Saskatchewan legislature quiet as rowdy fall session ends
In Regina the Saskatchewan legislature housed a tense fall session with loud debates between Government and Opposition. The Homeowners' Protection Act, aimed at foreclosures amid high rates, drew less clash than anticipated as the PCs surprised by backing the bill.
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Saskatchewan
Bob Andrew
Progressive Conservatives
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New Democrats
Canada
Tories on Defensive Assitting Concludes
Alberta opposition members say the spirit of the legislature has shifted with Peter Lougheed’s government on the defensive for the first time in years as the session nears an abrupt two month end and adjournment.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Legislative Chamber
Pierre Trudeau
Ottawa
Sindlinger
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Social Credit
NDP
Lou Hyndman
Heritage Fund
Ray Speaker
Hydro Quebec
Grant Notley
Mental patients drift onto Edmonton skid road after release
Social workers describe a growing pattern of former mental patients moving from psychiatric facilities to Edmonton’s skid road near Boyle Street. They report beatings and robberies as police escort releases, with eight to ten patients appearing at the Boyle Street Co-op weekends. An 80-year-old former patient wanders the area, carrying bags and inspecting garbage.
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Edmonton
Skid Road
Trudy Richardson
Boyle Street
Richardson
Transient faces charges after multiple break-ins
A 34 year old transient, Allen Robertson, was charged by Brooks RCMP with LSD possession, stolen car possession, and break ins at the Tilley school. He faces two more break and enters in Redcliff. Burglars hit Southern Valve Services and Dutton Trucking, stealing about 600 dollars in goods, and the Medicine Hat Youth Hostel was entered with a jacket taken. Robertson to appear in Brooks court today and Medicine Hat court Tuesday.
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Brooks
Medicine Hat
Tilley
Redcliff
Allen Robertson
Brooks Rcmp
Tilley School
Don Murdoch
Robertson
Southern Valve Services Ltd
Defections Stir Alberta West-Fed Split
Calgary West-Fed chairman Errol Squires urges the group to remain active despite defections to Western Canada Concept. He plans to stay as Calgary chairman to prevent Knutson from launching a new Alberta West-Fed party, while three West-Fed executive committees joined the Concept.
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Calgary
Alberta
Errol Squires
Western Canada
Elmer Knutson
Squires
Knutson
Three Vehicle Crash Causes $1850 In Damage
A three vehicle collision Saturday afternoon on Carry Drive S.E near Dunmore Road involved William Hoskin of Rockyford Alberta Wade May of Marquis Saskatchewan and Alfred Chinski of Brooks. Police estimate damages 800 800 and 250 dollars with no injuries.
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Rockyford
Alta
Carry Drive
S.E
Dunmore Road
Wade May
Marquis, Sask
Hoskin
Alfred Chinski
Brooks
May
Chinski
Two-Vehicle Collision Causes 2400 Damage In Bow Island Area
Police report a late Saturday night crash on Ross Street S E near Allowance Avenue involving Kirk Knapp of Bow Island and Harold Torgerson of 549B Maple Avenue S E. Knapp’s car sustained 1500 damage and Torgerson’s 900 with no injuries.
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Bow Island
Ross Street
S.E
Allowance Avenue
Harold Torgerson
Maple Avenue
Knapp
Torgerson
The Collector Screened in Evening Schedule
A 1965 drama features Terence Stamp as a brooding English clerk who abducts a woman and keeps her prisoner in a cellar hoping she will come to love him. Samantha Eggar co stars in this unsettling tale shown in a late evening slot.
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Julie Andrews
Christopher Plummer
Terence Stamp
Samantha Eggar
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