Edmonton aims for 1992 world fair with Expo veterans
Yves Jasmin who led Expo 67 public relations launched a 1.3 million fund drive to bring a northern development expo to Edmonton in 1992. He cites Edmonton’s Commonwealth and World University Games as proof of international appeal and notes the Nordex Foundation backed by Simon Peers plans a North development focus with a Knoxville team aiding the push. A site may be the North Saskatchewan River Valley near a new convention centre.
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Montreal
Jasmin
Nordex Foundation
Peers
Fair Corporation
North Saskatchewan River Valley
Calgary Saddledome named for 1988 Games heritage
Alderman Don Hartman announced the new Olympic coliseum at Stampede Park will be called the Olympic Saddledome, linking Calgary's western heritage and the saddle shaped arena. The $83.4 million, 19 000-seat facility drew 1 270 entries in a name contest run by the Olympic Coliseum Management Foundation.
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Olympic Coliseum
Don Hartman
Olympic Saddledome
Hartman
Olympic Coliseum Management Foundation
Stampede Park
Calgary Exhibition
Stampede
Calgary Police chief rejects warning shots idea
Calgary Police Chief Brian Sawyer calls warning shots a romantic Western movie notion after a weekend incident where a man with an axe was shot twice in the stomach by an officer. Art Peter Freimanis, 30, remains in critical condition after multiple operations and kidney injuries. His brother questioned why no warning shot was fired. Bill Howard, police commission chair, supports the stance, asking who else would be hit if such shots were allowed.
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Calgary
Brian Sawyer
Art Peter Freimanis
Valdy
Sawyer
Bill Howard
City Police Commission
Workers anger over layoffs at McIntyre mine in Alberta
In Grande Cache Alberta union vice-president Ray Martin said 200 McIntyre Mines Ltd workers will be laid off for summer, the mine closing June 28 to August 23 after three coal orders were canceled worth about 30 million dollars. The plant size has fluctuated from 980 to 450 workers, with Hinton mine nearby still hiring.
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Hinton
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Alberta
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International Woodworkers Union
Five pinball machines denied at Kingsway store
Paul Strickland reports that Herb Kenny, owner of Nite Owl Snack Store at 2665 Kingsway S.E., failed to win MPC approval to keep five electronic video game machines. A 5-5 tie denied the motion, and Kenny plans an appeal while council mulls a broader bylaw to curb such devices.
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Herb Kenny
Municipal Planning Commission
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Frank O’connell
O’connell
Council
O'Connell
Sharon Kalinka
Maurice Schwartz
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Dunmore Road
Randy Vonk
Doctors seek ban on strikes in Alberta
The Alberta Medical Association urges nursing as an essential service with strike action forbidden while supporting doctors' study sessions. The brief to the health caucus cites last year's nurses strike and calls for a provincewide ambulance system, paramedic licensing, seatbelt laws, and preventive health measures including a medical tax on alcohol and cigarettes.
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Alberta Medical Association
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Caucus Committee On Health and Social Services
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Alberta
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Dave Russell
Medical Association
Russell
Builder urges small lots for Medicine Hat homes
HUDAC builder-directors in Medicine Hat press smaller 7.5 metre lots to lower entry prices. They argue a reduced lot can cut a Medicine Hat $80 000 house by about $15 000, boosting future affordability while planners consider parking and density options.
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Jake Vanderwoude
Housing and Urban Development Association of Canada
HUDAC
Municipal Planning Commission
Alberta Home Mortgage Corporation
Calgary
Vanderwoude
MPC
Jack van Eerde
van Eerde
Commission
Ridley Shaw
Motorcycle Collides With Car on Trans-Canada Highway
City police report a Wednesday collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near 13th Avenue S.E. involving Coral Yake on a motorcycle heading west and Bernice Flaig of Medicine Hat in an eastbound vehicle. Damage estimated at 3000 and 500 dollars with no injuries.
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Fourth St. S.E
13Th Avenue S.E
Bernice Flaig
Medicine Hat
Flaig
Auto Crash Damages Lights Near Highway 3
Police report an eastbound car driven by Donald Wenzel struck two lamp standards near Highway 3 and 30th Street S.W. The damage was estimated at 1500 dollars. Wenzel was not injured and his vehicle sustained 300 dollars in damage.
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Wenzel
Nova finds subsidies for Quebec Maritime gas line surprise
Nova Corp. president Robert Blair says he was surprised to learn of subsidies for a Quebec to Maritimes gas pipeline. The subsidies were announced in a federal energy program update Monday night. Nova co-owns Trans Quebec and Maritimes Pipeline Inc., builders of the line, while TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. owns the other half.
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Robert Blair
Nova Corp
Quebec
Maritimes
Marc Lalonde
Nova
Trans Quebec and Maritimes Pipeline Inc
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