Alberta nurses return to work after three week strike
Alberta's three week nurses strike ends as a government bill to restore full hospital service passes. Opposition MLA Grant Notley and others opposed final passage amid a heated four and a half hour debate. The bill invoked emergency powers to end the stoppage and resume care, amid concerns over public medical services and disputes between nurses and hospital administrations.
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Edmonton
Alberta
NDP
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Notley
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Russell
Medicine Hat fights federal tax on municipal gas sales
Mayor Ted Grimm says a preliminary hearing will go ahead in Calgary on April 5 over the city’s suit against the federal government challenging taxation of municipally owned natural gas. The city argues it is immune under the British North America Acts and ultra vires Parliament. The case began with the 1981 filing against the Attorney General of Canada and the Minister of National Revenue.
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Court of Queen's Bench
Ted Grimm
Grimm
James Crawford
Jack Smith
Medicine Hat
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Court of Queen’s Bench
Ottawa
Greenpeace protestors buzzed aboard Rainbow Warrior at seal scene
A Greenpeace crew and reporters on the Rainbow Warrior were buzzed by a coast guard helicopter within 10 to 20 metres while walking 400 metres onto Gulf of St. Lawrence ice to photograph a female seal and pup. The icebreaker Tupper and the ship followed the Greenpeace vessel as it pressed toward the herd amid thick ice and whiteout conditions.
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Alberta nurses ordered back to work in six page act
Alberta legislation orders nurses back to work in hospitals starting today with a six page act in force to December 31 1983. It makes nursing strikes illegal and sets up arbitration to settle contracts while penalties for violations include fines up to ten thousand dollars per day.
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Alberta
Labor
Les Young
Dave Russell
Peter Lougheed
Young
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Russell
Edmonton
Nurses’ Union
Tories hold their position
Ottawa reports show Conservative House Leader Erik Nielsen stating no change in stance on the energy security bill, insisting the party will not vote until government agrees to split or withdraw the bill for negotiation. Speaker Sauve pushes leaders to reach a private compromise to end Parliament’s standstill.
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House of Commons
Yvon Pinard
Commons
Jeanne Sauve
Sauve
Cruise missiles eyed for Primrose tests near Cold Lake
Canadian officials discussed allowing United States cruise missiles to test at Primrose air weapons range near Cold Lake but Defence Research Establishment Suffield said no tests are scheduled. Spokesmen note unarmed, nonnuclear trials and emphasize local opposition and potential economic benefits.
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Neil Kowal
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Weather Outlook and Local Reports Snapshot
Cloudy skies forecast with a high of 8 and a low of minus 5. A note about garage trouble in Medicine Hat and a brief opinion by Jim Coutts urging lower federal interest rates. Read more on various pages.
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