City official knew of decision before mayor
Alderman Graham Kelly presented evidence that a high city administrator learned, around Jan 4, that Medicine Hat College would receive the Kipling Street property instead of the city. Saunders, deputy minister W A B Saunders, said the city official who knew kept the mayor and council uninformed and rejected a government compromise offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Blomme
Ald
Graham Kelly
Milt Reinhardt
Highway Department
Kipling Street
Kelly
Medicine Hat College
W. A. B. Saunders
Reinhardt
Saunders
Deer freeloaders face rough price for easy living
A park village hosts a tame herd of about 40 deer that rely on residents and tourists for food. They suffer from fights, predation, and inbreeding while park officials warn against junk food and stress the need for nutritious forage.
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Elkwater Village
Elkwater
Harry Peter
Cypress Hills Park
Peter
Jim Martin
Martin
Jobless rate dips in Canada as seasonal jobless rate falls
Statistics Canada reports January seasonally adjusted unemployment at 8.3 percent, with 991,000 unemployed. Despite a 109,000 rise from December, the seasonal rate lowers, signaling potential trend change. Ontario and Alberta see declines. Quebec remains highest with 339,000 unemployed.
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Vic Parsons
Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Jean Chretien
Canadian Labor Congress
Canada
James McGrath
Conservative Social
Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
Alberta
Manitoba
Alberta unemployment falls to 4.2 percent in January
Alberta reports the seasonally adjusted jobless rate at 4.2 percent in January down from 4.6 percent in December, with actual rate at 5.4 percent. The labor force totals 909,000, down 1,000 from December but up 28,000 from January 1977, with 48,000 unemployed, up 9,000 from December.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Bert Hohel
Storms lash Ontario Quebec as Maritimes brace for snow
A severe storm sweeps southern Ontario and Quebec and expected to reach the Maritimes with snow and high winds. Blizzard conditions grip Saskatchewan as eastern Alberta faces drifts and zero visibility. Regina endures third day of poor travel.
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Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
United States
Kingston
Lake Ontario
Niagara
Rocky Mountains
Regina
Judge grants Mennonites education freedom in Alberta ruling
Judge H G Oliver acquitted Mennonite Elmer Wiebe of violating the Alberta School Act after a faction of parents pulled 120 children from public schools to form a private Mennonite school near Linden. The decision hinges on the Alberta Bill of Rights prioritizing religious freedom over provincial schooling rules. The Crown plans to appeal the ruling for the other cases. education officials weigh possible changes to the School Act.
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Joe Dary
Three Hills
Alta
Alberta
H.G. Oliver
Elmer Wiebe
Swalwell
Wiebe
Linden
Calgary
Attorney-General’s Department
Julian Koziak
Koziak
Oliver
Weather officials grim as blizzard traps southern Saskatchewan
Meteorologists in Medicine Hat warn of no improvement tonight or tomorrow as a fierce blizzard cripples rail and highway travel across southern Saskatchewan. By 9 a.m. the storm pushed west to Coronation with further spread likely, closing the Trans-Canada east of Walsh and keeping Highway 1 hazardous.
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Weather Office
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Coronation
Walsh
Lethbridge
RCMP
Calgary
CP Rail
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Mark Buckshon
the News
Bill Scott
Mr. Scott
Scott
Ed Broadbent
New Democratic Party
Trudeau
Broadbent
Joe Morris
CLC
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
B.C
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
Nicaragua
Somoza
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
U.S. Marine
Rivas
Granada
THE
Montreal
Roger Smith
G.A. Wilson
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