Beer price rise sparks industry criticism in Ottawa
Ottawa will raise excise taxes by 15 percent starting Sept 1, lifting beer a nickel per bottle case 30 cents, cigarettes about five cents a pack, with spirits and wine also climbing. Brewers and makers decry the move as violating wage restraint, while officials warn of tougher price controls and higher government revenue.
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Ottawa
Ken Lavery
Brewers Association of Canada
Keith Sale
Seagram Distillers
Montreal
Salo
Ron Findlay
Rothman’s of Canada
Lavery
Air Canada Plans Layoffs Amid Big Losses
Air Canada will lay off about 2000 employees and cut operations after a 36.5 million loss in the first six months. Union negotiations cover 17000 of 20000 workers with a planned 10 percent staff reduction by year end. Management cuts and executive pay deferral will accompany layoffs over the next four months. The move aligns with government restraint efforts and two year forecasts.
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Montreal
Air Canada
Claude Taylor
Taylor
Crown
Alberta Slave River hydro project draft review guides released
A 28 page federal Environment Department list outlines environmental concerns before work can begin on Alberta's proposed 8 billion Slave River hydroelectric project near Fort Smith. The guides follow Alberta's 40 million design start without approval and address impacts on water flow, wildlife, climate, water quality, land and aboriginal rights, plus road access and transmission lines. Public hearings on Sept 30 will gather input as both provinces and two utilities move toward a joint venture with TransAlta and Alberta Power.
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Ottawa
Federal
Environment Department
Alberta
Slave River
Environmental Assessment Review
Bob Greyell
John Roberts
Fort Smith
Northwest Territories
Territories
Peace
Athabasca
Wood Buffalo National Park
Lake Athabasca
Alberta- Saskatchewan
TransAlta
Alberta Power
Commission
Greyell
Park
Alberta doctors continue extra-billing survey shows decline
A government survey shows 41.5 percent of Alberta doctors extra-bill in April down from 43 percent in March. The average extra-billing fee rose to 9.66 dollars from 8.82, while doctors’ income from extra-billing remains a smaller share of Medicare payments.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dave Russell
Russell
PLO talks put on hold in Lebanon
Lebanese Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan suspended talks with US mediator Philip Habib over evacuation of the PLO from Beirut amid heavy Israeli air strikes. Israel pressed a siege intended to rout the PLO, while Begin in Jerusalem cited progress but flagged France and UN involvement as obstacles. Iraq offered to accept PLO fighters as Syria Jordan and other states had already done. Air and ground attacks continued for hours.
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Shafik Wazzan
Philip Habib
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Wazzan
PLO
West
France
Begin
Habib
United Nations
Iraq
West Beirut
Syria
Jordan
Yemen
Sudan
Tunisia
Goodyear plans recall at Medicine Hat plant
Goodyear Canada Inc at Medicine Hat will recall 56 laid off workers by early October with recalls starting Monday. About 20 workers return by end of August and 36 more in September as production for passenger tires is expected to resume by August 30 and tractor tires by September 27. The plant, employing about 125, has slowed output since December 1981 due to weak markets.
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Medicine Hat
Goodyear Canada Inc
Dave Middleton
Middleton
Terry Green
Green
Calgary Centennials Win 5-2 For Prairie Title Contender
The Calgary Centennials defeated the Moose Jaw All-Stars 5-2 to force a Prairie Little League championship decider. The decisive game is set for Kin Coulee Park today at 1 p.m.
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Calgary
Calgary Centennials
Moose Jaw
Henry Fonda Dies at 77 in Los Angeles
Actor Henry Fonda died in Los Angeles at Cedars Sinai hospital from heart failure at age 77. His fifth wife Shirlee was present, and his children Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda rushed to the hospital.
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Los Angeles
Reuter
Henry Fonda
Fonda
Shirlee
Cedars Sinai Hospital
Jane Fonda
Peter Fonda
Medicine Hat to honor man who shares its name
Medicine Hat marks a centennial year in 1983 and hopes to invite John Burrows born August 1883 in the city. Burrows now lives in Lindsay Ontario and may visit Medicine Hat on Heritage Day June 10 or Burrows birthday August 24 with a sponsor. He was briefly in the city as a child during the 1880s and has no memories of it.
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Medicine Hat
Burrows
Med
Lindsay
Ont
John Bokstein
Terry Green
Bokstein
Green
Pearl Burrows
Pearl
Ontario
Louis Riel
Riel
Donny White
Harry
Brunswick
Medicine Hat Centennial
White
Medicine Hat Museum
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