City council backs college site for cultural centre
The council favors moving the cultural centre to the college with a cost sharing plan saving about $2 million in capital and $360000 in operating costs. Critics call it short sighted and warn of lost downtown vitality and public faith. The session left observers questioning the council’s direction.
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Finance Committee
George Davison
Aldren Sauer
Ted Grimm
Medicine Hat
Cultural Centre
City Council
Ken Sauer
First Street
Desperation fuels debates over inflation policies in Canada
The piece argues financial strain from inflation pushes Ottawa toward risky options. It highlights tax indexation costing $1.5 billion this year and $11 billion since inception, plus $2 to $4 billion in higher interest costs. It warns against wage and price controls and urges deregulation and R and D to cut costs.
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Allan MacEachen
Ottawa
Economic Council of Canada
Science Council of Canada
Canada Hosts World Powers in July Economic Summit
Allan Fotheringham notes Ottawa will host the seventh annual G7 meeting July 19–21 with nations led by the U S Japan Britain and Germany. He mocks Canada's influence and predicts reporters will judge Ottawa by its image and security blitz while the prime minister faces ridicule for languid leadership.
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Ottawa
Canada
Montebello
Que
Venice
U.S
Japan
Britain
West Germany
Italy
France
Sam
Alliance
Thatcher
Schmidt
Pierre Elliott
Commons
Feds
Ontario
Athens-of
Queen Victoria
Southam
Reagan era debate on Soviet decline and its risks
James Reston assesses the Reagan administration and Haig's portrayal of the Soviet Union as weakened by internal failures. The piece notes Aron and Kissinger views on Soviet collapse, Reagan’s cautious diplomacy, and Haig’s warnings amid Poland, Poland, and broader East European pressures, with reflections on foreign and domestic policy implications.
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Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
Raymond Aron
Aron
Paris
Henry Kissinger
Europe
Haig
Moscow
China
Notre Dame
Poland
France
Third World Press Attitudes Split Over Western Coverage
Kenyan information minister Peter Oloo Aringo argues for constructive criticism while developing nations blame Western reporters for bias and interference. He notes Kenya's press as relatively free but laments pressures on reporting from Nairobi and reflects on a broader North South debate about media influence.
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Nairobi
Peter Oloo Aringo
Kenya
Africa
Canada
Aringo
United Nations
Third World
Developing Countries
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Blisher
J. W
Bud’ Miller
John A. Weimer
Myopic Council
Allan Fotheringham
Pierre
James Reston
Iraq
Middle East
Israel
House
Tip O'Neill
Illinois
America
Peking
Taiwan
N.Y. Times News Service
Peter Calamai
Rhodesia
State Department
U.s.-South Africa
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