Former Sacred boss to retire from politics
Bob Clark, former leader of Alberta's Social Credit party, will retire from politics on November 30 after 21 years in the legislature. He plans to start a consulting firm serving federal contractors and cited family and business interests. Clark led the party from 1975 until handing over to Rod Sykes in 1980.
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Didsbury, Alta
Bob Clark
Social Credit
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Didsbury
Calgary
Clark
Social Credit Party
Rod Sykes
Olds- Didsbury
William Aberhart
Paign
Acme
Alta
University of Alberta
Wardair founder survives belly landing near St Albert
Max Ward pilot and seven aboard escaped unharmed after a twin engined De Havilland Caribou belly landed in a farmer's field near St Albert. One engine was on fire but passengers including Ward's wife Marjorie walked away. Fire was contained by local crews before arrival.
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Max Ward
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Ward
St. Albert
Bill Almolky
Federal Transport Department
Almolky
John Toth
Yellowknife
N.W.T
Marjorie
Edmonton International
Phil Otway
Canadian Forces
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Tom Spalding
Wardair
Spalding
Fall decision expected on Head-Smashed-In site bid
A fall decision is anticipated on the application to designate Head-Smashed-In buffalo jump in southern Alberta as a world heritage site. If approved, the 5,500-year-old graveyard of buffalo would join 85 sites including the Grand Canyon and the pyramids, marking a provincial site’s second world heritage status after Brooks Dinosaur Park.
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Alta
Alberta
Calgary
Grand Canyon
Rome
Brooks Dinosaur Park
Peter Bennett
Canada
Bennett
Victoria
Department of Culture
Archeological Survey of
Paul Donahue
North America
The
United Nations Educational and Scientific Cultural Organization
Australia
L’anse Meadows National Park
Newfoundland
Nahanni National Park
Northwest Territories
Kluane National Park
Yukon
British Columbia
Yoho National Park
Brooks Park
Parks Canada
Anthony Island
Queen Charlotte Island
B.C
Northwest
Oil policy impasse hurts Saskatchewan oilfield firms
Saskatchewan officials and oilfield service companies face losses from the Alberta federal standstill on oil policy. A proposed temporary service program would pay standby wages and subsidize loan costs, but initial reaction from firms is negative, with criticism that the aid is insufficient and favors older companies. A separate air show at Moose Jaw saw 10 000 spectators despite heavy rain, forcing cancellation of most demonstrations.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Regina Leader-Post
Leader-Post
Ted Hanlon
Sage Oilfield Services
Moose Jaw
Brent Abbott
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Goodale plans Liberal comeback in Saskatchewan politics
Ralph Goodale, 31, vows the Liberals will rebound in Saskatchewan after winning provincial leadership by acclamation. He promises energetic campaigning, warns rivals while assembling candidates for the next general election as eight federal ministers attend the convention.
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Saskatoon
Ralph Goodale
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
Liberal Party
Goodale
Wilcox
Sask
University of Saskatchewan
Assiniboia
Estevan
Allan MacEachen
Norm MacLeod
Saskatchewan Party
MacLeod
Jack Weibe
MacEachen
Otto Lang
Lang
Wheat Board
Leitch outlines 2.5 million acre Alberta tree harvest plan
Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch announced plans to harvest about 2.5 million acres of mature forest in west central Alberta from Sundre to Lodgepole and Buck Lake to the mountains. Proposals will be invited from companies with emphasis on high timber use and long term jobs, plus reforestation and conservation. Proposals due June 1, 1982, hearings planned, construction hoped for fall 1982.
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Alberta Energy
Merv Leitch
Mother Nature
Alberta
Sundre
Lodgepole
Buck Lake
Leitch
Rocky Mountain House
Nordegg
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New York Rangers
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Jonathan Hehr
Jonathan
Lan Scott
Hanlon
U.S
Snowbirds
David Neufeld
Vi Neufeld
Medicine Hat 4
Lon Scott
Craig Vossler
Irvine
Vonnie Seitz
Stampede Exhibition Hall
Miss Seitz
Medicine Hat 4-H Beef Club
Whitle’s Bar Vee Club
Seven Persons, Manyberries and
Irvine Beef Clubs
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