Gas plant blast injures four workers near Fox Creek
Petro-Canada employees at a northern Alberta gas plant fled a fire after a 10 am explosion. Four men in serious condition and a fifth with burns were hospitalized. The blast occurred while workers changed a large filter in an intake pipe. gas residue ignited. Two men extinguished flames by diving into mud. Names not released.
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Fox Creek
Alta
Petro-Canada
Alberta
Edmonton
John Ridsdel
Rural school closure remains possible in Forty Mile No. 8
County school board considers revised closure policy amid public meetings in Etzikom and Conquerville. Changes include attendance area questions and a shift from a fixed 27 pupil trigger to a broader standard. Community concerns focus on enrolment stability and local socio economic impact.
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Allan Coyle
Forty Mile No. 8
Etzikom
Conquerville
Cliff Elle
County of Forty Mile No. 8
Elle
Dave Shauf
Parent-Teacher Association
Shauf
George McFall
Shaul
The Big Black Box at Firehall Theatre
Firehall Theatre presented a 25 minute piece The Big Black Box in Fifth Avenue United Church space. Danny Hall played Arnold a lone character enticed by a talking box that swallows his possessions then teases him with glimpses inside.
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Firehall Theatre
Fifth Avenue United Church
Danny Hall
Arnold
Hall
Wayne Craven
Craven
Carroll Becker
Alberta Residents Underwent Most Surgeries In 1978 Study
Edmonton reports show Medicine Hat area residents had high counts of lens extraction hernia mastectomy prostate and tubal ligation surgeries in 1978 though it reflects where patients sought care rather than where operations occurred. A study by the College of Physicians and Surgeons will review utilization figures and determine guidelines.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Russell
Medicine Hat and District
Brooks
Bassano
Empress
Bow Island
Medicine Hat Hospital
Leo Hill
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Roy Leriche
Alberta minister urges let governments shrink to lower rates
Edmonton CP reports Alberta consumer minister Julian Koziak told the Consumers Association of Canada that reduced government spending could lower interest rates as discretionary income shrinks with taxes. He warned energy policy, self sufficiency, and oil supply security are vital as domestic crude stocks deplete in a decade.
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Edmonton
Julian Koziak
Alberta
The
Consumers Association of Canada
Koziak
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Alberta native outreach program faced renewal battle
Alberta's Indian and Metis associations urge continuation of the federally funded Alberta Native Outreach Association with a 440000 dollar budget set for summer renewal. They credit the group with helping about 13000 natives in seven years and oppose phasing out outreach in favor of the Canada Employment Centres.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Native Outreach Association
Canada
CEC
Les Gallagher
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission
Northwest Territories
Alberta Association
Gallagher
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