18 Dec 1980
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1980
Page
1
U S officials told Canadian counterparts they doubt Canada energy policy, suggesting possible conflicts with international agreements. They warned the program could curb exploration, questioned buy Canadian equipment rules, and cited GATT concerns over pressure on oil firms to source from Canada.
Statistics Canada reports a 1.2 per cent rise in consumer prices in November lifting the national rate to 11.2 per cent, with food, transportation and housing driving the increase. Edmonton leads at 12.7 per cent, while underlying inflation sits at 9.4 per cent, signaling persistent pressure into next year.
Ottawa reports a federal commitment of 100 million dollars to back co operative participation in a major oil and gas project. Senator Hazen Argue said the offer responds to growing co operative interest and follows months of talks with the wheat pool and credit unions.
Alberta reports Heritage Savings Trust Fund at 7.4 billion dollars with 802.8 million in deemed assets and three month earnings under three percent totaling 175 million. Transfers from oil gas and coal add 344 million, while co operative movement eyes a major energy investment and possible partnership with Petro Canada.
Western intelligence says senior Soviet officers are being inserted into key Polish military posts. Some wear Polish uniforms to appear indistinguishable, with aims to oversee Polish officers and deter resistance to invasion, mirroring 1968 and 195. Analysts doubt an invasion decision, suspect a halted Warsaw Pact exercise or high readiness, with a tentative December drill discussed but not agreed.
Belfast AP report says Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher rejected demands by seven IRA prisoners on hunger strike for political prisoner status. She warned violence yields no rights, while doctors warn Sean McKenna may die without treatment as sympathy strikers join at Maze and Armagh prisons.
Soviet law sets Jan 1 1967 as the start for banning women from 460 occupations including heavy or dangerous tasks in construction, chemicals and metals, and from operating vehicles over 14 seats. The move aims to lift birth rates, despite praise for female labor in recent decades.
Terry Fox 22 of Port Coquitlam British Columbia won the Lou Marsh Award for outstanding athletic accomplishment of 1980. The unanimous seven member committee cited his Marathon of Hope raising funds for cancer research. Fox earlier ran 5000 kilometres from St Johns Newfoundland to Thunder Bay Ontario before illness paused his journey.
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