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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1981
Page
4
The page lists staff roles for the June 11 1981 issue including publisher Andrew Snaddon editor Ron Turner associate editor Alan Poirier and business manager John A Weimer plus production manager J W Bud Miller.
Alberta faces a proposal from Ontario Premier William Davis and New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield to include resource revenues in a second tier of equalization payments. The plan would cushion oil-reliant provinces from high costs, a move opposed by Western premiers and Alberta officials who warn it misunderstands wealth and national growth.
The Polish leadership under Stanislaw Kania threatens change while labor, led by Lech Walesa, pushes for reforms. Solidarity urges patience and consolidation of Gdansk wins as officials water down promises, with workers and government trading strike and counter threats amid questionable Russian intervention.
The NDP leader's El Salvador peace mission failed to halt the civil war but boosted Canada's image in Latin America. Diplomats note Canadian support aided Socialist International efforts, while some privately doubted bias. Broadbent faced illness and travel hurdles yet projected a poised international diplomacy mien.
Allan Fotheringham laments Tory reaction to French references while ignoring the core issue of capital punishment. He notes MPs' secretaries cite dates and Hansard to defend inessential French remarks. The piece also recalls Tommy Douglas stories and comments on CBC figures and prison issues in British Columbia.
William French Smith asks federal heads to propose changes to the Freedom of Information Act. He notes the law mainly serves litigants and firms while scholars and journalists struggle for access. Administration seeks fixes without retreat from open government.
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