Taxpayers Rally for BC Revolt Against Higher Taxes
In Surrey, BC, more than 1,000 taxpayers packed a hotel meeting room to vent anger over municipal and school taxes and government spending. A second group of about 100 protested outside and sent telegrams to Premier Bill Bennett and the provincial cabinet demanding tax relief and a commissioner to run Surrey. Organizer Art Thornhill framed the event as a start to a grassroots anti-spending movement. Alderman Fred Beale criticized the gathering as slanderous and libellous, with no council address permitted.
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Surrey
B.C
Bill Bennett
Vancouver
Bennett
Surrey Council
Art Thornhill
British Columbia
Thornhill
Fred Beale
Victoria
Leaders in Ottawa seek early patriation of the constitution
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau hopes fellow first ministers approve bringing the constitution home by July 1, 1979. In a June 12 letter to Newfoundland Premier Frank Moores, Trudeau says past failures harmed Canadian identity and urges quick patriation during upcoming talks.
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Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
Newfoundland
Frank Moores
Moores
Trudeau
Canada
Sauer defends plan as council delays decision on highway upgrade
Alderman Sauer accused Southview Mall manager Gary Ruff and Medicine Hat developer Tom Sunderland of irresponsible remarks as council delayed a decision on the Trans-Canada Highway upgrade. The plan, aimed at mall visibility and traffic flow, faced opposition and a tied vote with Mayor Reinhardt breaking it.
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Medicine Hat
Tom Sunderland
Southview Mall
Gary Ruff
Ken Sauer
Public Works Committee
Sauer
Sunderland
Milt Reinhardt
Ruff
Genstar Corporation
Simpsons-Sears
Dunmore Road
Trans-Canada Highway
Coalhurst Man Fatally Crushed in Home Accident
A Coalhurst man, James Gordon Herron, died Wednesday when a modular home he was working on shifted from its foundations and crushed him. The incident occurred in the basement area about 23 kilometres east of Medicine Hat withParamedics Medicine Hat Fire Department and RCMP on scene.
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Coalhurst
RCMP
James Gordon Herron
Medicine Hat
Occidental Reworks Husky Bid Amid Petro Canada Offer
Occidental Petroleum and Husky Oil announce revised terms for Occidental's takeover, raising value of the preferred shares exchangeable for Husky stock by about eight percent. Petro Canada plans a Canadian offer at 52 dollars per Husky share, following Husky's rejection of a prior offer. The bids face regulatory approval and potential joint heavy oil development plans.
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Calgary
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Husky Oil Ltd
Occidental
Husky
Petro-Canada
U.S
W. H. Hopper
Petro- Canada
Canada
Foreign Investment Review Agency
Saskatchewan-Alberta
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Don Getty
Lloydminster
Allan Blakeney
Toronto
Toronto Stock Exchange
TSE
Two Women Shot in Separate Sniping Incidents at Burnaby Intersection
Police search for two teen boys after two women were shot within an hour at Boundary Road in Burnaby. Gwyneth Clandinin, 65, was wounded in the upper back and Holly Edwards, 18, was shot in the head but survived. witnesses saw two youths nearby with a brown bag handgun and a .22 rifle. Four bullets hit a parked car. investigators believe the shots came from a nearby apartment building.
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Burnaby, B.C
Gwyneth Mary Clandinin
Burnaby
Vancouver-Burnaby
Holly Ann Edwards
New Westminster
Vancouver
Ms. Edwards
Boundary (Road
Claudinia
Quebec civil servants protest Bill 50 outside government buildings
Hundreds of Quebec civil servants from several unions staged pickets outside major government buildings to oppose Bill 50. They blocked parking and lined entrances at the national assembly, demanding limits on government powers over classification and advancement and faster contract talks before current deals expire.
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Quebec
National Assembly
Wedding hour nears for Jordan's king
Amman reports a subdued buildup to King Hussein's wedding to Lisa Halaby with guards at the Zaharan palace and security at the airport. Officials keep details private while observers note the personal nature of the ceremony and possible cost-saving aims for Jordan's development.
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N.Y. Times
Amman
Jordan
Zaharan
Hussein
Queen Zain
Lisa Halaby
Grace Kelly
Monaco
Hope Cooke
Sikkim
Miss Halaby
Princeton Architecture
Toni Gardiner
Zaharan Palace
Hotel Intercontinental
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Bill Fox
Public Works Department
Kin Coulee
Genstar
Tps
Mattie Pearl” Duncan
New Haven
Conn
Wellington Franklin
Douglas Franklin
McCoy High School
Dean Syverson
Syverson
Frank Webber
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