Weather: Friday forecast with clouds and cold high and low
An index style weather note lists cloudy conditions for Friday with a high near minus two and a low around minus seventeen. The entry references page 31 for the map.
01 Dec 1983
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1983
Page
1
An index style weather note lists cloudy conditions for Friday with a high near minus two and a low around minus seventeen. The entry references page 31 for the map.
Hospitals Minister Dave Russell told the Alberta Hospital Association meeting that hospitals oppose user fees and prefer better revenue options. Ottawa reports Prime Minister Trudeau has not decided on retirement or another run, allowing himself a few months to evaluate his political future and peace mission.
Operation Dismantle leader James Stark and coalition lawyer Lawrence Greenspon say they will seek leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that cabinet approval of cruise missile tests was constitutional. The group argues the tests threaten life, liberty, and security by fueling the arms race with tests set to begin in March.
Medicine Hat MP Hargrave evades direct retirement talk from his Walsh ranch citing an expected federal vote. He says changes may come but will wait for riding association president Rick Oland to call an executive meeting. He previously stated intent to sit out the 32nd parliament.
Gov Gen Schreyer reads prorogation speech praising four bold initiatives Patriots Constitution national energy program wage restraint plan and crow rate reform. The government claims 150 bills passed and 300000 jobs created with $561 million yearly lift to Western Canada, while opposition decries lack of mandate.
The Utilities Committee endorsed a 20 per cent gas rate increase and a five per cent electricity rise for Jan 1 1984 to offset fading flowback revenues from Alberta. Aimed at closing a gap in capital funding, the plan would raise the typical 12 000 cubic feet gas bill from 20 54 to 24 48 monthly, and electricity from 27 58 to 29.00.
A Gallup poll shows the Progressive Conservatives at 56 percent among decided voters, ahead of the Liberals at 27 percent and the New Democrats at 16 percent. Undecided voters total 25 percent. The survey was conducted in late October after the Grenada invasion and before Trudeau's peace campaign impact.
RCMP Drug Enforcement head Supt Rodney Stamler says illegal drug sales in Canada rose to about 1 billion dollars in 1982. Canadians spent roughly 8.5 to 9 billion on illegal drugs while health and social costs reached about 2.5 billion. The RCMP plans 30 to 40 million in next year funding as courts hospitals and police bear the burden.
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