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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1981
Page
4
Circulation Manager Ron W. Turner and Associate Editor Alan Poirier are named in a staff shakeup at the newspaper. The changes place Turner in circulation leadership and Poirier in higher editorial duties as the paper updates its management structure.
Uniroyal World Junior Curling Championships may be held in Medicine Hat as bid favors the city. Chief organizer Bob Sutherland praised local facilities and a July 31 decision deadline looms. Medicine Hat already secured the 1982 Canadian Senior National Boxing Championship and eyes future international events.
Controversy over returning sexually abused children to their abusive parents prompts calls for a child’s advocate. Alberta’s Social Services Minister Bob Bogle appoints a lawyer, wards the children, and faces pressure for internal reforms to protect their welfare.
About five thousand people gathered in an Edmonton park for the Grand National Smoke-In sponsored by CANALM to press for marijuana law reform. Two arrests occurred, highlighting varied enforcement and legal questions amid Canada's evolving stance on cannabis.
The piece argues Ottawa backed Telidon two way TV and the Dash 8 with loans, while stalling shipbuilding and reviving the merchant fleet. It notes bureaucratic bungles, long delays, and the need to modernize policies as Canada loses global competitiveness in ships and high tech. It cites Bernard Ostry’s role and the shift in costs and automation altering labor economics.
London reports say Canada’s Supreme Court will hand down its constitutional ruling next week with a federal path to patriation possibly moving to London within seven days. British officials expect a close 5-4 or 6-3 vote in favor, but July 1 deadlines may slip. debates in Ottawa will follow with a ceremonial transmission to Queen Elizabeth and then to 10 Downing Street.
A personal reflection tracing the idea of keeping a brother or relative for decades and its political shift from welfare compassion to support for cuts. The narrator juggles guilt, Reagan era rhetoric, and fantasies of a Mycroft helper, concluding with Social Security as the remaining keeper of the aged grandfather.
The Latin America Daily Post critiques President Reagan for opposing stricter handgun controls after surviving an assassination attempt and witnessing colleagues shot. It argues existing laws cover concealed weapons but urges licensing, confiscation, and harsher sentences to curb rising handgun crime.
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