Finishing Touch on Ajax Mine Story from Local Archives
Frank Willington recounts the Ajax mine saga from the mid 1930s onward. He details owners Lorne Laidlaw and Bill Weir, the hotel kept for miners, the dismantling of the CPR round house, road shifts, dairy and barn projects, and the sequence of ownership ending with Adolf Radke and later Perry and Willington in 1956.
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Ajax
Lorne Laidlaw
Laidlaw, Nibloch and Stone
Swan
Laidlaw
Bill Weir
Bill
Golden Valley
Old Round House
Frank Webber
Medicine Hat News
Charlie
Glen
Bessemer
Choice
Art
Frank Willington
Federal Orders Expand Powers Into Emergency Camps Claim
The text alleges that the federal government issues orders-in-council bypassing parliament to impose the metric system and to authorize forcible relocation to camps in the north during emergencies. It questions who would be sent, under what emergencies, and compares the move to Liberia.
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Liberia
Property rights stay provincial under new constitutional accord
In Hansard from November 10 1981 a provincial speaker reaffirms property rights remain a provincial responsibility. The statement supports the Alberta Legislature resolution approving the constitutional accord and argues elected representatives in Alberta provide the best protection of property rights within confederation.
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Hansard
Alberta
Readers' rights letters to The News
The News invites reader letters on topics of concern but limits length to 300 words or two typed pages. Letters may be edited for clarity and taste, and libellous submissions will be rejected. Signed letters with address and phone number are required for publication.
Community Letter on Health Unit Handling of Hepatitis Rumor
A reader criticizes the Health Unit and Medical Officer for not acting decisively to prevent hepatitis spread. The letter argues for closing food outlets until centralized controls are in place and notes the writer's two week incubation concerns and missing Christmas with family in California.
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California
Meet raises concerns over Trudeau and economic order
Patrick Walsh claims Communist links in government during a West Fed and WCC event held December 6 1981 in Crowfoot room at the college. He alleges Trudeau pursued a world government and warns of debt per capita while Patrick Walsh and Ron Gostick promote constitutional disruption and a Canadian League of Rights crackdown.
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WCC
Patrick Walsh
Ron Gostick
Canadian League of Rights
Crowfoot
RCMP
Trudeau
Medicine Hat Paramedics Highlight CPR Lifeline 1000 Project
Medicine Hat and area paramedics with volunteers and groups organized the CPR Lifeline 1000 project. The initiative trained instructors and volunteers and aims to be offered again next year to raise awareness of lifesaving CPR.
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Medicine Hat
Canada
CPR
Texas Lifestyle and Billy Bob's Texas Spotlight
A vivid portrait of Fort Worth Texas detailing its culture and growth. The piece notes Billy Bob's Texas as a colossal hub for country music and nightlife, the Trinity River, museums like the Kimbell and Amon Carter, and the sprawling suburban landscape. It portrays a fast paced, car dominated society with lavish malls, RVs, and a pop culture mix.
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Fort Worth
Angelo
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Trinity
Amon Carter
Cullen Davis
Joe T. Garcia
Boston
Detroit
Callaghan Battles Marxists to Save British Labour Party
Former Prime Minister James Callaghan intervenes as Labour fights a Militant Tendency take over. Michael Foot wins votes to probe Militant activities and rejects Tariq Ali's membership while Pat Wall advocates radical policy. Benn clashes with Foot over inquiries as party splits widen.
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London
James Callaghan
British Labor Party
Callaghan
London Dock
Bermondsey
Subcommittee of
Labor
Foot
Tariq Ali
Labor Party
New
Social Democratic Party
Social Democrats
Daily Mirror
Britain
Pat Wall
Bradford North
SDP
Tony Benn
Michael Foot
Joan Lester
Benn
Militant Tendency
Southam News
Vietnam scenario echoes in El Salvador debate at CFR meeting
At a Council on Foreign Relations gathering, Hector Oqueli of the Democratic Revolutionary Front and the Faribundo Marti Front argued the United States risks a Vietnam-like entanglement in El Salvador. He contrasted regional limits, NATO-style support, and U.S. reluctance for negotiated peace with ongoing aid to the Salvadoran junta, noting Washington’s fear of casualty costs and the pressure of global media framing. He warned the parallel both shapes and restrains U.S. policy, recalling Vietnam memory as a strategic influence on Reagan advisers and public messaging.
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New York
Vietnam
el Salvador
Council On Foreign Relations
Central America
Hector Oqueli
Oqueli
Democratic Revolutionary Front
Faribundo Marti Popular Liberation Forces
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Reagan
United States
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Washington
Guillermo Manuel Ungo
Latin America
Europe
United Nations
Cuba
Nicaragua
China
North Vietnam
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Duarte
Mexico
Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
U.S
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Margaret Anderson
David B. Wilson
Midland
Odessa
Forth Worth
Billy Bob
Dallas
Houston
Gary Cooper
Billy Bob’s
Billy Bob's
Boston Globe
Christopher Young
Peter Tatchell
Lockman
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