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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1978
Page
4
Alderman Sam Stone argues against a bylaw forcing all businesses to close on Remembrance Day as impractical and intrusive. He notes Alberta's direction, worries about exemptions, and suggests councils focus on public realm duties rather than regulating private hours.
The piece argues OPEC kept prices steady as growing world oil reserves emerge from four years of price-driven exploration. It says higher volumes threaten OPEC profits, with industrialized nations benefiting from lower deficits while Canada faces higher domestic prices and calls for policy change. Ed Broadbent endorses dropping Canada’s price-raising pact to curb inflation and unemployment effects.
Egypt’s domestic unrest deepens as a senior diplomat and former chief of staff rebels against President Anwar Sadat. Analysts say the discord within the armed forces and widespread peasant discontent threaten Sadat’s grip and may hasten or provoke a domestic upheaval within two to three years if no settlement with Israel is reached.
Transport Minister Otto Lang plans to create a Western Canada division of the Canadian Transport Commission in response to Emmett Hall’s Prairie Rail Authority proposals. Legislation could be introduced next session, with hearings and feasibility studies to follow. Lang aims to address prairie grain movement concerns while considering broader cargo and possibly air transport oversight.
A Radio-Canada survey shows Ryan with 31 percent as the most able Quebec leader to meet current aspirations, strengthening his position over Levesque and Trudeau. The poll suggests Liberals would win 40 percent if an election were held, with PQ at 33 percent and UN at 8 percent, signaling a three way debate centered in Quebec between Ryan and Levesque.
Edmonton's The Journal won a court battle forcing city hall to hold a public vote on the 60 percent raise for aldermen. Judge Bracco rejected city objections, enabling plebiscite action and signaling limits on council decisions amid ongoing controversy.
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