Letters from Medicine Hat Museum follow policy on archival use
Trustees respond to The Medicine Hat News regarding All Hell for a Basement. They recount museum policies allowing copies and on site access, note the 1981 demand for originals by Mr Gould, and explain steps by Director Willock to provide needed photographs at no extra pay while the museum was compensated for materials.
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat
Museum Board
Gould
Barrie
Willock
White
Recreation and Travel Guide Spotlight Elevates Medicine Hat
A reader praises The News 1982 Recreation and Travel Guide for its layout and content. The supplement highlights local facilities and day trips around Medicine Hat, boosting awareness of regional diversity and encouraging residents to keep the guide for summer planning.
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Medicine Hat
Dank underpass in CPR precinct provokes city scrutiny
A 1982 diary like critique condemns the downtown underpass near CPR pedestrian access for being dank, dangerous, and neglected. It cites repeated delays, inadequate lighting, and broken mirrors while calling for a full council inspection and accountability from merchants and government to address decay and safety concerns.
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CPR
Businessrea
Reader's rights letters policy from The News
The News invites reader letters on public interests. Letters should be about 300 words, typed and double spaced, with the writer's full address and both home and business telephone numbers for verification. Unpublished letters lack this information. The newspaper may edit letters for grammar and taste and may refuse libellous submissions.
Glenbow seeks CPR relatives and artifacts for exhibition
Glenbow Museum Calgary plans a three year CPR hundredth anniversary show highlighting arrival and impact of the Canadian Pacific Railway up to the 1920s. They request readers with CPR workers relatives or souvenirs to donate or lend materials illustrating individual contributions to construction, land settlement, natural resources, and hotel operations. Collect calls welcome at 406 264 8300.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Glenbow
Calgary
CPR
Memorial letter urges bikers to ride safely this summer
A father writes to Canadian newspapers asking June 1 as publication date for a letter urging motorists to watch for cyclists. He recounts the death of his 22 year old son Chris in a Edmonton motorcycle crash last year and pleads for rider care, helmeted cyclists, and mutual respect on roads to spare other families grief. He notes Chris cherished freedom, loved back roads, and planned a fall wedding and east trip. He asks riders to ride with care and asks drivers to grant bikers same rights and courtesy.
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Canada
Chris
Edmonton
Time to take stand on federal gas tax protest
A citizen criticizes the city council and federal government over paying and contesting the federal gas tax. He urges residents to resist, support a neighbor in suing the city’s utilities, and urges political reform including opposition to bilingualism, metrification, and increased government spending.
Historic EEC vote shakes Britain over farm prices
The European Economic Community backed a 7-3 majority to raise agricultural prices by about 10.7 percent, defying Britain’s stance and threatening future unity. Britain’s Agriculture Minister called it a sad day as Denmark and Greece also opposed the move.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
European Economic Community
Britain
Europe
Quebec
Peter Walker
France
de Gaulle
Brussels
Denmark
Ireland
Greece
Margaret Thatcher
Besteetham News
Tables turned on CBC funding move in Canadian press debate
Charles Lynch reports at the Western Association of Broadcasters meeting on whether private Canadian broadcasters would accept public money if the CBC were disbanded. The discussion examines cross media ownership, deregulation, and the potential for a united front against government encroachment, with mixed views from broadcasters and newspapers.
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Jasper
Alta
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcasters of Canada
Western Association of Broadcasters
CBC
CRTC
Canada
United States
Kenneth Goldstein
Winnipeg
Goldstein
Kent Royal Commission
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Gout
Reader’s Rights
City of
U.S
Governent
James Ferrabee
Falkland Islands
Financial Times of London
Thatcher
le Matin
London
Charles Lynch
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