Medicine Hat debates city park religious policy
The Medicine Hat Ministerial Association faults the city policy on religion in parks as restrictive and prejudiced. MHMA President Rev. Richard C. Worden urges a contract between religious bodies and the city and independent review of each event to ensure religious gatherings meet council approval and adapt to various expressions.
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Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Ministerial Association
MHMA
Richard C. Worden
Worden
Trudeau outlines statement on foreign spending by government firms
Prime Minister Trudeau warned the Commons a formal statement is coming on the international behavior of government owned companies amid opposition charges of overseas payments. The AECL audit and Polysar rebates prompt a public accounts committee review, with ministers recalling little detail of prior discussions on foreign agent fees.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Commons
Auditor-General
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
South Korea
Argentina
House
Maxwell Henderson
Petro-Chemical
Polysar Ltd
Polymer
Picket Lines Break as Trucks Escort from Dominion Glass Plant
Four trucks carried glass products from the Dominion Glass Co plant in Redcliff under an escort of two Redcliff police cars one RCMP vehicle and a private security car. Windshields were smashed on prior day violence. no charges yet for Thursday damage though a union worker faces mischief accusations. Trucks proceeded to Medicine Hat with city police taking over escort duties at the limit.
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Dominion Glass Go
Redcliff
Dominion Glass Co
Medicine Hat
Mike Blake
Blake
RCMP
Transport Company
Dominion Glass Yard
Arctic Bay residents show dangerous mercury levels in blood
Federal health tests reveal five Arctic Bay residents with blood mercury above 20 ppb, with two over 50 and one nearing 100, linked to eating contaminated seals. Reports also flag mercury exposure in Grassy Narrows and Whitedog reserves in Ontario from local river fish and the Reed Paper mill pollution.
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Federal Health Department
Arctic
Baffin Island
Arctic Bay
National Indian Brotherhood
Health Department
Brotherhood
South
Ontario
Quebec
Grassy Narrows Reserve
Whitedog Reserve
Reed Paper Ltd
Dryden
Postal Union in Ottawa Holds Closed-Door Meeting
CUPW executives meet in Ottawa to map next steps over technological changes at the post office. President Joe Davidson says a strike is possible, though leaders hope to resolve the dispute without one while the government contemplates a Federal Court bid to prohibit stoppages amid rotating strikes.
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Ottawa
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Joe Davidson
Jean-Jacques Blais
Davidson
Ment
Calgary police detective killer pair convicted by jury
An 11 member Calgary jury convicts William Nichols and Janice Gamble of first degree murder in the Keith Harrison case after a 9 day trial. The verdict carries a mandatory life sentence with 25 years before parole. The trial included a 44 hour siege and hostage release.
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Norma Ramage
Calgary
William John Nichols
Janice Marie Gamble
Keith Harrison
Alberta Supreme Court
Nichols
White Rock
B.C
Gamble
Vancouver
M.E. Shannon
John Gamble
Credit Union
Sgt. Harrison
Gambles
Tracey Perry
Miss Perry
Janice Gamble
Medicine Hat Post Office Untouched by National Postal Rift
Medicine Hat postmaster Henry Schaufele said local conditions remain stable as disputes over technological change affect Calgary and Edmonton processing centers. He noted extra help and overtime for Christmas mail while union leader Ken McLeod waits for Ottawa directions on potential job-saving measures.
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Karl Bruhn
Medicine Hat
Henry Schaufele
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Schaufele
Ken McLeod
Executive Council
Ottawa
McLeod
Petition Tables Over 5000 Signatures in Commons
In Ottawa a petition with more than 5,000 signatures protesting Canada’s beef marketing system was tabled in the Commons on Thursday by Arnold Malone. It calls for opposing supply management in beef and argues producers should be represented on all future international beef agreements due to the industry’s economic importance. It accuses the government of inadequate controls on offshore beef imports amid domestic oversupply.
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Ottawa
Arnold Malone
Battle River
Huang Hua Named Foreign Minister in China US Friendly Shift
Huang Hua, China’s top diplomat and former ambassador to Canada and the UN, named foreign minister in a government shakeup. The switch, broadcast by Hsinhua, follows Chiao Kuanhua’s removal amid ties to Chiang Ching and radical faction purges. Huang’s appointment signals a path toward renewed Sino US relations.
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Huang Hua
China
United States
Huang
Canada
United Nations
Chiao Kuanhua
Hsinhua
Chiao
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Ching
Chinese Communist Party
Peking
Standing Committee
The
National People’s Congress
Mao
Historic City Land Sale Inches Toward New Housing
Mayor Ted Grimm called the two day city land sale an historic event as 36 single family lots remain unsold after the sale. On day one 35 of 74 lots were purchased with nine by individuals and 26 by contractors under a home certification program. Day two added three more single family lots plus nine duplex sites 12 fourplex sites and two apartment sites while frontage-foot price rose from 120 to 170 dollars in August.
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Medicine Hat College
Ted Grimm
Dick Pearce
Pearce
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