Medicine Hat in hog plant site contest despite data gaps
North American Integrated Food Processing says Medicine Hat is a potential site for a $25 million hog slaughter and processing plant, but a survey lacks Medicine Hat data. Calgary consultants await utilities, land, water, gas, and electricity figures. decision hinges on federal regional economic grant approval.
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Gordon Pollard
The
NEWS
Edmonton
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Taber
Bow Island
Lethbridge
Fernando Ricafort
North American Integrated Food Processing Company Limited
Saskatoon
Ricafort
Calgary
Moriarity, Henderson, Lee and Associates Limited
Bill Keith
Keith
Medicine Hat Utilities
Bill Scott
North American
Federal Department of Regional Economic Expansion
Company eyes May decision on plant location grant
The spokesman said a final location decision is unlikely before federal grant approval. He declined to specify grant size but expressed confidence Ottawa will approve. Once approved, they expect to clear the last major hurdle.
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Ricafort
Ottawa
New grain facilities demanded for port
BC MP Ron Harding urged Ottawa to build grain elevator facilities in Vancouver to avert future crises as Western MPs pressed for better grain handling. The debate followed Ottawa's talks with Soviet visitors led by Nikolai Tikhonov and amid calls for expanded shipping and rail capacity to move record grain through Vancouver and ports like Churchill and Prince Rupert.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Vancouver
Ron Harding
NDP
Kootenay West
Nikolai Tikhonov
Canada
Soviet Union
Parliament Hill
Supreme Soviet
U.S.S.R
Tikhonov
Harding
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
The
Wheat Board
Federal Marketing Agency
Lang
Alf Gleave
Saskatoon Biggar
Prince Rupert
B.C
Churchill
Man
Western Railways
Hussein Proposes Federal United Arab Kingdom for Jordan
King Hussein proposes a federal Jordan linking East and West Banks with Amman and Jerusalem as capitals. The proposal calls for referral to the Jordanian National Assembly to draft a new constitution forming two regions under a united state.
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Amman
Hussein
Jordan
United Arab Kingdom
Jordanian National Assembly
East Bank
West Bank
Jerusalem
UIC Tackles Loan Sharks With New Unemployment Aid Rules
Ottawa moves to curb loan sharking by banning mailing addresses different from claimants for UIC cheques. A later exception allows change with prior approval to aid job seekers. Winnipeg protestors accuse profiteers of exploiting unemployed Canadians with high discounting rates.
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Ottawa
Unemployment Insurance Commission
UIC
Ray Perrault
Manpower
Bryce Mackasey
Southam
Yesterdy
USC
Perrault
Winnipeg
Alberta legislature clash over task force spending on TV
In Edmonton the Social Credit opposition to Premier Lougheed’s Conservatives grilled government use of public funds for task forces. Gordon Taylor led the charge against paying caucus committee expenses with public money, a motion that failed 42 to 20 after a 22 hour session.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Progressive Conservatives
Alberta
Gordon Taylor
Sc—Drumheller
NDP
Grant Notley
Spirit River
Fairview
Social Credit
Harry Strom
Cfcn-Tv
Taylor
Arctic pipeline study weighs ecological risks and routing
A Canadian study commission on a northern pipeline says damage to caribou stocks and other species could be minimized with careful routing and timing. It outlines ten damage categories from surveying to pipelaying and urges avoidance of key nesting grounds and migratory paths for caribou, ducks, geese, swans, whooping cranes, and other wildlife.
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Calgary
Gas Arctic Systems
Environment Protection Board
Mackenzie River
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Nancy Thompson
Frank Webber
William Knight
Assiniboia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Reuter-Ap
Guy Demarino
Southam News Services
Carson H. Templeton
Protection Board
Arctic
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