Negotiations continue at British Columbia penitentiary stand off
Prison authorities in New Westminster negotiate surrender of five hostage takers and ten hostages at a 100 year old maximum security facility. Lawyer Marguerite Jackson says RCMP blocked access to clients as talks proceed with prisoners including Ralph Laumer and David Bennett.
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New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia
Marguerite Jackson
RCMP
Les Holmes
Bruce Northorp
Chuck Hutchinson
Ralph Laumer
David Bennett
Ms. Jackson
Northorp
Medicine Hat Utilities Surpass Most Cities in Gas and Power Rates
A NEWS survey of seven Western Canada cities and Toronto shows Medicine Hat enjoys notably lower gas bills, paying about half of Vancouver’s rate for the same consumption, and electricity costs about 13 percent below Edmonton’s. The city’s power plant expansion proposal to ERCB aims to curb future price rises, with a decision not expected for months. Mayor Reinhardt’s gas flow back plan to cut rates sits on the back burner.
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Western Canada
Toronto
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Bill Scott
Brooks
Calgary Power
Alberta
Bow Island
ERCB
Milt Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Utilities Committee
Regina
Toronto St
Hatfield says task force useful but cannot replace Parliament
Premier Richard Hatfield of New Brunswick says the federal Task Force on Canadian Unity aids public discussion but cannot replace Parliament or provincial legislatures. He warns referendums, especially a Quebec vote, could destabilize Canada and emphasizes improving administration of institutions over changing them. He notes Acadian interests and economic needs in the province. calls for better language funding, regional offices, and CBC service.
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N.B
Richard Hatfield
New Brunswick
Hatfield
Canada
Quebec
Gilbert Finn
Assumption Mutual Life Insurance Co. Ltd
Acadians
University of
CBC
Acadian
No progress reported in hostage-release talks
Negotiations over the release of 25 year old guard Hugh Maloney held by Bertrand Janvier and Edgar Roussell continued with no clear progress. Prison officials cited ongoing meetings and unclear demands while noting possible transfers to a Quebec prison and improved recreation facilities as part of the detainees' requests.
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Dorchester
N.B
Hugh Maloney
Bertrand Janvier
Edgar Roussell
Quebec
Jerry LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Janvier
Roussell
New Brunswick
Opposition urges limits on RCMP over mail opening powers
Opposition MPs accuse the government of shielding RCMP for illicit acts while granting broad powers to the force without judicial review. Justice Minister Basford says new mail opening powers are a temporary measure ending with a federal commission’s report.
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RCMP
Commons
Ron Basford
Francis Fox
Stuart Leggatt
NDP Justice
Commission
Leggatt
New Westminster
David McDonald
Basford
Elmer MacKay
Pc—Central Nova
Six day rescue for trapped truck driver in Ohio snow
Cleveland driver James Truly survived six days buried in a steel-hauling rig caught in a 20 foot snowdrift near Mansfield. Guardsmen found him on Ohio 13 north of Mansfield. he survived on snow water and blankets with no frostbite. Officials say 34 people were killed in Ohio during the blizzard.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio National
James Truly
Midwest
Ohio 13
Alberta interim audit shows higher six month spending
The interim audit shows Alberta expenditures for the first half of fiscal 1977 at 1.9 billion dollars, up 17.5 percent from 1976 while revenue rose 29.5 percent to 2.1 billion. Provincial Treasurer Merv Leitch cautions timing effects and notes school financial aid rose to 455 million, up 42 percent from the prior year.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Leitch
Fox resigns as solicitor general over forged name scandal
Prime Minister Trudeau says Francis Fox passed RCMP security checks, but Fox admitted signing his lover's husband name on a hospital document to aid an abortion. Fox resigned after a private confession and public statement, with Basford acting temporarily until a successor is named. Police involvement was not required in the inquiry.
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Nowlan
Fox
Trudeau
McDonald Commission
Ottawa
Francis Fox
RCMP
the Commons
Joe Clark
James Coutts
Justice
Ron Basford
Commons
Labor
John Munro
Coutts
Ontario
Roy McMurtry
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