Petro-Canada ends bid for Husky Oil in Alberta Lloydminster area
Petro-Canada disclosed it will not pursue the Husky Oil takeover after Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co. acquired 35 percent of Husky shares giving it a majority. Occidental Petroleum had also shown interest, triggering a three‑way bidding contest.
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Petro-Canada
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United States
Lloydminster
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Alberta Gas
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Los Angeles
Occidental
Canada
Prince George
B.C
Mitchell Sharp
Northern Pipeline Agency
Alberta Gas Trunk
Robert Blair
Sharp
Foothills Pipelines Ltd
W. H. Hopper
Crown Corporation
Stock Exchange
Petro- Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Approved highway plan to widen Trans-Canada to four lanes
Sheila Pratt reports city council approved a four lane widening of the Trans-Canada Highway from Kin Coulee to the Black and White Trail to handle traffic to 2000. The plan includes three diamond interchanges at Hutchinson Ave 13th Ave and Dunmore Road with start of diverter moves delayed five years and lights left turn bays added 1979 and 1982 construction phased over five to ten years. The project could cost about 11.6 million dollars in 1978 dollars with land costs estimated at 1.7 million for around 47 acres and province funding at 90 percent.
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Sheila Pratt
The
NEWS
Kin Coulee
Ken Sauer
Public Works Committee
Hutchinson Ave
13Th Ave
Dunmore Road
Lorne Thompson
Thompson
Southridge
Hutchinson
Sauer
Traffic toll Ottawa as Dominion Day looms
The Canada Safety Council estimates 63 to 68 people may die in traffic accidents during the Dominion Day period, highlighting the holiday travel risk and urging caution to motorists.
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Ottawa
Canada Safety Council
Welfare mom faces disqualification over unreported earnings
Jane Smith, a Medicine Hat mother of two, was denied social assistance after working two weeks each in April and May. She appealed the decision as she faces eviction and hunger, while officials say benefits may await the appeal outcome and that no recipient should starve.
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Medicine Hat
Department of Social Services
Jane Smith
Smith
Manitoba
Alberta Ombudsman
Edmonton
Two Medicine Hat men get suspended sentences for break and enter
In Medicine Hat provincial court Judge Philip Wambolt sentenced Mark Seitz and Leslie Krom to one year probation after guilty pleas to break and enter with theft. Seitz must pay $100 restitution and Krom $80 by August 1, with Krom also fined $200 for theft involving lawn furniture. Allan Kevin Grimm received a one year suspended sentence for possession of stolen property linked to a May 2 raid, with restitution of $500 for a car and $298.75 for a snowmobile due by November 1. Bellrose fined $200 for siphoning gasoline, and Jack Jensen was remanded on charges of break and enter with theft and wilful damage, with a show cause hearing set for Friday.
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Medicine Hat
Philip Wambolt
Darwin Greaves
Mark Seitz
Leslie B. Krom
Braemar St. S.E
Wambolt
Seitz
Krom
Allan Kevin Grimm
7Th Ave. S.E
Grimm
RCMP
Greaves
Jack Jensen
Court told of justice breach in pesticide hearings
The British Columbia Supreme Court heard that the pesticide appeal board hearings on using 2,4-D to fight Eurasian milfoil in the Okanagan Lake system were conducted improperly and breached the rules of justice. Garth Evans, counsel for two Okanagan men opposing the herbicide, cited irregularities from the Penticton hearings earlier this month.
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Michael Bernard Vancouver
Pesticide Appeal Board
Okanagan Lake
British Columbia Supreme Court
Garth Evans
Okanagan
Penticton
B.C
Evans
A. B. MacFarlane
Arthur Renney
Francis Murray
Dog delegation exits amid Trans-Canada Highway debate
About 15 residents left council chambers mid debate over highway plans to protest dogs in the city. They later sent a letter to the council listing three dog problems: nuisances to children, dog attacks on school grounds, and property damage. The letter had 14 signatures.
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Council
Bill Keith
Ald
Graham Kelly
Buried deeper in Medicine Hat costs rise for double plots
Medicine Hat city council raised the price of a double-depth cemetery plot from 77 to 100 to cover extra digging costs. Tax payments face no extension and must be postmarked by midnight June 30 with a 2 percent monthly penalty for late arrivals. The council also approved borrowing 150 185 for a new fire truck with an 85 foot elevating platform due to arrive in a year.
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Medicine Hat
Graham Kelly
Rebel alderman Callahan urged to resign in Red Deer
Mayor Ken Curle said the city must seek removal of Alderman Bob Callahan after he refused to vote on two union pacts including a firemen wage deal. Curle intends to request a municipal affairs ruling as Callahan defends his stance citing concerns over the 9.5 percent first-year raise and spending study.
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RED Deer
Bob Callahan
Ken Curle
Curle
Municipal Affairs Department
Callahan
Curie
Hat parks boss resigns after brief tenure
Doug Lewis quit as city parks superintendent after less than two years. The council accepted the resignation at a closed meeting and Lewis said it becomes effective July 21 as he moves to Kelowna to start his own landscape architecture business.
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Doug Lewis
Lewis
the News Today
Kelowna
B.C
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Altin’s
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Medicine Hat Machine Works Limited
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Police Commission
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