British Columbia to offer core French curriculum for all
BC will require districts to provide core French in the public education system starting September 1979 when enough demand exists. Education Minister Pat McGeer said districts will have a one year adjustment period before mandatory French instruction if enrollment warrants, with materials from the Baldwin Cartier district of Montreal. The plan stresses unity and smoother English French transition, and aims to improve scholarships attendance and post secondary articulation.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Pat McGeer
B.C
McGeer
Baldwin-Cartier
Montreal
Len Guy Leaves BC Labor Movement After Storied Career
Len Guy retires as a key BC Federation of Labor figure after five years as secretary treasurer. He criticizes Canadian Labor Congress policy on a 32 hour four day week while defending his tough bargaining style and urging workers to maintain industrial power within the system.
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Vancouver
Len Guy
British Columbia
Guy
B.C. Federation of Labor
Dennis McDermott
Canadian Labor Congress
McDermott
Toronto
CLC
John Fryer
B.C. Government Employees Union
Labor Movement
Federation
Industry heat to warm 12000 homes in Bellingham area
Federal energy officials announced a $1 million grant to Rockcor of Redmond to pilot a plant in Whatcom County. The project uses waste heat from the Intalco Aluminum plant to heat about 12 000 homes near the Canadian border.
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Seattle
Bellingham
Federal Energy Department
Rockcor
Redmond, Wash
Whatcom County
Intalco Aluminum Corp
Foreign buyers increase land purchases in Red Deer county
Foreign land purchases in Red Deer county rose for a third straight year in 1977 from 780 acres in 1976 to 1 029 acres in 1977 despite new provincial rules. Calgary Power Ltd. raises 1.4 million shares at 37 50 with 140 000 more sought to meet demand. Proceeds fund part of current construction.
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Red Deer
Red Deer County
Dallas Schmidt
Alberta
Energy and National Resources
Calgary
Calgary Power Ltd
Harry Schaefer
Edmonton woman abducted by stranger in car ride
Sylvia Lynes, a 59 year old disabled housewife, was forced into a downtown Edmonton car ride by a 26 year old woman. Lynes escaped after resisting the driver at a downtown intersection, recounting fear and severe disability. In Calgary the Alberta mayors push for transportation funding reform and five year forecasts to address road and transit costs. Oxbow Saskatchewan reports an 18 year old Regina man dies from sewer gas inhalation during sewer work. Alberta Hospital Association and Alberta Union sign a 1978 79 memorandum. Kelowna notes rise in non union construction as unemployment looms. 200,000 of 650,000 workers on unemployment rolls.
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Edmonton
Sylvia Lynes
Lynes
West Edmonton
Calgary
Alberta
Dee Purves
Lethbridge
Red Deer
Medicine Hat
Ross Alger
Alger
Oxbow
Regina
Robert G. Gilbert
Trevor W. Cooper
Alberta Hospital Association
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Glenrose General
University of Alberta
Foothills General
Provincial
Cancer Hospitals Board
ACA
Kelowna
Henry de Puyjalon
Canadian Construction Association
de Puyjalon
Canada
BC government moves to reconstitute MLA status committee
British Columbia provincial secretary Grace McCarthy proposed reestablishing a legislative committee to decide if four MLAs including two cabinet ministers may sit legally amid alleged government funding receipts. The plan aims to determine constitutional compliance and potential disqualification with cross examination rights.
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NDP House
Bill King
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Vanier Park
Perth
Australia
MSI
Labor
Jim Kinnaird
B.c.yukon
Community Texaco Service
Cambridge St. S.E
Texaco
George Florkowski
Warren N. Wagner
Macleod Trail
S.E. Macleod Trail
Calgary Power
Strange Ride
Strange Woman
THE
New Democratic Party
Hewitt
Rawlf
Kerster
Housing Department
Bawlf
Bawtree
Gardner Motors
B & H Sod Farm
Brooks
Aeee
A.e.lepage
Cairney Crescent
Joe Schorr
FIAT
Caen
Marreltay
Southern Car & Trailer Sales
Industrial Ave
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