
Canada Day marks provincial rises in health care insurance and mediscare premiums, plus higher bottled beer and domestic travel costs. Welfare shelter allowances drop for single and family welfare recipients, while senior old age security pensions rise by 2.54 monthly to 256.67. Cable TV rates climb 11 percent, airline domestic fares up five percent, beer up 30 cents a dozen.
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EDMONTON
Canada
Pacific Western Airlines
CP Air
Air Canada
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Byron Creek
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Line Creek
Peter Lougheed
Diana, Princess of Wales
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Prince Charles
New energy deal
Legionnaire Royals
Jaimie Nagy Nagy
Dave Elton
Coaldale Warriors
Royals
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Jamie Hutton
John Kobal
Lech
Navy
Herald
Dennis Jobe
Bowman Arts Centre
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Gilbert Paterson
Exhibition Pavilion
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