Flames light for 1978 Alberta Winter Games opening
The Alberta Winter Games opened in Medicine Hat with Minister J Allan Adair declaring the games and lighting the ceremonial flame. About 1,000 athletes and officials and over 4,000 spectators attended as dignitaries praised preparations and urged good sportsmanship.
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Medicine Hat
Arena Convention Centre
Doreen Richter
Alberta
Recreation, Parks and Wildlife
J. Allan Adair
Adair
Peter Lougheed
Milt Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Greece
Don Skagen
Max Gibb
Bob Reidy
Medicine Hat Winter Games Society
Gordon Anderson
Redcliff M.L.A
Jim Horsman
M.P
Bert Hargrave
H.A
Bud) Olson
Chief
Blood Indian Band
Crescent Heights
Police
South Alberta
Adele Armstrong
Teen Tones
Saamis
South Alberta Light Horse
Ym-Ywca
Murray Cluff
Graham Dickie
Rhodesia Leaders to Sign Majority Rule Pact Friday
Prime Minister Ian Smith and black nationalist chiefs Muzorewa Sithole and Chirau will sign an internal settlement on majority rule in Rhodesia Friday after a plenary session at 10 o clock local time. The accord follows Dec 2 talks and Feb 15 principle agreement for one man one vote and outlines for a rotating chair in a transitional government with black dominance and 25 percent white representation. Nkomo and Mugabe reject the terms and threaten intensified action to force power handover.
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Zimbabwe
Bank of Canada Spends Big to Cushion Dollar Slide
February saw heavy Bank of Canada intervention with 706.6 million US dollars spent from reserves to halt the lope in the Canadian dollar. Reserves fell 19 percent in February to 3.6988 billion, the lowest since March 1970. officials note further borrowing and currency defenses are planned as the dollar weakens to about 89 cents US.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Finance Department
Jean Chretien
U.S
Chretien
Oil discoveries reported in Suffield block Alberta
Westcoast Petroleum Ltd. announced multi zone oil and gas discoveries in southeastern Alberta's Suffield block. The A area well encountered heavy oil at 3240 and 3114 feet and Bow Island sand gas between 2670 and 2685 feet, testing up to 5.63 million cubic feet per day.
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Edmonton
Westcoast Petroleum Ltd
Alberta
Westcoast
Suffield Block
Alberta Energy Company Ltd
Bow Island
Strike May Lead to Beef Board Pressure
The Canadian Press reports cattle industry official Don Perrin of Maple Creek Saskatchewan says a farmer strike pressing for higher prices will revive calls for a cattle marketing board. More than 1,000 packing plant workers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been laid off as producers withhold cattle to protest prices and seek imports limits. Union officials note Winnipeg 600 workers, Saskatoon 400, Regina 75 facing notices with layoffs possible within days.
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Cattle Marketing Board
Don Perrin
Maple Creek
Sask
Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Association
Canadian Agriculture Movement
Stockgrowers’ Association
Perrin
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canadian Food and Allied Workers Union
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Bruno Zimmer
Union
Pilot lauded for saving Continental DC-10 in deadly mishap
Captain Gene Hersche guided a Continental DC-10 to avert a crash near the Honolulu bound flight. Two passengers died and 79 were injured as sparks and fire erupted after landing gear failure and tire blowouts. Hersche, 59, narrowly missed a fence and a car rental office, with 11 firefighters among the injured. He and his wife aboard escaped unhurt.
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Los Angeles
Gene Hersche
Honolulu
Continental Airlines
Hersche
Continental
Rick Dare
Lyon
Levesque guilty of wishful thinking says business leaders
A Canadian task force hears Quebec premier Rene Levesque’s sovereignty association idea is not viable and would harm Canada’s economy. Leaders from CMA, Chamber of Commerce, and investment groups warn political uncertainty spikes costs, reduce investment, and threaten jobs in Quebec while urging faster clarity.
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Bill Fox
Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Quebec
Canada
Chamber of Commerce
Sovereignty Association
Sam Hughes
U.S
CMA
J. Hugh Stevens
A.G. Kniewasser
Investment Dealers Association of Canada
Task Force
Hughes
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Rockefeller
Atherton Delivers Sadat Letter To Begin In Peace Effort
Alfred Atherton carried a letter from Egyptian President Sadat to Israeli Prime Minister Begin signaling renewed direct contact after a month. The message timed with U S efforts to craft a principles statement as step toward peace. Begin planned a reply early next week for delivery by Atherton on Tuesday.
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Jerusalem
Middle East
Alfred Atherton
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Menachem Begin
U.S
Begin
Sadat
Atherton
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Frank Webber
Dan Lander
Ren Clement
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Patriotic Front
Mozambique
Zambia
Smith
THE
Deborah Garvey
Hawaii
Statistics Canada
Ontario
Pierre Knupp
Knupp
Toronto Star
Richard Gwyn
Gwyn
Jean Luc Pepin
John Robarts
Robarts
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