Confusion over Western Canada Concept delegates at Red Deer meet
Delegates named for Western Canada Concept constituencies in Medicine Hat Cypress attend Friday meeting in Red Deer amid claims the process lacked quorum and validity. Milt Reinhardt former Medicine Hat mayor among eight delegates. Redcliff councillor Everett Burk named as Cypress delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redcliff
Red Deer
Frank Cottingham
Milt Reinhardt
Medicine Hat
Redcliff Coun
Everett Burk
Cypress
Cypress Wcc
WCC
Ann Marshall
Gordon Kesler
Kesler
Cottingham
Park
Reinhardt
Leader missing to Western Canada Concept eyes Alberta election
Acting leader Gordon Kesler in Edmonton said the party may enter the next Alberta election without a leader. He noted voters prefer a leader in the legislature and urged naming a leader at the Red Deer policy convention next month. Kesler warned a purge of dissent may occur at the convention as MLAs are elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Alberta
Gordon Kesler
Edmonton
Kesler
Wes Westmore
al Maggard
Red Deer
WCC
Medicine Hat
Gord Kesler
Richard the Lionhearted
England
Pete
Socreds
Lougheed
Tories
Mr. Lougheed
Peter Lougheed
Wccites
Frank Cottingham
Mixed blessings in Chautauqua at Medicine Hat College
A near capacity audience enjoyed a Sweden based variety night sponsored by the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery. Harjedalen Folk dancers and musicians performed traditional dances with five fiddlers before a finale Fire Dance. Drew Darley hosted with Irish songs as Barbershop Chorus and a bagpipe set joined in. An unusual war photo reading by Bob Block and Bart Wittke offered realism. Betty Sorensen Thizz performed mime and Debbie Usher read a fairy tale to children. The show closed with the cast singing to celebrate Canada Week and the nation’s 115th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Darley
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
Canada Week
Ted Grimm
Harjedalen
Louis XIV
Norway
Finland
Belfast
Tom Howe
Renato Dippolito
Nova Scotia
James Cowan
Roanna Bertram
Leslie Wyber
Darrel Gray
Paul van der Sloot
Prairies
Betty Sorensen
Thizz
Debbie Usher
Rory Mahoney
Maple Creek
Kids Parade May Be Cut By City Daycamp Reductions
City council budget cuts shrink summer daycamps, threatening Medicine Hat's 22nd Kiddies Parade during Stampede Week. Parade may shrink from about 40 minutes to 15 20 minutes with fewer entrants. Parade officials plan to discuss actions with the Stampede board as YM-YWCA camps may fill gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Parade
Mike Baisley
Baisley
Stampede Board of Directors
Community Services Department
al Hagan
Roger Lynde
Ym-Ywca
Marg Saunderson
Saunderson
Wrong-way driver fined and probation in Red Cliffs case
Gary Bechtold, 33, of Redcliff, was fined 1600 after pleading guilty to dangerous driving on February 20. He drove in the wrong lane at night, struck three vehicles including a police car, and refused a breathalyser. He received two years probation with a no-alcohol order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Bechtold
Redcliff
Bechtold
David Carter
Carter
Roger Jensen
Dietrich Brand
Calgary
Ralph Papequash
S.E
Papequash
Bill Cocks
Philip Wambolt
Stephen Bernath
Douglas Deis
Bernath
Yuill St. S.E
Deis
Highth St. N.E
Medicine Hat
WCC woes and Alberta politics spark heated library clashes
The Edmonton West concept party faces criticism as a fractious group and self styled leadership clash. The piece compares WCC with Socreds and Tories while noting power struggles, religious rhetoric, and rising NDP as an alternate opposition in Alberta politics.
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John Patterson
Patterson
Ron Weatherall
Burk
Cliff Ginn
Lorraine Chick
Marlene Lane
Les Carruthers
Marsh Palmer
Bryan Fandrich
Party
Gifford Woodcock
Herb Kuehn
Grace
Hap) Kuehn
Orville Reber
Marshall
al Machacek
Grassy Lake
Alison Appelee
Medicine Hat College Theatre
Sweden
Review
Mike Spencer
Robin Schlaht
Chris Harbron
Todd Dalke
Cavort
Frank Webber
Brooks
Miles Edgar Barkley
Kmart
Southview Mall
Barkley
Bill Sass
NDP
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