Medicine Hat airport expansion may slip two years
The Medicine Hat airport expansion could be delayed up to two years as plans must pass Edmonton and Ottawa approvals after two master studies. Public works chairman Ron Clement cited six weeks for the operational study and about three months for the capital study, with Ottawa scrutiny potentially delaying funds.
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Karl Bruhn
Medicine Hat
Public Works Committee
Ministry of Transport
Ron Clement
Edmonton
Ottawa
Clement
Dave McAfee
Lena Bishop
Clements
Les Little
Barth Aviation
Frank Webber
Trudeau raps Quebec judge over hearsay allegations
Prime Minister Trudeau attacked Justice Kenneth Mackay for using hearsay to claim political interference with courts. He said another judge, Harry Arnovitch, contradicted Mackay, urging the chief justice to investigate which account is truthful.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Kenneth Mackay
Quebec
Justice Mackay
Treasury Board
Jean Chretien
Harry Arnovitch
Justice Arnovictch
Mackay
Ron Basford
Jules Deschenes
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Deschenes
Basford
Joe Clark
Public Works
C.M. Drury
Energy price aims to keep oil rise under $2 a barrel
The federal government plans to cap oil price increases below two dollars per barrel. Statistics Canada reports 1975 GDP growth at only 0.2 percent, the weakest in 21 years. Housing starts this year nearly double 1975, while Stephen Badger loses Canadian Olympic bid status.
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Alastair Gillespie
Statistics Canada
Stephen Badger
Canada
Dairy Farmers of
Trudeau
St. John's West
Emmett Hall
Commons
Reagan Attacks Ford in Florida Campaign Swing
Ronald Reagan charged the Ford administration with causing diplomatic and military decline while campaigning in Florida for the March 9 primary. The event coincided with Birch Bayh suspending active campaigning and Sargent Shriver casting doubt on his presidential bid. Reagan criticized detente under Kissinger and Ford as yielding preemptive concessions to the Soviets. Henry Jackson won the Massachusetts Democratic primary while accusing Carter of mixed signals on a federal solar energy center.
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Miami
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Ford
Florida
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Sargent Shriver
Bayh
New York
Massachusetts
Arizona
Morris Udall
Kissinger
Henry Jackson
Washington
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
CPR Freight Derailment Blocks Line Near Brooks
Thirty five cars of an eastbound Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailed on a CPR mainline near Brooks Saskatchewan about 11 a.m. No injuries were reported and the line remained blocked with no cause or details available at the time.
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Brooks
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
Medicine Hat
Alberta throne speech outlines housing and law reforms
The throne speech sets 1976 priorities with the Alberta Home Mortgage Corporation to boost housing, new court and juvenile court guides, updated inquest rules, industrial safety measures, amended liquor and workers' compensation acts, and continued education funding. It also calls for land use updates, northern services improvements, and farmer support through market expansion and in-province processing.
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Edmonton
Ralph Steinhauer
Alberta Home Mortgage Corporation
Kirby
Board of Review
Commission of Industrial Health and Safety
Northland School Division
Alberta
Oil price talks open in Ottawa as ministers split on timing
Energy ministers opened talks in Ottawa on higher oil prices with little chance of agreement before April. Nova Scotia Minister William Gillis said he cannot negotiate price and Ontario and Quebec favor discussing principles first. Officials debate a possible $2 per barrel rise to align with U S prices, while Alberta warns increases are needed for exploration.
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Ottawa
Mines
William Gillis
Nova Scotia
Trudeau
Energy
Alastair Gillespie
United States
U.S
Alberta
Don Getty
Danson Arrives in Israel for Habitat Conference Talks
Canadian minister of state for urban affairs Barney Danson arrives in Tel Aviv for a five day visit to discuss UN Habitat preparations in Vancouver. He meets Yosef Burg at Ben Gurion airport and says PLO participation should not disrupt regular Habitat business.
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Tel Aviv
Reuter
Barney Danson
Vancouver
Israel
Africa
Europe
Middle East
Canada
Dawson
Palestine Liberation Organisation
PLO
UN General Assembly
Security Council
Habitat
Yosef Burg
Ben Gurion International
Lougheed voices concern over eastern oil price moves
Premier Peter Lougheed warns central Canada may push oil price talks to Alberta’s disadvantage and notes Eastern fears of higher crude costs. He supports a staged rise toward world prices, aiming for 13.50 a barrel, with June as a projected step and possible unilateral action if Ottawa provincial talks stall.
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John Wells
The
Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Central
Canada
Alberta
Lougheed
Don Getty
Ottawa
Getty
Brezhnev Re-elected Leader as Polyansky Ousted
In Moscow the 25th Congress reappointed Leonid Brezhnev as general secretary and kept the Politburo intact except for the removal of Agriculture Minister Dmitry Polyansky. Grigory Romanov and Dmitry Ustinov joined the Politburo while Polyansky faced political downfall after a poor grain harvest.
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Moscow
Reuter
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Dmitry Polyansky
Brezhnev
Leningrad
Grigory Romanov
Dmitry Ustinov
Polyansky
Coffins Lead Spain Labor Protests Through Vitoria
In Vitoria three workers killed by police were honored as about 30,000 mourners marched behind their coffins. About 40,000 more workers in the Basque provinces stayed off work in solidarity, with Madrid labor leaders calling a similar strike on Monday.
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Vitoria
Spain
Alava
Madrid
Francisco Franco
CP Air Announces Fourth Domestic Fare Increase
CP Air reports its fourth domestic fare hike in just over two years. The 8 percent average rise covers first and economy plus promotional fares and takes effect April 4 unless the Canadian Transport Commission acts. Air Canada plans to file increases later today as CP Air faces a likely second loss year after a 6.4 million dollar deficit last year.
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Ottawa
CP Air
Canadian Transport Commission
Commission
Air Canada
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