Ottawa tightens compassionate leave for prisoners
The federal penitentiary service will tighten the compassionate leave process, especially for life prisoners, to prevent escapes. Justice Minister Jean-Pierre Goyer announced new screening and a more thorough information gathering after the Yves Geoffroy case and noted no intent to halt penal reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Penitentiary Service
Geoffroy
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Goyer
Carmen Parent
Yves Geoffroy
Geoffrey
Raymond Denis
Rivard
Denis
Mr. Geoffroy
Miss Parent
British troops call Suffield posting a plum assignment
Col. T A Gibson announces five groups of 600 troops will train at Suffield this summer. Advance party May 22, main arrival June 12, with drills across a 1000 square mile base. Soldiers will fly from England to Calgary then travel by bus to Suffield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Lesauvage
Medicine Hat
Suffield
Col
T. A
Tom) Gibson
Col. Gibson
England
Calgary
Redcliff
Gibson
Europe
Libya
Germany
Woman Found Frozen Body in Freezer in Toronto Home
Grace Evelyn Todd, 34, missing since July 29, was found frozen in a freezer amid turkey pies and vegetables in a northwest Toronto townhouse. Her husband, David Todd, 38, charged with non capital murder. autopsy pending after thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Grace Evelyn Todd
David Wilfred Todd
Todd
Mary Cassidy
Cassidy
Burlington
Cassidy Townhouse
Controllers seek large wage increase
About 1,600 air traffic controllers vote on striking or accepting a conciliation board offer toward a new collective agreement. They dispute a 15.7 percent rise over 27 months. union leaders push for about 22 percent. Salaries now range from 6,962 to 18,460 with supervisory tops, while U S salaries start higher and CATCA seeks a 20,400 Canadian maximum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy D Southam
Ottawa
Canada
Financial Control Association
CATCA
Treasury Board
Olson outlines growth, environment and tax reform impact
Federal Agriculture Minister Bud Olson told Medicine Hat residents the Canada’s economy will be the key issue in the coming federal election. He cited four quarters of six percent real growth, the new environment department, cross border pollution controls, and the first major tax reform in 25 years aiming to tax capital gains more equitably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Lyle
H. A
Bud) Olson
Medicine Hat
Olson
Department of the Environment
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Hat delegates prepare brief for Copithorne
A Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce delegation will travel to Edmonton on January 27 to present a highway needs brief for southeast Alberta to Clarence Copithorne minister of highways. Chamber president Jim Horsman and highway chairman Jack Stephanson lead the attendance with others to be named later. The group will seek Economic Advisory Commission support for the brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
S.E. Alberta
Gas firm fights for rate raise
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd wins approval of a new accounting system to base rates on asset value and nine percent return, enabling higher revenues. The decision allows a future rate increase tied to asset valuation, with hearings spanning five provinces and 20 customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
National Energy Board
Trans Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
TransCanada
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
T.A. Gibson
Evelyn Todd
Layne Jackson
Marino
Hat
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!