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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1978
Page
4
In Bonnyville Premier Peter Lougheed hints at prioritizing northern road work while southern Alberta may wait, prompting questions about provincial highway policy. Critics argue public funds should be spent for rapid nationwide improvements, not centralized control.
Column argues U S airlines face regulation to compensate bumped passengers up to 400 dollars for overbooking. It notes Canada’s current half fare policy and calls for a system to limit no show losses, suggesting a fairer booking approach and potential regulatory incentive.
The piece envisions a new show based on a true incident where only four MPs attended a budget debate last Tuesday while 256 rested at home. It criticizes MPs for taking days off and mocks sponsors and public interest, warning of potential electoral consequences.
Veteran information freedom fighter Ged Baldwin vows to persist despite hopeful talk from Secretary of State John Roberts. He warns the forthcoming bill will still be flawed with exemptions and weak review, and believes judges should review ministerial secrecy to unlock government files. He cites U S laws as a model but doubts Canada will copy them.
A 1972 style Canadian Interchange parody shows Pierre Trudeau as a bull's-eye in a wall game titled Darts Not Included. The note ridicules the PM and features editor McGregor apologizing for a prior joke at RCMP. Other items reference Montreal Canadiens, Expos, UN disarmament talk, and IDRC head Ivan Head.
A University of Guelph study finds only 12 percent of teenage girls using contraception tell their parents about it. The 486 interviewees aged around 17 mainly learned of clinics from girlfriends and were influenced by friends and boyfriends to use the pill.
Sociologist Alice Propper of York University reports that in a 1969 study of 683 students in a west end Toronto high school, there were very few differences between children of working and non working mothers. Daughters shared chores similarly, sons and daughters differed little in sports and reading, and parent child relationship quality showed no strong gaps.
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