Alberta legislature Question Period boycott by four opposition MPs
In Edmonton the four opposition members boycotted the Alberta assembly question period after speaker Gerard Amerongen delivered a detailed rules statement. Leader Grant Notley said the boycott may continue day to day as the opposition seeks more questioning latitude while remaining for other legislature business.
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Gerard Amerongen
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Ray Martin
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Eckville Seeks Quiet After Keegstra Furor
In Eckville Alberta a month of coverage over teacher Jim Keegstra’s controversial social studies classroom taught antisemitic theories ends as he is fired. Town of 850 near Edmonton wants normal life back as CBC crew and TV cameras linger. Local parents recall disruption and residents discuss shedding a redneck image.
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Margaret Andrew
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George Schmidt
Eckville
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Province freezes art gallery funds in 1983 levels
Raymond Ouellet president of the Association of Alberta Art Galleries says the culture department is not meeting its obligations. He met with Les Graf director of Visual Arts Branch and four other members to protest the decision to freeze operating grants for next year at 1983 levels affecting publicly funded galleries.
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Edmonton
Culture Department
Alberta
Raymond Ouellet
Association of Alberta Art Galleries
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Les Graf
Hooke Rejects Socred Lead Role in Alberta Politics
Alf Hooke, 77, a long-time Social Credit stalwart who served in seven cabinet posts under Premiers Aberhart and Manning, declines an offer to be the party's chief spokesman. He instead plans to organize a group he formed last year into a political party.
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Alf Hooke
Social Credit
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Hooke
William Aberhart
Ernest Manning
Clinic left dry by northern MDs near Fort Chipewyan
Fort Chipewyan in the isolation of northern Alberta cannot attract local doctors for a weekly clinic. Edmonton physicians rotate visits at an added 130 dollars weekly, while Fort McMurray doctors refuse to stay overnight and prefer a same day charter flight home costing 600 dollars.
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Fort Chipewyan
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Lougheed to visit China and Japan to promote Alberta exports
Premier Peter Lougheed will tour China and Japan from August 19 to September 17 to market Alberta energy equipment and agricultural goods. The China visit follows an invitation from the People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and mirrors a 1981 Canadian visit by Heilongjiang Governor Chen Lei. Alberta highlights cooperation with Heilongjiang in petroleum tech trade agriculture and resources. The Japan trip marks his first there since 1972.
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Peter Lougheed
China
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Alberta
People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs
Canada
Chen Lei
Heilongjiang
Calgary delays computer use after ambulance billing failure
Calgary officials pause on new computer systems after a December 1981 fire department billing system failed to generate 455000 in ambulance charges. An audit official advised a repaired unit with back-up would cost about 617000. The fire department administrator blamed over eagerness and staffing shortages.
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Calgary
Alan Womack
John Schwandt
Audit Committee
Gary Poffenroth
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