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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1978
Page
2
Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley expresses support for a constitutional bill of rights while criticizing minor Senate tinkering. He questions whether renaming the Senate would ensure genuine regional representation in Ottawa.
Calgary offers a comfortable downtown hotel option priced at 2400 in a city promotion. The notice highlights value and location for travelers seeking convenience and style.
NDP leader Grant Notley urges municipalities to reject the province's new day care policy, arguing it shifts costs to parents and towns and lowers care standards. He cites subsidies for private centers, high parental costs, and a move away from community-oriented care, proposing public centres funded from the Heritage Fund instead.
The Medicine Hat and District Hospital received $1,800 from the Ladies of the Order of the Royal Purple. A prior $2,000 gift will be added, funding a life support infant ventilator for premature babies. At present such care is provided in Calgary.
In Saskatchewan and Alberta, Lawrence Mallory Schau 20 was charged with attempted murder after an RCMP cruiser was shot at near Vauxhall during a weekend chase. He pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen vehicle in Saskatoon and received one year. His brother Raymond awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to weapons and stolen-property charges in Medicine Hat.
Westcoast Transmission vice president John Anderson said the Alaska Highway natural gas line will employ about 8,100 during peak construction, with 90 percent Canadians and no casual labor. The project spans 5,900 kilometres from Prudhoe Bay through Yukon into British Columbia and Alberta, costing about 9.736 billion dollars for the Canadian portion. Construction aims to start soon with completion expected by January 1983.
In provincial court Judge Philip Wambolt sentenced Medicine Hatman Dennis Glaser to 11 months in jail after he pled guilty to 10 counts of fraudulent use of credit cards, four counts of forging cheques, one count of forging a prescription, and related charges. Glaser, 455 12th St. 5.W., also pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a narcotic and was fined $100. All charges stem from incidents earlier this year in Calgary and elsewhere.
A columnist reflects on Pierre Trudeau’s push to replace the British North America Act with a new constitution. He questions sacred texts, notes officials Basford and Hyndman backing the plan, and imagines a ceremonial yet practical Charter detailing powers, rights, and a retooled government.
Five Montrose High students around 14 years old face Juvenile Act charges after truancy action by the Grande Prairie school system. One charge was withdrawn due to pregnancy. a parent was charged under the School Act. Two students placed on strict probation, one sent to the Youth Assessment Centre, and another made a ward of the court.
Fire department responded to a 9 p m call to 76 Crockett Way the home of Joe LaPenna where a kitchen fire was extinguished Property damage including contents estimated at about 8500 dollars The cause is under investigation
The South East Alberta Travel and Convention Association approved a 156000 budget to stage a two day air show in early August 1979. The event may feature the Valiant Air Command WWII aircraft and two new miniature jets in Canada, linked to a reunion of the 34th Service Flying Training School.
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