Rail freight rates debate for Crow and Western agriculture
Federal officials weigh options to adjust Crow rate amid grain and rapeseed flow. CP Rail notes grain drives 21 percent of traffic but only 4 percent of revenue. Former ministers urge consensus with Western growers, with March deadline for rapeseed aid programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Canada
Emmett Hall
CP Rail
Don Mazankowski
Mazankowski
Ottawa
Whelan
Western
Canada
Dome forms new Canadian company Dome Canada Ltd
Dome Petroleum announces Dome Canada Ltd as its exploration arm with 75 percent Canadian ownership. It will start with 1 billion in capital, fund $600 million in exploration this year, and may earn an interest in Dome’s lands while paying for exploration including Beaufort Sea and Arctic Islands projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Dome Petroleum Ltd
Dome Canada Ltd
Jack Gallagher
Dome Canada
Dome
Dome Petroleum
Western
Canada
Frontier
Beaufort Sea
Arctic Islands
Lalonde
Gallagher
UK committee urges rejection of Canada patriation request
The British Commons foreign relations committee recommended rejecting Canada's request to patriate the constitution, unless there is clear provincial support. It argued that unanimous provincial consent is not required, but at least provincial concurrence resembling Victoria 1971 or Vancouver precedents should accompany such a change. Trudeau warned the position could upset him as he presses Parliament to amend the British North America Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Parliament
Canada
U.K
British Commons Select
Victoria
Vancouver
Britain
Trudeau
Anthony Kershaw
Kershaw
The
Commons
Medicine Hat
Davison
Energy plan used to rebut gas tax in Alberta court
Calgary based court hears that Ottawa's October national energy program, a 115 page policy statement, is evidence the federal government acts illegally. The case argues the plan undermines provincial rights and seeks challenge to the gas tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Ottawa
Alberta
Cade
Marc Lalonde
Dome Petroleum Ltd
End of five month strike at McAvity foundry eyed
Negotiators for Local 5213 United Steelworkers have reached a tentative deal with Crane Canada Ltd. at the McAvity foundry Medicine Hat. Union recommends acceptance and contract vote set for Monday. Strike began Sept. 8 1980 with 50 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAvity
Medicine Hat
Brooke Sundin
Southern Alberta
United Steelworkers of America
Crane Canada Ltd
Sundin
Reagan calls Soviets liars as Dobrynin loses privilege
President Reagan accused Kremlin leaders of lying and cheating to push world revolution during his first post inauguration press briefing. Dobrynin, long given private entry to the State Department, was ordered to use the standard diplomats entrance, a move tied to tensions over Soviet support for international terrorists and Afghanistan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reuter
Reagan
Kremlin
Anatoly Dobrynin
Soviet Union
Drobynin
State Department
C Street
Dobrynin
Alexander Haig
Haig
Afghanistan
Unpopular decisions loom as city drafts 1981 budgets
Budget committee chair Ald. George Davisson warns capital and operating budgets for 1981 will require tough choices. Capital works projects preview near completion for council review Feb 16, while operating budget lags, with rising costs in materials fuel and debt charges. He notes possible service cuts or higher taxes as residents demand more services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
George Davisson
Davison
Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alberta Court of Appeal
Code
Lan Scott
Richard Helm
Ken Sauer
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!