Medicine Hat Petitions for Courthouse and Gas Rights
Medicine Hat officials urge Alberta ministers to relocate or expand the provincial courthouse to preserve its architecture and to place it near the police station to simplify prisoner transport. They also press for access to deeper gas leases to attract heavy industry and reduce costs for local residents and businesses.
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Reinhardt
Yurko
Foster
George Davison
Ron Clement
Allan Warrack
Don Getty
Brier
Saskatchewan Power and Pembina
Antelope herd suffers losses near city chemical plant
A herd of 230 antelope wintering near the city is dropping fast with 35 to 40 dead near a chemical plant. Officials report bleeding intestines and diarrhea in autopsies and suspect chromate based toxins in plant effluent pond. Samples sent to Lethbridge labs for analysis.
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Tarr
Lethbridge
Ed Halverson
Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd
Chow Seng Liu
Alberta Environment
Liu
Waa
Co-Operative
Alberta Gas Chemicals
Alberta blowouts drive gas fear as three wells vent
Three gas wells blow wild in Alberta as Gamma Resources and Gulf Oil Canada fight fires and evacuate crews. Amoco’s well in West Pembina is being sealed. hydrogen sulphide complicates operations.
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Gamma Resources Ltd
Cessford
Calgary
Alberta
Texan Red Adair
West Pembina
Edmonton
Lac
la Biche
Gulf Oil Canada Ltd
Rod Edgecombe
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
Edgecombe
Adair
Amoco
Energy Board
Farries Engineering Ltd
Gulf
Lac la Biche
ERCB
Gold River
Hostages end 48 hour siege of bank on Subic Bay
At Subic Bay Philippines a Filipino gunman held 14 hostages in a small bank for 48 hours. Male hostages beat him to death after he threatened to burn a pregnant woman. The gunman died later from a skull fracture. Among hostages were nine bank employees four auditors and one businessman.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
U.S. Naval Base
Cmdr
Michael Sherman
Navy
Sherman
U.S
Nicomedeo Pillaluz
Huntington Hardisty
Quebec Uses Ottawa Backing to Curb Referendum Propaganda
Quebec plans to rely on federal good faith to limit anti separatist propaganda in its independence referendum. Bill 92 sets umbrella committees for campaign financing, caps spending per voter, and allows solo campaigns with limits. Voters and contributors face new rules, with a bilingual ballot and a referendum council to oversee processes.
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Quebec
Robert Burns
Burns
National Assembly
Lougheed cautions Alberta economy in 1978 outlook
Premier Peter Lougheed in a year end interview warns 1978 may not match 1977 prosperity. He pledges capital spending in hospitals roads and senior facilities, while noting national weakness will affect Alberta. He plans talks at the February first ministers conference and a light legislative year with immigration controls and budget focus.
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Hdmonton
Peter Lougheed
the News
Alberta
Lougheed
Hall Commission
Canada
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Commonwealth Microptin
Ave. S
Calga Alta
Bill Sass
Medicine Hat
Civic Administration
Milt Reinhardt
Housing and Public Works
Bill Yorke
Jim Foster
Eric Lloyd
Medicine Hal
Weiner
Bill Scott
Fish and Wildlife
Ian Tarr
Dan Lander
Andy Oslanski
Neidermayer
Ottawa
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