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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1981
Page
5
A Parti Quebecois working paper questions current policy requiring a general election on sovereignty plus a ratifying referendum. The document, distributed ahead of December congress, suggests the party may drop the mandatory referendum and leave room for future changes to independence strategy.
In May 1980 sixty percent of voters rejected the Parti Quebecois demand for a mandate to negotiate sovereignty association. The PQ national council later blocked another plebiscite during the current mandate, which ends in April 1985.
Canada’s big three automakers report July car and truck sales down 22.43 percent from a year earlier amid high interest rates. GM of Canada lists 27 154 passenger cars and 8 561 trucks sold in July, with seven month totals down 14.4 percent. Ford of Canada and Chrysler of Canada also show declines in July sales and year to date figures.
Health Minister Bud Sherman defended Baygon use to kill mosquitoes amid rising cases of western equine encephalitis in horses and increased activity near Brandon. Spraying resumed in Winnipeg as a DC-4 targets western areas, with officials claiming 90 to 100 percent mosquito kill rates and minimal risk to people.
A 3,500 worker Cape Breton coal strike began July 17 paralyzing three mines and the Devco transport network across Nova Scotia. District 26 leaders seek a 60 percent wage rise, after a tentative two year deal with 28 percent was rejected, leaving 4,000+ unemployed and the island facing a prolonged disruption.
Noting a property listing with a double fireplace and double front drive attached garage and central air. Full baths include three, with price and terms offered and potential trade. Contact Bob Rambeit z at the provided phone numbers through A. E. LePage Prairies Ltd.
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