PM and Schmidt reaffirm detente amid North American tour
Chancellor Schmidt and Prime Minister Trudeau meet in Canada during an eight day tour. They restrict talks to East West relations and human rights while planning fuller nuclear discussions in Ottawa next Monday and Tuesday. They note improved rapport and exchange views on aid to less developed countries and international economics. Schmidt continues a fishing trip today as Trudeau finishes a Vancouver visit.
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Schmidt
Trudeau
Ottawa
Capital
Vancouver
Replacement planned Que language bill to be withdrawn
Premier Rene Levesque said amendments will be concise and concrete aimed at making the bill more democratic. He did not reveal specifics and commented on a Montreal Star report about English school attendance pleas. A demographic study projects French school enrolment at 86.3 percent by 1986-87 if all newcomers’ children attend French schools.
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Rene Levesque
Montreal Star
Levesque
Cultural Development
Camille Laurin
Nazi style tactics urged by Jim Foster
Alberta Attorney General Jim Foster urged Ottawa to probe the RCMP inner workings for possible SS style power abuses. He questioned public hearings and suggested using federal authority to expose possibly improper actions including alleged bugging of city officers.
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Jim Foster
Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
RCMP
Foster
Laycraft
Alberta doctors urge government action as nurse strike looms
Alberta physicians pledge to press government on Monday if the nurses strike across seven hospitals continues. Talks between hospital associations and nurses failed over wage demands, with 3,400 nurses off duty and more notices possible.
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Edmonton
Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons
Alberta
Royle Riche
Alberta Hospital Association
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Bob Donahue
Nurses’ Collective Bargaining Division
Donahue
le Riche
Prince Charles Named Red Crow Chief At Blood Tribe Ceremony
Prince Charles becomes Chief Red Crow under Blood tribe rites on Stand Off reserve near Calgary. He later led a 90 minute Stampede parade as Grand Marshal with 27 Kainai chiefs, including figures linked to Canadian leadership, while a flag error briefly marred the start.
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Nick Lees
Calgary
Prince Charles
Commonwealth
Red Crow
Arthur Healy
Prince Andrew
Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Warrior Horn Society
Hugh Dempsey
Glenbow Alberta Institute
Mekaisto
John Diefenbaker
Roland Michener
Alberta
Ralph Steinhauer
Peter Lougheed
Kainai Chieftainship Society
Duke of Windsor
Warren Allmand
Charles
Brocket
Here
Safety notices issued over hospital construction hazards
Provincial safety officer served two notices at Medicine Hat and District Hospital after inspecting the auxiliary wing. Acetylene bottles with broken gauges, loose electrical cords, and broken ladder steps created a clear risk to workers and the public. Notices require immediate replacement of faulty gear and enhanced safety measures with a Monday 10 a.m. deadline.
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Medicine Hat and District
Richard Zral
Medicine Hat
Zral
Leo Hill
Alberta
Ottawa dumps AECL president over huge losses
Energy Minister Alastair Gillespie fired AECL president John Foster after the company forecast a 180 million loss despite renegotiations on a Argentina reactor sale. The board suggested Foster step down. Ross Campbell became interim chairman as AECL seeks a new president amid broad criticism.
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Howard Collins
Ottawa
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
Alastair Gillespie
Gillespie
John Foster
Foster
Progressive Conservatives
New Democrats
T.C. Douglas
NDP
Nanaimo- Cowichan-The Islands
Argentina
Olympic costs to be investigated in public inquiry
Premier Rene Levesque announced a public inquiry into Olympic construction contracts as a response to reports from the treasury board and auditor-general on the one billion dollar facilities for the 1976 Olympics. The final format decision will be made next week.
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Quebec
Rene Levesque
Levesque
Treasury Board
Tax office shooting ends in fatal self-inflicted gunshot
In Penticton British Columbia an argument over an income tax return left Bernard Bergen wounded and the assailant dead. The 45-year-old gunman shot himself after firing several rounds in the tax office. Bergen later died of injuries while the gunman died in hospital. Bergen sought help at the nearby fire department and collapsed there.
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Penticton
B.C
Bernard Bergen
Bergen
Fire Department
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