Whelan announces interim wheat payment amid election speculation
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan disclosed a 60 million dollar interim Western Wheat Stabilization payment to Prairie farmers, part of a larger policy context shaping Liberal election expectations. The plan aims to finalize 1977 crop year payments by spring, with a larger fall settlement projected between 100 and 140 million dollars.
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Alex Binkley
Ottawa
Eugene Whelan
Whelan
Ontario
Trudeau
Jiune
Saskatchewan
Lorne Nystrom
NDP
Yorkton-Melville
Frank Hamilton
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Commons
Otto Lang
Wheat Board
Winnipeg
Canada Grains Council
Medicine Hat hospital expansion may begin before policy release
Medicine Hat and District Hospital could start general expansion this summer if authorities clear three plan points the Hospitals Minister says are under review. The decision hinges on the psychiatric wing size, total expanded floor space, and cost escalation justification.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Gordon Miniely
Miniely
Psychiatric
Square One
Medicine Hat
Oil sands deal reached between Japan and Canada
TOKYO AP Japan Oil Sands Co JOSCO says it reached a basic agreement with Petro Canada on a 140 million project in Alberta The plan calls for JOSCO to invest 71 million for a 25 percent share of Athabasca region concession rights A letter of intent was signed by JOSCOs subsidiary Japan Oil Sands Primrose Co and Petro Canada the government owned oil firm
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Tokyo
Japan Oil Sands Co
JOSCO
Alberta
Japan Oil Sands Primrose Co
Petro- Canada
Athabaska
Gas stations pass on tax cut in provincial rebate
A NEWS survey of 18 local stations shows most lower prices after the government's 10-cent gas tax rebate. All 18 cut regular gas by 10 cents. Esso outlets cut lead free by 10 and premium by 9 cents. Shell stations cut lead free by 9 and premium by 7 cents, with varying regional adjustments.
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Esso
Shell
Yukon group urges self government and province status
The Yukon task force on national unity urged that Yukon become Canada’s 11th province to obtain self government. The six member Yukon Legislative Assembly committee said Yukon's inclusion in Confederation is voted for and Quebec’s status parallels Yukon's demand for constitutional reform. The report cites Ottawa control over finances and revenue, and a long colonial pattern versus provincial rights. The piece also notes local gas price adjustments where outlets pass or fail to pass a federal tax cut, with consumer pressure likely to drive prices down.
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Whitehorse
Yukon
National Unity
Canada
Ottawa
Yukon Legislative Assembly
Quebec
Confederation
Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Monsieur Levesque
Pearson
South
Orville Hoare
Provincial Treasury
Government under fire for dollar in budget eve
Ottawa reports intense opposition to the sagging dollar as election speculation rises. Finance Minister Jean Chretien says he likely will name a budget date, while the government faces pressure ahead of the anticipated federal budget announcement.
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Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Budget push sparks debate as dollar slides in Commons
Ottawa government announces new budget next Monday night as dollar dips to 87.87 cents US. Jean Chretien taunts Tory leader Joe Clark amid questions on controls and economic strategy while polls show Liberals at 45 percent and Conservatives at 34.
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Chretien
John Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
Gallup
New Democratic Party
Joe Clark
Clark
McDermott Named President of Canadian Labor Congress
Dennis McDermott, 55, elected unopposed as president of the Canadian Labor Congress replacing Joe Morris. McDermott, former Canadian director of the United Auto Workers, vows to broaden the labor movement’s reach into politics while pursuing bread and butter issues of bargaining.
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Quebec
Dennis McDermott
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Joe Morris
British Columbia
McDermott
United Auto Workers
Morris
Congress
CLC Executive Council
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