Medicine Hat doubles borrowing bylaw to 150 million
Medicine Hat city council raised the borrowing bylaw from 85 million to 150 million for purchasing natural gas reserves. The plan includes establishing a line of credit for flexibility, with a possible imminent bid on a specific gas field and public input steps planned under the Municipal Government Act.
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Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Ald
Ken Sauer
Utilities Committee
Sauer
Council
Royal wedding prep intensifies as world arrives in London
The London scene buzzes with big name guests and global media for Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer ahead of the Wednesday ceremony. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau arrives with his sons, joining a parade of foreign royals and 3,000 military guards amid a global news frenzy surrounding the wedding.
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London
Prince Charles
Diana Spencer
Pierre Trudeau
Margaret
Justin
Sacha
Michel
Trudeau
Buckingham Palace
Hyde Park
St. Paul's Cathedral
Margaret Thatcher
Bank of England
St. Paul’s
Lord Carrington
Ed Schreyer
Canadian Monarchist League
Lord Strathcona
Royal Regiment of Canada
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Royal wedding security and crowd rush ahead of historic event
Behind the palace walls a star-studded private party for 90 guests preceded a public spectacle as millions lined the route to St. Paul’s. Scotland Yard deploys 4,500 officers, CCTV, and helicopters to manage crowds for the royal wedding with Diana and Charles smiling and waving.
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Palace
Three Degrees
U.S
Charles
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul's
Scotland Yard
Northern Ireland
Diana
Rail route cuts draw denunciation across Canada
Politicians and business leaders criticize Ottawa plan to drop 13 passenger routes and trim service on others as arrogance and neglect. Critics from Atlantic Canada to the West cite western alienation and lack of consultation, while officials defend the effort to fund Via Rail upgrades in the Quebec City Windsor corridor.
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Atlantic Canada
Ontario
West
Les Benjamin
New Democratic Party
Jean-Luc Pepin
Via Rail
Quebec City-Windsor, Ont
Eric Geddes
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Rail route cuts spark Ottawa fury and funding plan
Vegreville MP Mazankowski blasts a July 10 decision to cut the eastern transcontinental route, calling it hidden until Parliament adjourned. Ottawa backs Via with 1.1 billion in operating subsidies over three years and doubles capital funding to 182 million for 1983 84. About 1,600 railway workers face job losses with 30 million set aside for retraining and severance, while remote CN lines may see service reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vegreville, Alta
Mazankowski
Ottawa
Via
Robert Howie
Atlantic Development
Atlantic
Moncton-Edmundston
N.B
Pepin
Canadian National Railways
Ontario
Blakeney Prefers Comprehensive Income Security Plan
Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney backs a broad income security program targeting the elderly injured workers auto accident victims housewives and the economically disadvantaged as a policy alternative to expanding traditional welfare programs. He spoke in a Southam News interview.
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Blakeney
Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Southam News
Mexican DC-9 crashes near Chihuahua airport
An Aeromexico DC-9 on an internal Monterrey to Tijuana flight crashed on landing at Chihuahua Airport during a violent storm. Fifty died, 12 passengers and four crew survived, with several survivors severely burned. Three foreigners among the dead were named Jim Butler Sam Reed and a Mr Joyce.
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Mexico City
Reuter
Chihuahua
Mexico
Aeromexico
Jim Butler
Sam Reed
Joyce
Monterrey
Tijuana
Wardair strike looms with 725 flight attendants
A noon strike by Wardair Canada Ltd. attendants threatens chaos aboard flights while the Edmonton carrier prepares to continue service with trained supervisors and back up crews. Wage parity with Air Canada and guaranteed rest periods are central issues in stalled talks mediated by Mac Carson.
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Toronto
Wardair Canada Ltd
Wardair
Canada
Mac Carson
Meri Day
Canadian Air Line Flight Attendants Association
Janice Brodie
Association
Air Canada
Atlantic Ocean
North America
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Don Mazankowski
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Conoco Inc
Conoco
Allan Fotheringham
Allen Panzers
Charles Lynch
TV Eee Ee
Alan Gold
Gold
Quebec
Treasury Board
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Hamilton
Sault Ste. Marie
United Steelworkers of America
Stelco Inc
Steelworkers Local 2251
Algoma Steel Corp. Ltd
CBC
Bryan Lowe
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
Lowe
Henry Bartenbach
Ken Hulse
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