Ottawa talks stall in postal workers bargaining
Inside postal workers and government negotiators resumed bargaining in Ottawa but remain far apart on core issues. The meeting started at 11 a.m. EDT, 30 minutes late after union reps arrived.
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Jean-Claude Parrot
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
New Democratic Party
Ed Broadbent
Treasury Board
Donald Johnston
Broadbent
Copenhagen
Johnston
Commons
Parrot
Alberta judge defeats Speaker in school purchase challenge
Justice Peter Power ruled Alberta courts cannot probe Lougheed government spending. The challenge by Ray Speaker and Social Credit alleged a $20 million Calgary school purchase used emergency warrants bypassing legislative debate. Responses accused the government of bypassing accountability amid wider postal workers talks and maternity leave disputes.
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Peter Power
Alberta
Lougheed
Ray Speaker
House
Jay Straith
Speaker
Social Credit Party
Court of Queen’s Bench
Straith
Social Credit
Power
Tom Chambers
Housing and Public Works
Rod Sykes
Sykes
Neil Crawford
Crawford
Chambers
Calgary Public School Board
Harmony in talks on Canada pension and equalization policy
British Columbia finance minister chairing talks reports surprising unity among provincial ministers. They plan committees to study pension systems and begin detailed discussion on equalization payments while opposing any immediate $1.6 billion cut. Alberta resists tapping resource revenues.
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Ottawa
Miller
Curtis
B.C
Medicine Hat Blue Jays Rally Past Dodgers 14-11
The Medicine Hat Blue Jays scored eight runs in the ninth inning to beat the Lethbridge Dodgers 14-11 on the road. The item appears in a broader page of sports and regional notes.
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Lethbridge Dodgers
Stamp to honor Terry Fox Marathon of Hope
The federal government will issue a stamp for Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope breaking tradition. Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet announced as Fox, 22, remained in critical condition in New Westminster, having raised over 23 million for cancer research. Cabinet cited Fox’s unity and fundraising impact, noting the stamp commemorates the marathon rather than Fox personally.
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New Westminster
B.C
Terry Fox
Andre Ouellet
Fox
Royal Columbian Hospital
Ouellet
Canada
Cabinet
Thunder Bay
Ont
CDC wheels deals in three country asset swap with Elf Aquitaine
Canada Development Corp moves to pay over 1.1 billion dollars to Elf Aquitaine for 75 percent of Aquitaine Co. of Canada Ltd. Elf Aquitaine seeks Texasgulf Inc. in a 2.5 billion deal that would shift Canadian assets to CDC. CDC will form a subsidiary to manage Aquitaine Canada's holdings and may seek an exemption to offer shares to all remaining shareholders.
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Toronto
Canada Development Corp
Canadian Petroleum
Canada
United States
CDC
Elf Aquitaine
Elf
Aquitaine Co. of Canada Ltd
New York
Texasgulf Inc
Aquitaine Canada
Toronto Stock Exchange
Nova Scotia
Arctic
Three men arrested in string of armed robberies
Edmonton police say Warrick Harrison 18 Brian Lutz 17 and Lee James Roy 17 were arrested in connection with eight armed robberies and one attempted robbery across Medicine Hat Edmonton Calgary and Leduc this month. Harrison and Lutz face four Edmonton robberies June 11 to June 24 two Calgary bank heists and one Medicine Hat holdup. Roy is charged with Lutz in an Edmonton CIBC branch armed robbery on June 5.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Leduc
Warrick Harrison
Brian Lutz
Lee James Roy
Harrison
Lutz
Roy
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Centre design talks set for closed session on college cultural centre
Medicine Hat College and city officials pursue a joint use cultural centre with Hawthorn Mansfield Towers Architects preparing a Preliminary redesign. The advisory committee will meet in a closed session July 7 to review plans and costs while press access remains restricted.
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Cultural Centre Advisory Committee
L. J. Phillips
Hawthorn, Mansfield, Towers Architects
Phillips
Medicine Hat
Phillips’ Cultural Centre
College Board
Larry Godin
Trudeau defends France cabinet gesture amid Communist posts
Prime Minister Trudeau said France should govern without outside advice after American alarm over four Communists taking minor posts in President Mitterrand's cabinet. He compared the move to his own pre election talks with the NDP and urged political autonomy for France. The remarks followed a Elysee Palace lunch with Mitterrand and Bush’s Paris visit.
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Canada
U.S
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Ed Broadbent
Broadbent
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