Joe Clark resigns as Progressive Conservative leader
Winnipeg CP report says Joe Clark resigns as party leader and as Opposition leader after 33.1 percent of 2,402 delegates backed a convention. He plans to seek an interim leader and call a leadership convention within 120 days, aiming to maintain a non candidate interim. Clark hopes to regain the leadership with a clearer mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Joe Clark
Progressive Conservative Party
Clark
National
Progressive Conservative
Best speech and hour for Clark at convention
Joe Clark delivered his finest hour at Winnipeg’s convention centre as he won a strong lead in leadership vote but faces a slim chance of victory in a party torn by division. Delegates, students, and activists backed him while others rejected his bid and called for new leadership. John Crosby and Peter Lougheed were noted figures in the mixed reactions. The outcome preserves Liberal momentum amid Tory internal strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Murray
Clark
Maureen McTeer
Joe
Winnipeg
Joe Clark
Toronto
Mr. Clarke
Brian Mulroney
Mulroney
Quebec
John Crosby
Peter Lougheed
Lougheed
Dalton Camp
Ontario
Hargrave Comments on Clark Departure and Leadership Shadow
Bert Hargrave linked Joe Clark's resignation to caucus divisions and urged party unity. He noted strong but unsettled caucus sentiment, spoke of a possible acting leader and a late summer or fall convention to organize leadership amid rumors of Clark’s exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Bert Hargrave
Joe Clark
Hargrave
Clark
Joe
Eric Nielson
House
Quebec public servants plan mass protest at national assembly
About 45,000 public service workers prepared for the largest demonstration at the national assembly as a provincewide illegal strike expanded. Premier Levesque vowed draconian action while a new bill would allow firing strikers and doubling fines, aiming to cripple union finances and enforce work without pay. By Friday roughly 115,000 of Quebec 325,000 public sector employees were on strike, including teachers and health workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
National Assembly
Maurice Duplessis
Montreal
Yvon Charbonneau
Centrale de L’enseignement
RCMP
Gob
Ezner de Anna
United Mine Workers of America
Crown Trust faces potential multi-million collapse during seizure
Crown Trust Co may lose millions as it is run by former president Ainslie St. Clair Shure after a government seizure. Montreal and Toronto offices report loss of 55 trust accounts, two pension funds, and three corporate trusts since January 7. A Vancouver office loan could trigger a $25 to $50 million hit amid halted construction. A group holding preferred shares urges Ontario to rescue the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Crown Trust Co
Ainslie St. Clair Shure
Crown Trust
Ontario
Crown
Shuve
Montreal
Vancouver
Woods Gordon Management Consultants
Doon Development Corp
Woods Gordon
Two Miners Die In Air Blowback At BC Coal Mine
Two miners were killed when air blasted through a collapsed cavern inside the Balmer mine in SPARWOOD British Columbia. The force hurled a 60 metre rock and threw workers about like rag dolls at speeds up to 170 to 260 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparwood
B.C
Balmer
de Anna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lark
Moses
House of Commons
Allan Fotheringham
Andrew Snaddon
Ann Landers
Charles Lynch
City News
Don McGillivray
W. Gifford-Jones
Edmonton
Alta
Calgary
Cranbrook
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!