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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1987
Page
1
Aldermen Granted Early Access to Olympic Tickets
Calgary aldermen were offered unlimited access to Olympic tickets for themselves and their families weeks before public sale. A Calgary Herald letter shows the city would pay for all aldermen’s tickets two weeks before general sales began on Sept. 30. Several aldermen accepted the offer and Aid. Dale Hodges warned of potential controversy if exposed. The letter indicates organizers allowed multiple entities including all government levels to place orders before public sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Calgary Herald
Aid
Dale Hodges
Council
Alberta government records show large hospitality spend in 1985
New Democrat MLA Pam Barrett cited a 1986 Alberta Gazette to allege the province spent at least 1,268,291.63 on parties and lavish receptions for the 1985 fiscal year. She criticized continued high costs and public funding of wining and dining with officials and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Pam Barrett
The
New Democrats
Alberta Gazette
Getty fuels Syncrude row in Alberta dispute
Alberta Premier Don Getty rejects federal reasons for not backing the Syncrude Fort McMurray expansion and criticizes Ottawa. Mazankowski and officials argue Ottawa offered no commitment while MPs blame internal government politics for withholding aid, despite assurances and energy department notes on tax measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Don Getty
Fort McMurray
Don’t
Don Mazankowski
Getty
Ottawa
Mazankowski
Canada
Tom van Dusen
van Dusen
Jack Sheilds
Athabasca
Sheilds
Marcel Masse
Masse
Federal Energy Department
Carney pushes 12 million Freer trade campaign plan
Trade Minister Pat Carney asks cabinet to fund a 12 million dollar information drive to promote freer trade with the United States. External Affairs confirms hiring for the effort, details to be decided, while opposition calls the move partisan and improper use of funds amid lumber deal controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Pat Carney
CBC
Carney
Department
Denis Comeau
Comeau
United States
Liberal
Canada may require visas for Turkish visitors
Ottawa considers a visa rule to curb refugee claims by Turks after a two hour meeting with refugee groups. Immigration Minister Benoit Bouchard said he is looking closely at the measure, recalling a 1986 Portugal case that halted a flood of false persecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southam News
Ottawa
Canada
Turkey
Immigration and Employment
Benoit Bouchard
Bouchard
Barbara Jackman
Law Union of Ontario
Jackman
Toronto
Lorne Waldman
First payments due to farmers under Canadian Grains Program
Ottawa says the Special Canadian Grains Program will issue about 140,000 cheques to western growers in the week of January 26 and 60,000 eastern producers will start receiving the first part of two-stage deficiency payouts in early February. The $1 billion program, announced by Prime Minister Mulroney, aims to aid producers hurt by falling prices in the US EC trade war, though farmers note the split payments and late delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southam News
Ottawa
Prime Minis
Brian Mulroney
United States
Rey
Red fireball seen over Great Slave Lake may be meteorite
An air traffic controller in Yellowknife and a pilot near Hay River report a bright red fireball streaking across the Northwest Territories sky around 6 35 p m Tuesday. Witnesses say the object appeared to hit ice covered Great Slave Lake, with others seeing a large orange glow offshore near Pine Point. No police calls or formal confirmations yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay River
N.W.T
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Peter Jensen
Yellowknife
Jensen
Edmonton
Chris Stockland
Fort Resolution
Ee Stockland
Stockland
Pine Point
Flight Service
Ken Herbert
RCMP
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