Medicine Hat Kiddies Parade Draws 1000 Plus Entrants
Sunny day in Medicine Hat hosts the 22nd Kiddies Parade with over 1,000 children in 13 classes. Parade route ran from MacLeod Trail and Third Street S.E. to Riverside Park where awards were announced including a $50 top prize in Special Olympics float and $20 for best entries. Notable winners include Melissa Hudema, Tammy Robichaud, Dwayne Brotz, Lance Sengler, and Michael Hudema. Some categories had no entrants due to closed city programs.
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Medicine Hat
MacLeod Trail
Third Street
S.E
Sixth Avenue
Riverside Park
Melissa Hudema
Tammy Robichaud
Dwayne Brotz
Lance Sengler
Michael Hudema
Brandy Wallawein
James
Amy McClary
Profile '81 Showcases Nova Scotia Crafts in Medicine Hat
Profile 81 highlights contemporary and traditional crafts from Nova Scotia on display at the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery. The feature notes the blend of regional artistry and cultural heritage in a focused page 5 spread.
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Nova Scotia
Medicine Hat
Government offers limited union bargaining under two year plan
Ottawa government allows public service unions a limited right to negotiate wages and fringe benefits under a two year control program. Spokesmen say the measure falls short as the amendment ties total settlement costs to six and five percent over the period.
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Labor
NDP
Treasury Board
Donald Johnston
Commons
Com
Mittee
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Canadian Labor Congress
Daryl Bean
Alliance
New Democrat House
Ian Deans
Flora MacDonald
The
Social Services Hit by Hiring Freeze in Alberta
Alberta's Social Services Department, about 450 vacancies, faces a four to five week hiring freeze as ministers study staff needs and potential reallocations. The move aims to cut about eight percent from a 23.5 million dollar budget while preserving front line workers.
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Edmonton
Social Services Department
Les Young
Social Services
Bob Bogle
Department
Perry Kinkaide
NDP
Grant Notley
Canadian dollar recoups to 79.68 U.S. cents on FX
The Canadian dollar rose to 79.68 U.S. cents at noon from 79.44 and the Bank of Canada rate slipped to 15.5 percent from 15.6 percent. The modest drop ends a two week slide that had pushed chartered bank prime lending to 17.25 percent, the lowest since May.
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Montreal
Canada
U.S
Bank of Canada
Fighting resumes in Beirut as Habib Sought PLO Exit
Israeli forces opened fire in West Beirut after a report that U S envoy Habib failed to secure a PLO commitment to leave Lebanon. The day saw alleged ceasefire breaches by guerrillas and a Lebanese call to lift the blockade to aid civilians.
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West Beirut
U.S
Philip Habib
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Israel Defence Forces
Israel
Habib
PLO
Shafik Wazzan
Wazzan
Yasser Arafat
Begin
Bekaa Valley
Syria
UN Security Council
Beirut
Hostage taker surrenders at Kent Institution
A seven hour hostage crisis at Kent Institution ended peacefully as Daniel Julien 21 surrendered before 5 30 am PDT He held officer Gordon Green 37 at knifepoint Green was released unharmed Julien from Thompson Manitoba awaits a French speaking lawyer and a transfer The prison holds 192 inmates and 185 were secured in cells during the incident
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B.C
Kent Institution
Vancouver
Daniel Julien
Gordon Green
Green
Julien
Thompson
Man
Kent
Cottingham resigns from Western Canada Concept in Medicine Hat
Frank Cottingham, a vocal member of the Western Canada Concept in Medicine Hat, has quit as a director of the constituency association and from the party.
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Cottingham
Frank Cottingham
Western Canada Concept Party
Medicine Hat
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