ECC urges freer competition across multiple Canadian industries
The Economic Council of Canada calls for deregulation in airlines trucking taxis and parts of communications while keeping health safety consumer protection and environmental rules. It urges a review of the Rail Act and limits on price and entry controls to boost competition and efficiency.
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Ottawa
Economic Council of Canada
David Slater
Trudeau
Air Canada
CP Air
United States
Marketing boards cost millions in dairy and poultry impact
The Economic Council of Canada reports consumers pay millions more yearly for dairy eggs and poultry due to marketing boards. It urges gradual removal of supply management powers, reexamining the dairy plan, and caution in creating new boards.
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Ottawa
Economic Council of Canada
Council
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Canadian Wheat Board
Trudeau
Fruit and Vegetable Boards
Hugh Gibson
Federal Court
Weather notes and city stories across pages
The bulletin cites cloudy skies with highs around 18 and low 7 plus a look at a weather map on page 26. It reports job market contrasts for students and a planned downtown theatre complex with parking concerns on page 3. It also mentions a postal rate increase being considered and Iran unrest affecting regional diplomacy on various pages. Two Medicine Hat Tigers prospects Rod Buskas and Steve Tsujiura were drafted in the NHL amateur draft.
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Tigers
Medicine Hat Tigers
National Hockey League
Rod Buskas
Steve Tsujiura
Israel eyes smooth return after U S F 16 parcel halt
Israel seeks to calm a U S dispute over four F 16 fighters suspended by the Reagan administration after Israel used U S gear in a raid on an Iraqi nuclear reactor. Mordechai Zippori said the decision stems from a misunderstanding to be resolved, while Prime Minister Begin seeks public support ahead of elections.
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Fort Worth
General Dynamics
Israel
Jerusalem
Mordechai Zippori
U.S
Zippori
Menachem Begin
Shimon Peres
Labor Party
Peres
Begin
Iraq
Leitch Lalonde to meet again over oil price dispute
Ottawa and Alberta energy ministers Marc Lalonde and Merv Leitch agreed to resume talks at month end after a four hour private session in Banff. They gave cautious optimism, stressing more precise proposals and further analysis by officials, with no date set for the next meeting.
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Banff, Alta
Ottawa
Alberta
Marc Lalonde
Merv Leitch
Lalonde
Leitch
Winnipeg
Alber
Calgary couple seeks help to adopt Medicine Hat children
A Calgary couple asks Alberta Ombudsman Randall Ivany to help them obtain custody of three Medicine Hat children. Evelyn and Mervin Peters hope to avoid a costly court fight and allege social services mishandled the case.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Alberta
Randall Ivany
Medicine Hat
Evelyn Peters
Mervin
Hope Ivany
Ivany
Peters
Social Services Department
Eight IRA escapees flee Belfast jail in brazen breakout
British security chiefs launched a manhunt for eight IRA prisoners who escaped Crumlin Road jail using handguns smuggled inside. Seven faced murder and attempted murder trials across the street. the eighth on a murder charge. The escape, aided by outside planning, spurred roadblocks, house-to-house searches, and precautionary port and airfield vigilance. Heavy gunfire was reported near the jail and a getaway car was damaged.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Crown Court
IRA
Falls Road
Irish Republic
Ireland
Maze
Crumlin Road
Northern Ireland
Med Hat MLA linked to culture center funding row
Edmonton Medicine Hat MLA Jim Horsman faces backlash as Medicine Hat cultural leaders oppose moving the planned downtown cultural arts centre to a college site. Horsman says his role was to coordinate a funding route between city and province using his department funds. He notes city and provincial grants could cover about 1.8 million, with additional requests for 1.6 million facing budget constraints. Continued on Page 2.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Jim Horsman
Horsman
Medicine Hat College Board of Governors
Department of Advanced Education and
Horst Schmid
Schmid
Ken Sauer
The
Recreation Foundation
Mary Lemessurier
Peter Trynchy
Chamber of Commerce
Medicine Hat News
Culture Centre
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ECC
Philosphy
Federal Dairy Plan
MPC
Famous Players Ltd
Philip Habib
Andre Ouellet
Abolhassan Bani- Sadr
Bani-Sadr
Allan Fotheringham
Ann Landers
Cena
Enone
Charles Lyn Peet
Ee City News
George Oake
Sports Western Express
Leitch, Lalonde
Ta Oilsands
Imperial Oil Ltd
Cold Lake
Allands Group
Fort McMurray
Banff Springs
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