Medicine Hat approves long range Trans-Canada upgrade plan
City council approves widening the Trans-Canada Highway from Kin Coulee to the Black and White Trail with three major interchanges at Hutchinson Ave 13th Ave and Dunmore Road. Widening begins 1982 with upgrades over 5 to 10 years. Province to fund up to 90 percent.
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Medicine Hat
Kin Coulee
Hutchinson Ave
13Th Ave
Dunmore Road
Council
Clement
Reinhardt
Southridge
Simpson
Sixth St
Curfew proposal won't curb vandalism in Medicine Hat
City council backs an 11:30 curfew for about 14 year olds, but critics say it is unenforceable and misdirected. The piece argues most vandals are older, cites police limits, and urges alternatives like stiffer fines or community service to repair damage.
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Ald
Graham Kelly
Medicine Hat
Reinhardt
Council
Ald. Kelly
Pepin Plays Final Card in Canadian Unity Effort
Pepin and Ontario’s John Roberts lead a national unity task force tasked with studying constitutional reform. They toured the country gathering public opinion while government papers pressed ahead. Pepin vows a final report by December and warns critics not to dismiss the effort despite early moves by Trudeau and others.
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Ottawa
Jean Luc Pepin
Nation
Pierre Trudeau
Pepin
John Roberts
Ontario
Roberts
Confederation
York University
H. Ian Macdonald
Federal Conservative Party
Trudeau
Pepin and Company
Task Force
Trudeau and Company
Canada
Unity
Unity Task Force
Edmonton hosts famed Saudi oil prince Yamani
Oil minister Yamani, famed as the King of Oil, arrived in Edmonton amid heightened security. He met Premier Lougheed, toured Fort McMurray oil sands, and addressed the Calgary petroleum geologists before departing after private talks. his celebrity status masks a modest background and a history of peril as a former hostage in Vienna.
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Edmonton
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
RCMP
Lougheed
Fort McMurray
Alberta
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Vienna
Harvard
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
Calgary
Sheik
Four Seasons
Tamam
Cairo University
New York University
Harvard Law School
Arab boycott of Canadian firms spans booze to shoes
Saudi Arabia and Lebanon maintain a boycott list of over 300 Canadian firms and products from Seagrams to Four Roses. Canadian businesses dealing with Arab states face questionnaires denouncing any Zionist ties. Government plans stop short of anti boycott legislation as trade talks continue in Ottawa with Saudi Oil Minister Yamani.
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Ottawa
Southam News Services
Helena Rubinstein
Nootka Cedar Products
American Motors (Canada) Ltd
Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd
Leyland Motors (Canada) Ltd
Damascus
Syria
Arab League
British Columbia Telephone Co
Quebec Telephone Co
B'nai B'rith
Winnipeg
Montreal
Toronto
Westinghouse Canada Ltd
Bell Telephone Canada Ltd
Jack Horner
United States
Ontario
Sheik Ahmed Yamani
Canada
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Gillespie
Olf
George Oake
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Canada-Israel Committee
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