Medicine Hat wins bid to move gas tax suit toward trial
The Alberta Court of Appeal rejected federal requests for a separate hearing on Medicine Hat's constitutional status, clearing the way for the city to proceed toward trial over federal gas taxes on its municipally owned utility. Mayor Ted Grimm welcomed the ruling as progress toward a verdict and potential tax rebates if the city prevails.
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Roger Kerans
Hambleton denies spying for Soviets in British trial
Canadian university professor Hugh Hambleton, a former NATO economist, testifies in a British court denying any spying against Canada or Britain as part of(sp) the espionage case accusing him of spying for the Soviet Union.
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Paris
France
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Old Bailey Central Criminal Court
Peter Westcott
Laval University
Quebec City
Robert Kaplan
Mark MacGuigan
Commons
MacGuigan
Allan Lawrence
RCMP
Lawrence
Lloyd-Eley
Man Dies After Head Injury At Oil Rig Site Near Bow Island
A 29-year-old man, Richard Desjardins of Simpson Crescent S.E., died after being struck by a dislodged beam during dismantling of an oil drilling rig near Bow Island, Alberta. Bow Island RCMP and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety officials investigated the incident.
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Lethbridge
RCMP
Richard Desjardins
Simpson Cr. S.E
Bow Island Hospital
Brian Thorstad
Thorstad
Desjardins
Bow Island Rcmp
Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Department
Federal appeal unlikely in Medicine Hat gas tax case
Terrence Joyce of the federal Alberta litigation unit said Ottawa will not appeal Wednesday’s Alberta Court of Appeal ruling. The court rejected a bid to overturn a lower court decision and allow a separate hearing on Medicine Hat’s challenge to 1980 natural gas taxes. If needed, appeal would go to the Supreme Court. otherwise discovery would precede trial with possible statement of facts to limit witnesses.
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Medicine Hat
Terrence Joyce
Alberta
Alberta Court of Appeals
Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Edmonton
Joyce
Court of Queen’s Bench
Amoco taps Boots and Coots to cap Lodgepole well
Amoco Petroleum of Canada hires Boots and Coots to cap the Lodgepole sour gas well near Lodgepole Alberta after two lives lost and multiple failed capping attempts. The unconventional method will not be tried for about a month due to fire risk, equipment damage, unstable muskeg soil, unreliable winds, and rising public concern.
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Edmonton
Amoco Petroleum
Lodgepole
Boots and Coots
Here
Joe-Bob Bowden
Texas
Houston
Amoco
Tory caucus erupts over leadership clash at Ottawa meeting
The Progressive Conservative caucus clashed over Joe Clark's leadership as House Leader Erik Nielsen urged loyalty. Several MPs favored a January leadership review, with MacKay confirming opposition to Nielsen and noting Clark was away.
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Progressive Conservative
Joe Clark
Tory House
Erik Nielsen
Clark
Nielsen
Nova Scotia
Elmer MacKay
MacKay
First Implant of Permanent Mechanical Heart Performed
Surgeons removed the 61 year old patient Barney Clark's failing heart and implanted a polyurethane mechanical device in a pioneering operation at the University of Utah Medical Center. The team reported swelling and bleeding challenges and a ventricle replacement during the procedure but declared the operation a success as Clark's body was sustained by the new heart.
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Mark Sands
University of Utah Medical Centre
Barney Clark
Seattle
Clark
University ‘of Utah
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