Clark set to win Tory leadership test in Winnipeg
A Southam News poll of 502 of about 2,800 delegates shows 76.7 percent oppose a leadership convention and favor Clark, with strongest support in the West and Ontario weaker than Alberta. Other potential leaders receive single-digit interest. 23 percent undecided or unsure.
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John Ferguson
Southam
Ottawa
Joe Clark
Progressive Conservative Party
Winnipeg
Southam News
Carleton Journalism
Clark
Quebec
Carleton Journalism Poll
Carleton University School of Journalism
Alberta
West
Ontario
Atlantic
Peter Lougheed
Brian Mulroney
William Davis
David Crombie
John Crosbie
Flora MacDonald
Alberta eyes private management for new Edmonton hospital
Alberta government weighs private administration to run a publicly owned 500 bed hospital planned for Edmonton by 1986. Hospitals Minister Dave Russell says test would measure savings, with AMI Canada Ltd. proposed as administrator after discussions with Alberta Hospitals Department planning.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dave Russell
Calgary
Russell
AMI (Canada) Ltd
U.S
Hawkesbury
Ont
Ottawa
Canada
Eleanor Sawyer
Canadian Hospital Directory
AMI
Gerald Rowe
Dereck Beckley
Alberta Hospitals Department
Toronto
Britain
Trudeau avoids public human rights push with Marcos for trade
Canadian officials say Prime Minister Trudeau will not publicly urge Marcos over alleged abuses to protect ongoing Philippines trade. He may raise concerns privately during a Saturday meeting, but fears of jeopardizing jobs and investment in Canada are cited. Amnesty International has long cited killings and detentions under Marcos.
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Manila
Trudeau
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
U.S
Canada
Sudbury
Amnesty International
Marcos
Philippine Archipelago
New People’s Army
Human Rights Watch
Five percent boost to school grants sparks budget concerns
Education Minister Dave King announced an across the board five percent increase in school operating grants, prompting disappointment among Medicine Hat boards. He argued the rise maintains current education quality while departments cut about 20 man-years in 1983.
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Medicine Hat
Dave King
King
Department of Education
Ken Sauer
Medicine Hat School Board
Eric Murray
Fred Allore
Murray
Weather Index Sunny Saturday Forecast
A sunny Saturday is forecast with a high of four and a low of minus six. The weather map appears on page seventeen for details.
Advisory panel urged to monitor Lethbridge Herald
Ontario journalism professor Desbarats urged a local advisory committee to watchdog the Lethbridge Herald amid a controversy over its shift toward more local and international news. The forum drew about 200 people and featured publisher Don Doram and Committee for Quality Journalism head Ed Webbing defending the paper.
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Ontario
Alberta
Peter Sbarats
University of Western Ontario
Lethbridge Herald
Thomson
Committee For Quality Jour
Nalism
Herald
Pocenter
Ooerly Organized Committee
Don Doram
Ing
Kent
Desbarats
Representa’ R
Betesridge
Royal Commission
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