Court awards girl 445 996 in Alberta car crash case
A Medicine Hat girl crippled in a May 1976 crash receives 445 996 in damages. The ruling apportions costs to AHIP and others, with limits on claims under the Alberta Motor Claims Act. Bajer remains dependent for life with severe injuries and impaired memory.
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Mary Jean Bajer
Calgary
William Anhorn
L. D. Maclean
Court of Queen’s Bench
Anhorn
Mantis
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Fanning
Bajer
Ahip
Broadbent and Blakeney Pursue NDP Compromise
NDP Leader Ed Broadbent and Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney met to head off a bitter constitutional debate at the four day policy convention in Vancouver. Officials said a compromise motion to be put to 1,400 delegates would replace several motions critical of Broadbent’s support for Trudeau’s constitutional package.
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Vancouver
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Broadbent
Trudeau
Steven Langdon
Federal Council
Langdon
Britain
Blakeney
New Democrat
Lorne Nystrom
Esso drops threats to quit Cold Lake project
Esso Resources will not abandon the 12 billion Cold Lake oil sands project despite ongoing federal provincial conflicts. Imperial Oil president Jack Armstrong will seek clarification from Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch and federal Minister Marc Lalonde before deciding on further spending, while ministers acknowledge some progress but no oil sands agreement.
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Edmonton
Esso Resources
Cold Lake
Glen Rainbird
Esso
Jack Armstrong
Imperial Oil Ltd
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Marc Lalonde
Ottawa
Toronto
Imperial
Rainbird
Armstrong
Joe Mariash
Mariash
Lalonde
Begin plans coalition government amid tight Israeli race
Prime Minister Menachem Begin says a coalition with religious parties will be announced early next week. Labor leads in seats but Begin holds a slim path to a 62 seat majority with the National Religious Party Aguda Bloc and Tami. Arab leaders show indifference while peace efforts continue in Cairo and Butros Ghali comments on preferring no preference.
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Reuter
Field News
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Likud
Israel
Begin
National Religious Party
Yosef Burg
Burg
NRP
Aguda Bloc
Tami
Aguda
Peres
Shimon Peres
Iraq
Cairo
Butros Ghali
Likud Bloc
Labor Party
Birthday bash marks Canada’s 114th in Medicine Hat
Citizens celebrate Canada Day with rafts canoes and park gatherings in Medicine Hat while pages note events across Canada and plans for holiday observances.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Posties may be laid off in ongoing Canada postal strike
Ottawa Canada 20000 letter carriers face layoff Friday alongside 23000 inside postal workers after failed mediation in a national postal strike now in its third day Treasury board refuses to accept conciliation report union says is costly precedent Cantin Cantin Cantin says no talks possible Parrot declines to return to table Jasmine recommendations rejected back to mediation or back to work legislation possible
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Ottawa
Canada
Norm Nelson
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
Ed Roworth
Toronto
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Treasury Board
Public Service
Jean-Claude Parrot
Maurice Cantin
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Cantin
Pierre Jasmine
Jasmine
Kent report breaks new ground in press ownership study
Ottawa learns of a ground breaking Kent royal commission on newspaper ownership aiming to curb concentration and protect public interest. The three man panel led by Tom Kent delivered a precise 300 page report to the Trudeau government, proposing unique recommendations and possible formation of an ownership review board to curb takeovers and preserve editorial independence.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Kent Royal Commission
Trudeau
Commission
North America
Dalhousie University
Tom Kent
Winnipeg Tribune
Southam Inc
Ottawa Journal
Thomson Newspapers Ltd
Royal Commission
Kent
Senate Committee On the Mass Media
Laurent Picard
Borden Spears
Southam
Gordon Fisher
Fisher
CBC
Canadian Radio Television and Telcommunications Commission
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Bogle
Alberta Social Services
Bob Bogle
Foreign Investment Review Agency
Indochina
Commons
New Democratic Party
Senate
Blue Jays
Butte Copper Kings
Jays
Copper Kings
Toda
Allan Fotheringham
Ec Ann Landers
Charles Lynch
Graham Kelly
John Walker
Keith Spicer
Western Express
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