City Eyes Higher Power Rates as Calgary Contract Sought
At a Tuesday city council meeting Alderman Tom Sissons announced a bylaw to authorize the mayor and city clerk to sign contracts with Calgary Power to secure standby electric power. The plant can produce 74 megawatts with all turbines, with January peaks at 61 megawatts. Costs could rise to 2.7 million for 1980, and the bylaw expires in June 1980, after which the city may either expand the plant or continue purchasing energy.
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Tom Sissons
Calgary
Sissons
Calgary Power
Ted Grimm
Lougheed Presses Iran for Wheat Sales During Tehran Visit
Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed met with the Shah of Iran in Tehran for about an hour discussing potential wheat sales to Iran. Iran currently buys most wheat from the United States, with some barley from Canada, and Lougheed noted shared insights on energy and his trips to the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia. The Shah showed knowledge of Athabasca oil sands development. Lougheed arrived in Iran for a four day visit and also met with Premier Amir Abbas Hoveyda.
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Tehran
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Iran
United States
Canada
James George
Lougheed
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
Athabasca
Amir Abbas Hoveyda
Canada backs plan for international food reserves system
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan said Canada is prepared to contribute millions of bushels of wheat and other cereals to a proposed international food reserves system. The move ties to talks on a new international wheat agreement with price safeguards for growers and consumers.
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Manila
Canada
Eugene Whelan
Whelan
Peace threats Brezhnev urges end to arms race in France
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev warned in Paris that the arms race is growing and new weapons threaten world peace. He urged a global halt, saying ending the arms race is the top task, while noting no major progress in Soviet U.S. talks.
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Paris
Leonid Brezhnev
France
Brezhnev
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Elysee Palace
Soviet Union
Giscard d’Estaing
Warnke
Outstanding humanity lauded for saving life in Taber
Elaine Sailer of Medicine Hat received a mayoral plaque for an outstanding act of humanity after giving life saving mouth to mouth resuscitation to Alex Murray, a Taber man who collapsed from a heart attack near Elkwater. Murray's wife halted traffic and Sailor, aided by a friend, helped him until hospital arrival.
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Elaine Sailer
Ted Grimm
Alex Murray
Canadian Sugar Industries
Tabor
Cypress Hills
Elkwater
Sailor
Murray
Girl Guides
Sailer
RCMP accused of cover up in Montreal raid
The RCMP faced charges of a top level cover up after Montreal officers participated in an illegal raid on a left wing news office. Ed Broadbent labeled the action disgraceful and urged a federal judicial inquiry during a late night Commons debate.
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RCMP
Ottawa
Montreal
New Democratic
Ed Broadbent
Goyer
Broadbent
Joe Clark
Quebec inquiry into 1972 break in frames RCMP duty
The report questions why Montreal police and RCMP failed to inform ministerial figures about an illegal raid in 1972. General Francis Fox and Solicitor-General Marc Andre Bedard face scrutiny, while RCMP leaders Higgitt and Starnes defend conduct amid delays and accusations of dereliction of duty.
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Goyer
Choquette
RCMP
Montreal
Clark
Francis Fox
Quebec
Marc-Andre Bedard
Jean Keable
Supt
Donald Cobb
Fox
REMP
Broadbent
W. L. Higgitt
John Starnes
Rcmp Security Service
Gover
Higgitt
Starnes
Midway Company
Ivan Whitehall
Federal
Solicitor-General'’S Department
Canada's language policy urges equality to prevent breakup
The federal government says Canada will fall apart unless provinces promote equality of English and French. It calls for more French schools and bilingual services, while Quebec may limit English schooling to protect French. Prime Minister Trudeau criticized a Quebec bill restricting English enrolment.
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Paul Gessell
Ottawa
Canada
Commons
John Roberts
Quebec
Quebec National Assembly
Trudeau
Saint John jail fire kills twenty prisoners in cellar cell
A fire in the Saint John police detention quarters started in the maximum security cell, killing 20 prisoners and sending 14 others to hospital. Police say 27 inmates were in custody. injuries include seven prisoners, six officers, and one fireman. Cause under investigation. authorities report extensive damage and soot throughout city hall.
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Saint John
N.B
Melvin Vincent
Port City
Percy Clark
Fire Department
City Hall
King Street
Bob Epton
Saint John City
Guard Released In Sask Prison Disturbance
One of two guards taken hostage at a Prince Albert medium security prison near downtown was released. Police in riot gear surrounded the facility as about 300 inmates reportedly took part in an uprising triggered by a communications breakdown with the prisoners committee. Negotiations continued through the night with reports of prisoners seeking medical aid after drug overdoses.
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Prince Albert, Sask
Wiretap bill clears Commons justice committee in Ottawa
In Ottawa the Commons justice committee passed modified wiretap amendments after Conservative and New Democrat opposition. Justice Minister Ron Basford introduced an amendment allowing derivative evidence from faulty taps with a judge's discretion to exclude if it harms justice. The change revises the 1974 Protection of Privacy Act to permit such evidence under defined safeguards.
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Gerard McNeil
Ottawa
Commons
Justice Committee
Ron Basford
Basford
Administration of Justice
Ex sergeant ordered bugging linked to RCMP probe
Ron Sheppard testifies at the Laycraft inquiry that a Winnipeg RCMP officer, ranked above inspector, is believed to have ordered the bugging of Edmonton policemen during a December 1975 trip. He cannot name the officer. The inquiry examines Alberta operations of Royal American Shows and related actions.
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Edmonton
Sheppard
RCMP
Winnipeg
James H. Laycraft
Alberta Supreme Court
Alberta
Jim Foster
Teacher acquitted of assault in Medicine Hat trial
In Medicine Hat provincial court Judge C B Macdonell acquitted high school teacher Kim Bergman of common assault against a Grade 10 student after a 214 hour trial. The judge ruled Bergman’s force was reasonable and urged students to learn discipline, praising the accused as a fortunate teacher.
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Medicine Hat
C. B. Macdonell
Kim Bergman
Bergman
Southview Drive
S.E
Bill Cox
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