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Medicine Hat News

Location

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Date

Dec 01, 1981

Page

4

Deregulating taxis would worsen service and raise costs

The piece warns that lifting the taxi bylaw moratorium and deregulating rates could trigger fierce fare competition, larger fleets, and losses for drivers. It argues deregulation risks worse service, higher prices, and ongoing city entanglement in a quagmire, with the public interest as the only guideline.

Yellow Cabs City Council Medicine Hat

Canada faces shoe quota shift amid industry backlash

The federal plan ends leather shoe imports quotas and imposes a three year non leather quota while adding 17 million to a 250 million industry adjustment program. Industry leaders warn thousands could lose jobs while Ontario Quebec and importers decry the move as harmful and futile.

Canada Industry, Trade and Commerce Herb Gray Ted Rowe Canadian Shoe Manufacturers’ Association Ontario Quebec Rodrigue Biron South Korea Taiwan Singapore Trudeau

New Flightless Steamer Duck Found Off Argentina Coast

Kansas educators report the first new duck species since 1917 found along Argentina's coast. The stocky bird has a heavy head thick neck and battleship grey body and unlike others in its group cannot fly. The discovery may revive interest but could prove another false alarm.

Kansas Argentina

Ottawa mood mirrors a stagnant Liberal government

Allan Fotheringham notes Ottawa resembles a one industry town halted by weather and indecision. He portrays Liberal ministers anxious about leadership, Pierre Trudeau’s possible retirement, and internal party conflicts showcased by Toronto and Spadina episodes. The piece mocks the Liberal stance and highlights a tense political atmosphere.

Ottawa

Counting Blessings After a False Cancer scare

An acquaintance narrowly avoids a cancer diagnosis and reshapes his view of life. The piece questions modern expectations and urges gratitude for life, health, and blessings amid a culture of perpetual dissatisfaction.

Spock Baltimore Sun

Coutts Emerges as Key Factor in Liberal Leadership Race

A rift in Canada's Liberal Party after Trudeau's era centers on John Turner and Jim Coutts. Activists led by Alfred Apps push for reform to align with grass-roots concerns while Coutts positions himself as left of center, drawing support from youth and backers within the caucus. The weekend signals a debate over party roots and future leadership.

Toronto Jimmy Coutts Ontario Damascus Harbour Castle Mickey Rooney Ottawa Allan MacEachen Dolly Parton Franklin Roosevelt Coutts John Roberts Herb Gray Eugene Whelan Trudeau John Turner Spadina Liberal Party Pierre Elliott Trudeau John Napier Turner Jim Coutts Turner Alfred Apps Ontario Liberal Apps Keith Davey Reform Movement MacEachen Kathy Robinson Doug Frith Sudbury Donald Macdonald

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