Swan Hills fire grows as town near evacuation
The Swan Hills blaze in Alberta expanded to 14 000 hectares with winds up to 40 km h. About 700 residents remained in town while 2 500 had evacuated. Firefighters used water bombers and retardants to shield a Home Oil facility as crews shut in oil wells. The Alberta government has spent 3 million on firefighting efforts amid broader wildfire activity in the region.
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Alberta Forest Service
Whitecourt
Swan River
Edmonton
RCMP
Lorne Nelson
Henderson
Forest-Service
Home Oil Co. Ltd
Howard Pratley
Forest Service
Lorne Arden
Swan Hill
Pratley
Barrhead
Michel
Saskatchewan
Fort Nelson
British Columbia
Alaska Highway
Prophet River Indian Reserve
Fort Assiniboine
Government seeks to strike right of Canadian air controllers
Ottawa aims to have all 1,782 operational air traffic controllers declared essential by the Federal Court of Appeal. The appeal, set for Sept. 24, follows a Public Service Staff Relations Board ruling limiting essential staff to 270. The dispute centers on whether all controllers can be restricted from striking amid union resistance and potential Supreme Court action.
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Ottawa
Federal Court of Appeal
Public Service
Peter Proulx
Transport Depart
Ment
United States
Supreme Court of Canada
Appeal
U.S
Hatfield Pushes Two Way Pipeline Plan For Maritimes
New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield urged the federal government to override the National Energy Board and approve a two way gas pipeline from Quebec City to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He argued for security of supply and regional economic growth over a one way, non reversible line. Premier John Buchanan of Nova Scotia backed faster gas discovery near Sable Island and urged timely confirmation of commercial reserves.
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Victoria
National Energy Board
Maritimes
New Brunswick
Richard Hatfield
Hatfield
High Arctic
Energy Board
NEB
trans-Canada
Quebec City
Nova Scotia
Trans Quebec and Maritimes Pipeline Inc
Q and M Pipelines Ltd
Sable Island
John Buchanan
Arctic
Buchanan
Solidarity calls end to strikes to ease Polish crisis
Poland's independent union Solidarity asked its 10 million members to sacrifice eight Saturdays to relieve the economy as tensions ease after protests over food shortages. Leaders urged a national consensus with government and discussed possible church mediation with Archbishop Glemp after talks with Communist leader Kania.
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Reuter
Poland
Solidarity
Gdansk
Stanislaw Kania
Jozef Glemp
Kania
PAP
Lech Walesa
Royalties Slow Talks on Energy
Calgary based The Herald reports new obstacles in talks between Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch and federal minister Marc Lalonde over royalties. A Banff June proposal to freeze rates clashed with Ottawa views, leaving an overall Alberta rate near 42 percent while Ottawa envisaged 36 percent under a freeze.
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Calgary
the Herald
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Marc Lalonde
Montreal
Banff
Ottawa
The
Herald
Leitch
Lalonde
Crown corporation eyed for utilities in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat's attempt to secure more natural gas reserves faces legal limits. Mayor Ted Grimm says forming a Crown corporation for the city’s utilities could bypass restrictions, enabling share purchases in gas fields and a more competitive approach. Alderman Ken Sauer notes current city charter prohibits buying shares in private gas interests without legislative changes. If incorporated, awaiting private member’s bill and provincial approval, the utility could operate more like a business and better meet peak 1984 demand.
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Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Ald
Ken Sauer
Utilities Committee
Sauer
Chamber
Alberta Local Authorities Board
Jays Lose Again To Expos In Calgary
The Medicine Hat Blue Jays fell 10-5 to the Expos in Calgary, their third straight defeat in the Pioneer League pennant chase. Page 13.
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Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Calgary
Expos
Bank of Canada rate slips to 21.07 percent
Ottawa credit rate eased Thursday to 21.07 percent from 21.24 percent, marking a small retreat after a three week climb. Analysts say the dip, driven by a stronger dollar, is unlikely to affect other rates that normally follow the bank rate.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Premiers Seek Economic Action But Find No Consensus
Canada’s 10 provincial premiers opened a three day economic conference in Victoria with agreement that the economy is troubled but no final solutions. Premier Bill Bennett said a communique would outline common ground while energy pricing, Canadianization of oil and foreign investment remained contentious.
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Bill Bennett
British Columbia
Bennett
B.C
Newfoundland
Brian Peckford
Allan Blakeney
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Richard Hatfield
New Brunswick
Rene Levesque
Quebec
Levesque
Hatfield
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