Tories plan to keep boycott over Commons dispute
Ottawa reports the Progressive Conservatives will extend their boycott into the weekend as Opposition Leader Joe Clark cancels a caucus meeting and orders MPs to tour the country explaining the move. Liberals plan to stay in the Commons while remaining prepared to vote on the Tory motion.
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Liberals Again Fill Commons Seats As MPs Volunteer
Parliament watchers report Liberals turnout to fill the Speaker’s chair gap on Friday as 35 MPs volunteered for duty, keeping the House in session and preventing vacancy. The scene highlights opposition benches appearing empty and raises concerns among observers.
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Weather Sunny High -4 Low -18
The day brings bright sun with frigid temperatures across the region. Forecast shows a high of minus four degrees and a low near minus eighteen as winds remain light. See weather map on page eighteen for regional details.
Economic development tops throne speech
Alberta's 1982 throne speech outlines focus on economic growth with emphasis on high technology and private sector partnerships. It mentions a new Alberta Government Telephones subsidiary to foster research and development, expansion of trust funds to the Alberta Opportunity Company, and possible creation of a natural gas bank plus measures to boost gas sales in Canada and the United States.
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Podborski Wins World Cup Downhill Title in Aspen
Steve Podborski of Toronto captured the World Cup men's downhill crown as Harti Weirather of Austria failed to win the first of two Aspen races. Podborski becomes the first North American male to win the overall downhill World Cup. Weirather needed both Aspen races to overtake him but could not clinch the title.
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Alberta throne speech sparks cross bench rebuke in Legislature
Opposition Leader Ray Speaker denounces the throne speech as an insult and a disaster after Lt Gov Lynch Staunton reads 16 pages. Grant Notley and Gordon Kesler criticize lack of concrete action, money woes, and farm land damage, urging tax cuts and policy changes.
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Bertha Wilson to be sworn in as Canada's first woman justice
Bertha Wilson 58 an Ontario Court of Appeal judge will be sworn in as the Supreme Court of Canada’s first woman justice. Justice Minister Jean Chretien announced the appointment in Arizona. A Toronto swearing-in is planned by end of March after meetings with Chief Justice Bora Laskin.
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Deadline set for Alsands agreement
Ottawa and Alberta energy ministers met to avert a collapse of the $13.5 billion Alsands project as a new deadline allows the remaining three sponsors to bail out by March end. The discussion touched on possible financial terms and tax incentives, with officials planning further talks the following week.
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