Sternwheel flotilla reenacts riverboat era to Medicine Hat
Ten sternwheeler paddle boats depart Lethbridge at 9 a.m. Canada Day bound for Medicine Hat's Kiwanis River Park arriving July 3 after 254 kilometres. Sponsored by the Historic Trails Society a centennial celebration of the Baroness the North Western Coal and Navigation Company's first steamer.
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South Saskatchewan
Old Man Rivers
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Kiwanis River Park
Trans-Canada Highway
Historic Trails Society
North Western Coal and Navigation Company
Bruce Haig
Society
Haig
Alexander Galt
CPR
Pittsburgh
Department of Transportation
Regehr backs Broadbent plan at NDP convention
Walter Regehr travels to the New Democratic Party convention in Regina to back Ed Broadbent as leader and support traditional policies. He argues for deep government intervention in the economy and questions deficit spending as a path to jobs. The event tests the party’s unity after the 1981 constitutional clash.
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Walter Regehr
New Democratic Party
Medicine Hat
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Broadbent
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Grant Notley
Allan Blakeney
Regehr
Regina
No interest shown by two Western Canada Concept officials
Cliff Ginn president of the Medicine Hat constituency association and Gifford Woodcock Cypress secretary say they have no ambitions to lead the party after the post was vacated. An earlier Medicine Hat News report wrongly claimed they were interested. Woodcock ran in last fall’s provincial election.
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Cliff Ginn
Gifford Woodcock
Western Canada Concept Party
Medicine Hat
Ginn
Woodcock
Cypress
Claresholm man jailed for stolen car ride and license plate
A 33-year-old Claresholm man, Brian Snell, received seven months in jail and a 200 dollar fine for possession of a stolen vehicle and a stolen license plate and driving without a valid licence. He was stopped by police on a highway during a drinking spree.
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Claresholm
Sen
Tenced
Brian Snell
Dietrich Brand
Darwin Greaves
Snell
Dunmore
Romuald Ohler
Greaves
Ohler
Terry Seitz
First St. S.W
Bay
Medicine Hat Mall
Seitz
Safeway
Alberta to advertise provincial highway tenders locally
Alberta Transportation will publish tenders for all future highway projects in Medicine Hat and across the province. Jim Martyn said daily newspapers will carry provincial notices, allowing local contractors like South Rock Ltd. to see ads without waiting days for distant papers.
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Medicine Het
Alberta Transportation
Tuesay
Jim Martyn
Medicine Hat
Bill Bauman
Redcliff
South Rock Ltd
Suncor Faces Pollutions Charges in Provincial Court
Suncor Inc. will stand trial on 15 pollution charges in a provincial court case set for Oct. 3 to 28 over oil and grease spills into the Athabasca River in February and March last year. Judge Michael Horrocks prefers not to hear the case and notes a possible Edmonton venue, citing difficulty separating this evidence from a related February matter.
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Fort Mcmurray
Alta
Suncor Inc
Athabasca
Michael Horrocks
Edmonton
Suncor
Edmontonians Fear Gas Blowout More Than Nearby Towns
A University of Alberta sociologist polled 600 residents in Edmonton Stony Plain and Drayton Valley and found Edmonton and Stony Plain reported higher headache nausea and illness during the Lodgepole sour gas blowout than Drayton Valley, though all areas saw health complaints.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Stony Plain
Drayton Valley
George Jarvis
University of Alberta
Hooke quits national Social Credit over Keegstra issue
Edmonton CP report says Alf Hooke former Alberta vice-premier and seven time cabinet minister will quit the national Social Credit party if he remains a member. He criticizes federal members for not suspending Jim Keegstra over anti Semitic teachings and notes Keegstra was fired from Eckville High School. Hooke denies being anti Semitic.
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Edmonton
Alberta Social Credit
Alf Hooke
National Social Credit Party
Keegstra
Hooke
Alberta
Federal
Social Credit
Jim Keegstra
Eckville
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Western Drug Mart
Southview Mall
Klaudt
Toyota Sales Ltd
Kingsway
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Third St. S.E
Robinson Stores Ltd
Eaton’s
Sixth Avenue
Boylan Drugs
Beers
Crestwood Pool
Donald Martin
12Th St. N.W
21St St. S.E
Hot Birds
Gregory van Tal
van Tal
Ave. N.E
Robert Mogek
St. S.E
Cedar Square Insurance Centre
Vic Rose
Coeear sQuare
Insurance Gentre
Fourth Avenue S.E
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Cedar Square Insurance
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14Th” St. S.W
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