Medicine Hat Canada Week set for July 1 celebration
Allan Coyle reports Medicine Hat gears up for Canada Week with an $11,000 budget and events from films and theatre to a raft race and fireworks. Peter Block notes aims to boost patriotism among Albertans amid recent events as civic groups and businesses support the schedule culminating in a Riverside Park dance on July 1 after a Blue Jays game.
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Medicine Hat Canada Week
Peter Block
Block
Canada Week Committee
Canada
Alberta Committee For
National Folk Arts Council
Council For Canadian Unity
Medicine Hat
Royal Canadian Legion
Fire Department
Blue Jays
Butte Copper Kings
Athletic Park
MPs say NEP hurts Ontario oil as well as Alberta
A group of Conservative MPs led by Mike Wilson visited Red Deer and Calgary to assess the impact of the national energy program on Canadian companies. Orbit Oil and Gas Ltd. said funding for exploration is dwindling as U.S. prospects attract investors. Adeco Drilling notes rigs moving to Alaska and Nebraska due to lack of Canadian work.
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Red Deer
Alta
Canada
Alberta
Mike Wilson
Wilson
Toronto
Etobicoke Centre
Imperial
Gulf
Orbit Oil and Gas Ltd
Calgary
Murray Law
Orbit
Ontario
National Energy Program
Law
U.S
Adeco Drilling and Engineering Co. Ltd
Edmonton
Adeco
Jack Williams
Williams
Alaska
Nebraska
Fort MacKay Cree battle oil sands plans in protests and funding cuts
Chief Dorothy McDonald warns the Alberta government plans to push oil sands projects through Fort MacKay near Fort McMurray. She cites a provincial moratorium on housing funds, blocked land annexation, and a new road through the town. NDP leader Grant Notley accuses authorities of neglect and of shorting this old indigenous community while oil profits loom.
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Edmonton
Dorothy McDonald
Fort MacKay
McDonald
Forth McMurray
Allands
NDP
Grant Notley
Mary Moore
Notley
Alberta
Mysterious cow mutilations feared near Vilna
Farmers report four cows dead in an eight kilometre area northeast of Edmonton with missing tongues ears udders and other organs. Vets offer varying views with some attributing predator activity and others noting natural decay. RCMP say investigations show no evidence of deliberate mutilations.
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Edmonton
Vilna
Alta
RCMP
Steve Popowich
Cathy Kucher
Architects to Produce Courthouse Guidelines for New Civic Facility
A city hall committee recommended that the architects Stevens Graham MacConnell Milton Partners of Calgary draft rough guidelines for the nearby provincial courthouse. The plan covers height size area landscaping and design compatibility with the new city hall on First Street S E. City officials reviewed office and council chamber layouts during a Medicine Hat visit.
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Richard Helm
the News
Ald
Jim Hirsch
Stevens, Graham, MacConnell
Milton Partners
Calgary
First Street
S.E
Cour
Thouse
Larry Godin
Medicine Hat
Godin
City man jailed for rifle offence in Calgary court
David Lasiuk of Medicine Hat was sentenced to 60 days in jail on two weapons charges after pleading guilty to possessing a dangerous weapon and pointing a firearm. He fired two shots from a .22 rifle over a disco fight on November 12 1980, warned a man he would kill him, and a plainclothes officer seized the rifle. The charges of attempted murder and using a firearm were withdrawn. The sentence runs concurrently and time is to be served intermittently.
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David Lasiuk
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Lasiuk
Motorcycle collision injures two riders in city
Two motorcyclists were treated for minor injuries after a crash with a car Thursday afternoon near Macleod Trail and Fourth Street. The car was driven by Ifor Roberts of 514 Seventh St Southeast. The motorcycle rider was Russell Price of 850 Hargrave Way Southwest with passenger Harold Auvoin of 33 Fifth St Southeast. Roberts was unhurt.
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Ifor Roberts
Seventh St. S.E
Russell Price
Hargrave Way S.W
Macleod Trail S.E
Fourth Street
Ralston Ice Arena Set for Grand Opening Saturday
The grand opening of the Ralston ice arena is scheduled for Saturday evening with ceremonies at 6 30 p m a building tour and official ceremonies at 7 15 p m A dance will run from 9 p m to 1 a m Admission is free and parking is available at the Canex lot Master Corporal Fred Minor of CFB Suffield provided the details.
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Ralston Ice Arena
Fred Minor
Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Minor
Canex
Rats face drive to eradicate in Saskatchewan by 10 years
Saskatchewan aims to be rat free within a decade as six agricultural regions join a provincial control program. Daryl Rumble led the Moose Jaw district board and noted the new eradication coordinating committee. Oscar Mossing cited progress since September 1979 with 15 rural municipalities reducing infestation from 85 to about 60 percent.
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Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Daryl Rumble
Canada Gas Exports Wobble As U S Purchases Fall Short
Canada faces a gas surplus as U S buyers fail to meet maximum contract volumes. NEB chair Geoffrey Edge warns against peaking use and urges steady demand. TransCanada signs new export contracts to move surplus, with up to four trillion cubic feet over 20 years, easing past take or pay burdens.
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Canada
United States
Geoffrey Edge
National Energy Board
Edge
U.S
Japan
Europe
TransCanada
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Lyle Anderson
St. Paul
Richard Weetman
Ice Arena
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TAD Building Sales Ltd
30Th St. S.W
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