Ranchers oppose marketing board in Hanna meeting
Cattle producers from Medicine Hat area told The Medicine Hat News they oppose a national marketing board. Delegates Keith Reesor and Wayne Heller said the 600 cattlemen at the Hanna seminar united against supply controls and criticized federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan for not offering clear answers.
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Bruce MacKenzie
Medicine Hat
Eugene Whelan
Hanna
Keith Reesor
Alberta Cattle Commission
Wayne Heller
Alberta Cattle Commission Zone 1
Reesor
Whelan
Heller
Alberta Agriculture
Dallas Schmidt
Alberta
Schmidt
Alistair MacArthur
Walsh Area
MacArthur
Canada weighs Poland martial law evidence on Soviet role
External Affairs Minister Mark MacGuigan said Canada has new evidence suggesting Soviet complicity in Poland's five week martial law. Ottawa will not rush sanctions against Moscow despite U S information and Vatican inputs.
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Ottawa
Soviet Union
Poland
Mark MacGuigan
U.S
MacGuigan
Canada
Trudeau
Washington
Vatican
NATO
Moscow
Nova Scotia Receives 75 Million From Alberta Loans
Nova Scotia will obtain $75 million in three loans from Alberta's Heritage Fund. A $25 million loan goes to the province, to its power corporation, and to its municipal finance corporation. The loans carry 15.75 percent interest and raise total indebtedness to $433.75 million.
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Edmonton
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Heritage Fund
Lou Hyndman
Power Corporation
Municipal Finance Corporation
Capital Investment
Hyndman
Medicine Hat City Hall bid approved with rising cost
The city awarded a contract to Graham Construction Ltd of Regina to build a five storey city hall for about 19.99 million, with 4 million over the initial 15.9 million estimate. Additional costs include engineering design furnishings land and underground parking. The Local Authorities Board must approve the bid, and the city plans to cover the overrun by tapping reserves rather than borrowing more.
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the News
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Graham Construction Ltd
Regina
Graham Construction
Calgary
Aid
Jim Hirsch
Ted Grimm
Medicine Hat News
City Hall
Grimm
New City Hall Committee
Police net 45 people in postal theft case
Canadian police report at least 45 people, mainly from Quebec, jailed in Canada the United States and Europe over a $2.3 million theft from an Ottawa Alta Vista postal terminal during Easter 1979. The ring used stolen American Express traveller cheques with serial numbers tracked by global computer alerts.
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Canada
United States
Europe
Ottawa
Quebec
American Express
Alta Vista
Atlantic City
N.J
West Palm Beach
F C
Bruno Proulx
Boise
Idaho
City firm’s tender rejected on technicality in city hall bid
Snyder and Boon Ltd bid for the mechanical portion of the new city hall was about 165000 cheaper than Cam-Set Mechanical Ltd but was disqualified by the Alberta Bid Depository Ltd for a technical reason. The city council will not intervene.
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Snyder and Boon Ltd
16Th St. S.W
Medicine Hat
Alberta Bid Depository Ltd
Lois Bray
City Depository
Snyder and Boon
City Hall
Cam-Set Mechanical Ltd
Bid Depository
Ald
Jim Hirsch
New City Hall
Ted Grimm
Grimm
al Dorval
Watson Sheet Metal Ltd
Court clears Medicine Hat shop owner of Sunday opening
The Crown appeal against a Medicine Hat store proprietor who stayed open on Sundays was dismissed by the Court of Queen's Bench. Not guilty verdict stands as reported on page 23 weather note.
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Court of Queen’s Bench
Bank of Canada trims rate. banks hold lending lines
The Bank of Canada reduced its trend setting rate on Thursday while chartered banks kept lending charges steady. The report notes the central bank’s maneuver amid a cautious banking sector.
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Bank of Canada
Schreyer hints at potential block on patriation move
Gov. Gen. Ed Schreyer suggested he might have blocked Trudeau’s plan to patriate the constitution if an impasse with eight provinces had persisted. He described a hypothetical option to trigger an election for a national referendum, though he later said he was taken out of context.
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Ottawa
Ed Schreyer
Trudeau
Schreyer
CBC
Progressive Conservative
Joe Clark
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Schreyer Says Elections Needed If Constitutional Breakdown Occurs
Gov. Gen. Schreyer tells CP that in a total impasse with no willingness to discuss, the responsible move would be to call an election and let Canadians decide, restoring normal government. He notes ultimate authority rests with the constitutional power to trigger an election.
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