Tsujiura Named WHL MVP and Most Gentlemanly Player
Medicine Hat Tiger Steve Tsujiura, 5'5\" center, won the WHL 1980-81 MVP and most gentlemanly player awards. He posted 55 goals and 84 assists, becoming the first Tiger to win the league MVP, while Dave Michayluk claimed rookie of the year and Grant Fuhr top goalie.
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T Arlenranzers
Steve Tsujiura
Medicine Hat
Western Hockey League
Tsujiura
Tiger
Dave Michayluk
Regina Pats
Jim Benning
Portland Winter Hawks
Grant Fuhr
Victoria Cougars
Kevin McCarthy
Winnipeg Monarchs
Auditor general flags open to abuse in Alberta accounting
Alberta Auditor-General D W Rogers released his 1980 annual report warning that weaknesses in government accounting create openings for mismanagement and potential abuse. He urged stronger controls over fixed assets, receipts, conditional grants, nursing home per diems, contracts, and the energy department’s accounts receivable system. He noted no illegal activity but cautioned the system remains vulnerable.
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Edmonton
Alberta
D.W. Rogers
Rogers
Glenbow Institute
Energy Department
Treasury Department
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Lou Hyndman
Sundance reports massive Hoadley gas field in Alberta
Sundance Oil claims one of North Americas largest natural gas fields in Alberta. The Hoadley field could supply Canada about four years of gas and add roughly 10 percent to proven reserves with an estimate of six to seven trillion cubic feet. Condensate is pegged at 350 to 400 million barrels.
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Calgary
Sundance Oil Ltd
North America
Alberta
Canada
Hoadley
Stetching
Edmonton
Red Deer
Kam Ching
Sundance
Milk River
Elmworth
West Pembina
Suffield site debated for regional waste disposal plan
Environment Minister Jack Cookson says if Suffield is used as a hazardous waste burning site a rapid regional disposal arrangement must be worked out. The note appears in a page summary of provincial and federal debates across pages 2 and 5.
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Environment
Jack Cookson
Strikers Tie Up Greyhound Buses Across Canada
Greyhound Lines of Canada workers strike halts operations from Toronto to Vancouver. About 1,400 employees walk out after failing to renew a cost of living clause and seek a three year contract. Pickets appear at Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg depots as talks stall.
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Calgary
Cpi
Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd
Winnipeg
Via Rail
Greyhound
Toronto
Vancouver
Edmonton
Sudbury
Ont
Saskatchewan
Katchewan Transportation Co
Sackatoon
Regina
Canada
Bruce Tyson
Greyhound Lines Inc
United States
Greyhound Lines
Ontario
USS
Palesch
Riots Surge in Londonderry and Belfast Over Sands Critical
Rioting worsened in Londonderry and Belfast as IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands neared death. Mourners attacked vehicles during protests after a fatal truck collision involving Roman Catholic youths. Soldiers faced gasoline bombs while responding with plastic bullets as authorities called the eight day unrest the worst yet. Attempts to aid Sands centered in Dublin with the Papal Nuncio offering a possible visit to Maze prison.
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Belfast
Reuter
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
IRA
Bobby Sands
Sands
Dublin
Irish Republic
Gaetano Allibrandi
Maze
Energy Board approves Mackenzie Valley oil pipeline plan
The National Energy Board backs a 400 million buried line to move Mackenzie Valley crude to Alberta links at Zama. Esso Resources Canada eyes 25 000 bpd output from Norman Wells with 19 new wells and six artificial Mackenzie islands as cabinet decision looms. Indigenous leaders warn of genocide and call for safeguards before construction begins.
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Ottawa
National Energy Board
Mackenzie Valley
Northwest Territories
Alberta
George Erasmus
Yellowknife
Gerry Kruk
Esso Resources Canada Ltd
Calgary
Cabinet
Marc Lalonde
Interprovincial Pipe Line
Nw) Ltd
Imperial Oil Ltd
Norman Wells
Arctic Circle
Esso
Mackenzie
Indian and Northern Affairs Department
Imperial
Zama
Alta
Federal Commission
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Coaldale
Barry Pederson
The
Victoria
Portland
Ken Hodge
Hodge
Cougars
National Hockey League
Michayluk
Fuhr
Reg Brown
Greg
Southview School
Ian Scott
Maple Avenue S.E
RCMP
Andy Moog
Oilers
New York Islanders
Ann Landers
Wits
Charles Lynch Stone
Christopher Young
City News
Horoscope International
Jim Coleman
Sports
Orotech Eea
Bill Palesch
Amalgamated Transit Union
Siick
Erasmus
Indian Affairs
John Munro
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