Fire Hall Theatre Faces Eviction From City Hall
Medicine Hat reports Fire Hall Theatre may be evicted from its city hall space within three to four months to make room for desks and a new computer. Mayor Reinhardt insists no final decision has been made but space is needed for public business and the planned arts centre is years away.
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Medicine Hat
Fire Hall
Harold Ellis
Milt Reinhardt
City Hall
Fire Hall Committee
Wayne Craven
John Bokstein
Reinhardt
Fire Hall Theatre
Horst Sch- Reinhardt
Civic Arts
Craven
Ellis
Ald
Graham Kelly
Kelly
Ken Sauer
December jobless rate climbs in Canada to 8.5 percent
Canada’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rose to 8.5 percent in December, with 882,000 jobless, up 42,000 from November. The number employed reached 9,842,000 as Ontario and Quebec posted higher rates, while Newfoundland and several Atlantic provinces saw declines. Leaders urged swift job creation and a national strategy ahead of premiers’ meetings.
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Glen Somerville
Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Canada
James McGrath
St. John’s East
Monique Begin
Ed Broadbent
New Democratic Party
Trudeau
Broadbent
Saskatchewan
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Alberta
Storm, blackout hit East across Canada
A power failure from Churchill Falls in Labrador left parts of southern Quebec without electricity for nearly two hours as a cold wave plus a snow wind and rain storm affected Eastern and Central Canada. High winds and cold caused icy roads, flight disruptions and widespread travel trouble from Ontario to the Maritimes.
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Quebec
Canada
Churchill Falls
Labrador
Ontario
Maritimes
Montreal
Toronto
Halifax International
Dorval International
Mirabel
Nova Scotia
St. John
N.B
Halifax
Dartmouth
Maritime Provinces
RAS Fails to Curb Inquiry Scope in Alberta
In Edmonton Royal American Shows loses bid to narrow the Laycraft inquiry. Justice Tevie Miller of the Alberta Supreme Court says the inquiry can address matters tied to outstanding charges against RAS and its principals. The hearings resumed with RAS defense arguing against investigations overlapping criminal trials. Some RAS personnel face criminal and income tax charges from a 1975 police probe into western Canada carnival operations.
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Edmonton
Royal American Shows
RAS
Carnival
Tevie Miller
Alberta Supreme Court
James Laycraft
Laycraft
Canada
Alberta jobless rate down in December
Alberta unemployment fell to 4.6 percent in December from 4.7 percent in November. The labor force reached 910000, up 9000 from November and 50000 versus December 1976, while employment totaled 868000, up 9000 from November and 42000 from December 1976.
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Alberta
Ottawa hears Sun Life move sparks federal worry
Finance Minister Jean Chretien said Ottawa is concerned the Sun Life decision to move its head office to Toronto from Montreal could trigger a wider exodus of firms. He noted talks with Sun Life executives and planned cabinet discussion, warning of impact on jobs and the Quebec and national economies.
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Ottawa
Sun Life Assurance Company
Toronto
Montreal
Jean Chretien
Sun Life
Chretien
Quebec
Trudeau
Jacques Parizeau
Parizeau
Keable commission to fight Fox decision
The Keable commission filed an affidavit to block production of RCMP files on national security grounds in a dispute with Solicitor General Francis Fox who seeks to withhold information on possible illegal RCMP activities. Lawyers called the move abusive and prepared to question top RCMP witnesses as the hearing opened with RCMP Commissioner Simmonds questioned on last summer’s internal probe.
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Montreal
Keable Commission
Francis Fox
RCMP
Quebec
Fox
Michel Robert
Commission
Jean Keable
Michel Decary
R.H. Simmonds
Mounties
Israel approves three new West Bank settlements
Israel's Knesset committee approves a Begin government plan to establish three new settlements in the West Bank within three months as peace talks with Egypt prepare to resume. Egypt and Israeli negotiators arrive for talks with U.S. and U.N. involvement and Cyrus Vance due to visit.
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Jerusalem
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Cairo
Knesset
Menachem Begin
United States
Egypt
U.S
Hilton Hotel
United Nations
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Sinai
Hodding Carter
Washington
Defence and Foreign Affairs Committee
Sadat
Ismailia
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Community Services Division
Tony Tobin
J.S.G. Cullen
Canada Works
Young Canada
British Columbia
Sun Life Assurance Co
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Donald Montgomery
Bonaventure
East
Timmins
Timmins Press
Environment Canada
Bert Hohel
Keable
Occupied Territories
Syrian Golan Heights
Gaza Strip
Anwar Sadat
Sinai Peninsula
al Ahram
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