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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1981
Page
2
Alberta's Tory government weighs closing the fall session as opposition filibusters persist over the Alberta Heritage Trust Fund. Lawmakers debate tabling auditor general letters and possible adjournment or prorogation to end the long session.
Ottawa heightens tension as the federal budget spurs briefs from business groups in energy and housing sectors. Nelson Riis leads MPs across Canada pressing for changes to aid industry and workers amid a slowing economy with hearings planned from Regina to St John’s.
Edmonton East MP Bill Yurko says he may leave the Progressive Conservative party due to opposition within his constituency over his backing of unilateral patriation of the constitution. He cites internal conspiracies, defamation concerns, and possible moves to run as an independent or for another party. He denies Liberal talks, while weighing all options including legal action and possible retirement.
Alberta Liberal leader Nick Taylor said parliamentary rule wrangling worsened a water distribution dispute. He accused the three parties of posturing and said the issue would be swept under the rug. He also predicted NDP leader Grant Notley would use the topic to scare voters and warn of a muddy Peace River.
Time Air urges Ottawa decision to ground PWA flights as a sanity check while Alberta government figures weigh political risk. Time Air will run Medicine Hat to Vancouver with Dash 7s, moving SD 330s to Calgary route. costs cited at about 96 dollars from Lethbridge and 125 from Medicine Hat.
In Medicine Hat provincial court on Tuesday Judge Philip Wambolt sentenced 16 year old Martin Amos Chandler to 15 days internment on each of six break and entry counts. He received 18 months probation including restitution of 569, 75 hours community service, and a curfew. Also sentenced were 17 year old Barry Friesz to 10 months in jail and two years probation for theft with violence and related offences. Crane's Cartage and Storage faced a 5000 fine for failing to remit payroll taxes from 1981 audit.
Edmonton report says David Carter, Calgary Millican MLA, loses by 16 votes as he claims the Gordon Shrake faction may have sold memberships past the deadline. Carter believes rules were broken, ballots were destroyed, and he refuses a recount though considering future nominations in Calgary.
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