Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Schedule Update
The schedule lists today and Thursday events at Medicine Hat with free admissions and timed performances. Highlights include the agriculture arcade, beef carcass judging, pony chuckwagon races featuring the Keith Hitchner show, a giant downtown parade, Bim Bom Boom from Moscow Circus, and the official opening at 2 p.m. with casino operations restarting.
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Keith Hitchner
Oscar Wittke
Emnplex
Moscow Circus
Emplex
First test-tube baby born in Oldham England
The world’s first test-tube baby, a five pound 12 ounce girl, was born to a 30 year old British woman and her truck-driver husband after in vitro fertilization and implantation. Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards led nine years of research with ethical debate, while the family valued privacy and later sold their story for a substantial sum.
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Oldham
England
Reuter
John Brown
Lesley
Patrick Steptoe
Steptoe
Robert Edwards
Cambridge University
Brown
Max Perutz
British Medical Association
Central Ethical Committee
John Dawson
Mrs. Brown
Bristol
Air Canada Ground Staff Seek 15 Percent Wage Rise
A federal conciliator recommends a two year package with a 15 percent wage increase for Air Canada's 7 500 ground service employees as labor talks proceed in Montreal.
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Montreal
Air Canada
Nigeria to Quit Games Edmonton boycott linked to apartheid policy
Nigeria will boycott the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton citing its anti apartheid policy and accusing New Zealand of bypassing the Gleaneagles agreement. The move echoes Africa’s earlier stance on South Africa and threatens disruptions as airline labor talks risk rotating strikes before the Games.
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Teers
Algiers
Reuter
Nigeria
Edmonton
Sylvanus Williams
New Zealand
South Africa
Montreal
International Association of Machinists
IAM
W. E. Scott
Federal Labor Department
Ottawa
Scott
Alberta Okays Gas Price Increase to 15 Cents
Canada will pay about 210 million more for natural gas as Alberta approves a 15 cent per thousand cubic feet rise. The increase, effective Tuesday, raises the average home heating bill by 21 to 28 dollars, with Ottawa and Alberta aiming to align commodity value to about 85 percent of oil.
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Howie Collins Otiawa
Alberta
Ottawa
Canada
National Energy Board
Queen Elizabeth arrives in Canada for 12 day tour
Queen Elizabeth and the Royal family arrive at St. John’s for a carefully staged visit marking a 12 day tour through Newfoundland Saskatchewan and Alberta. The trip culminates with the Commonwealth Games opening in Edmonton on August 3 as security teams prepare for crowds.
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ST. John's
Nfld
Canada
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Edmonton
Ben Jipcho
New Zealand
Grand Stadium
Atlantic
Air Canada
RCMP
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Elizabeth
Prince Phillip
Prince Andrew
Prince Edward
City Hall
Government House
Deer Lake
Strawberry Hill
Corner Brook
Stephenville
Regina
Britain
Edward
Prince Philip
British Columbia
al Vaughan
Newfoundland Constabulary
Vaughan
Lucien Francis Aillaud
Marseille
Bank of Canada raises bank rate to nine percent
Bank of Canada increases its lending rate to nine per cent from eight per cent effective Wednesday. Governor Gerald Bouey cites aligning with rising U.S. rates to defend the dollar while noting higher rates will lift consumer borrowing costs and mortgage rates, intensifying inflationary pressures.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Gerald Bouey
U.S
Bouey
Arts centre plan shifts to intimate theatre and workshop space
A Medicine Hat ad hoc committee finds a large civic theatre is unnecessary for near term needs. It urges a downtown cultural centre with a workshop and storage space and an intimate theatre similar to Fire Hall Theatre, as part of the civic complex downtown.
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Medicine Hat
Fire Hall
Culture and Recreation Advisory Board
Community Services Committee
City Council
Bob Block
Len Parker
Lorna Shaw
Lions Park
Medicine Hat College
First Street
S.E
Gas City Planing Mill Ltd
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Stampede
Medicine Hat Auto Dealer’s Association
Riverside Park
Department of Culture and Recreation
Volun
Martin Nohr
CP Air
Ralph Steeves
Vancouver
Arts Centre Group
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