Tories Brace for Battle at Alberta Legislature
Alberta's ruling Progressive Conservatives open the spring session amid opposition attacks from Social Credit and NDP lawmakers. Controversies tagged to the Bogle ministry include a child care review after a Northern Alberta treatment centre abuse report, while culture minister LeMessurier faces fallout over Beny works and anniversary funds. Union pressure pressure for higher wage increases also looms as a potential flashpoint.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Progressive Conservatives
Social Credit
NDP
Bob Clark
Bogle
Grant Fittley
Mary LeMessurier
Roloff Beny
LeMessurier
No gas tax yet Lalonde tells meeting
The federal government is not considering an export tax on natural gas now but Energy Minister Marc Lalonde left the door open for such a tax in the future. He said no current table items exist and stressed full provincial consultation on pricing.
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Vancouver
Marc Lalonde
Lalonde
Bob McClelland
McClelland
B.C
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Alberta Energy
Marv Leitch
U.S
Ottawa
Jimmy Carter
Northern Tier Pipeline Co
Washington State
Clearbrook
Minn
Review clears Vogel of using influence
Victoria. BC attorney general Allan Williams cleared deputy attorney general Dick Vogel of using his position to influence three court cases and ordered his return to duties after a ministerial review. The CBC had alleged Vogel pressed a prosecutor to charge Mickey Moran with dangerous driving and cited other cases linked to friends and associates.
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Gary Kingston
Victoria
Dick Vogel
British Columbia
Allan Williams
Williams
Vogel
CBC
B.C
Chris Bird
Mickey Moran
Kootenay
Andrew Rigg
Wendy King
John Farris
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Moran
U S warns hostages may be held indefinitely in Iran
The United States told the World Court that indications Iran may detain the 50 American hostages indefinitely have emerged after the UN commission failed to visit them. Robert Owen said hopeful signs evaporated, warning that Iran could use hostage diplomacy to pressure political action and undermine international relations. The hearing closed with the U S urging a swift judgment on Iran’s violations of diplomatic immunity and the duty to free the hostages and return the Embassy archives.
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the Hague
United States
World Court
Iran
Robert Owen
U.S. State Department
Ayatollah Khomeini
Wen
U.S
Owen
Bouey Defends Bank of Canada Policy Amid Inflation Surge
Ottawa reports Bank of Canada Governor Gerald Bouey defends gradual monetary tightening as inflation peaks at 9.5 percent in 1979. He notes moderate policy slowed inflation, kept the dollar stable with higher rates, and compares Canada’s 15.75 percent prime rate to the U.S. 19 percent.
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Jennifer Lewington
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Gerald Bouey
Bouey
Central Bank
Canada
U.S
Regan defends fund payments amid Nova Scotia inquiry
Labour Minister Gerald Regan says he did nothing wrong accepting about 142000 from a 1955 trust fund during his NS Liberal leadership and premiership. He notes his public salary was inadequate and denies any conflict of interest, linking payments to personal financial need rather than party fundraising.
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John Ferguson Ottawa
Gerald Regan
Nova Scotia Liberal Party
Nova Scotia
Regan
Henry Hicks
Frank Covert
A.S. Barro
Ottawa
Halifax
Liberal Party
RCMP
Nova Scotia Liberals Fund Secret Donor Money Ties
The Star reports at least 4 million in government contracts went to firms contributing nearly 400 thousand to secret Liberal Party funds from 1970 to 1978. Contracts totaled 3.84 million to 16 companies linked via subsidiaries, with funds aiding former premier Gerald Regan. RCMP notes cross references and expanded networks with liquor firms among 27 companies tied to Cambridge Investment and Associated Brokers Ltd in Halifax.
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Regan
RCMP
Cambridge
Nova Scotia Liberal Association
John Diefenbaker
Quebec
Claude Wagner
Diefenbaker
Toronto
the Star
Nova Scotia
Liberal Party
Gerald Regan
Gerry Mendelson
John Buchanan
Ministry of Highways
Halifax
Victoria General Hospital
Cambridge Investment Agency
Cambridge and Associated Brokers Ltd
Bell near contract ends nine week Ontario Quebec strike
A tentative agreement reached with 7400 Bell Canada operators and cafeteria workers in Ontario and Quebec. Ratification meetings begin Saturday and run through next Wednesday. The settlement includes retroactive wages and the 278 dollar weekly pay by next November, with wage zoning phased out in two stages per the Tremblay conciliator’s report.
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Toronto
Bell Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Bill Howes
Communications Workers of Canada
Howes
Roland Tremblay
Tremblay
Montreal
Italian coalition government resigns amid violence and crisis
Rome reports the 38th postwar government crisis as Prime Minister Cossiga’s minority three‑party coalition resigns after the Socialist Party withdraws indirect support. caretaker Cossiga urges stability while President Pertini arranges talks with leaders and police amid a wave of terrorist killings including magistrates Guido Galli slain on a Milan university campus.
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Rome
Francesco Cossiga
Socialist Party
Sandro Pertini
Front Line
Guido Galli
Milan University
Galli
Corrado Alunni
Penny-pincher in Calgary cashes 464 pounds of pennies
Larry Thomson, a Calgary fabricator, exchanged about 62 000 pennies for 620 dollars after the Alberta treasury branch cashed his copper at face value with no service charge. He had faced a 24 dollar fee at a Bank of Montreal branch before. The pennies were piled in boxes and a trunk during years of saving.
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Calgary
Treasury
Alberta
Larry Thomson
Thomsen
Bank of Montreal
Treasury Branch
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Lougheed
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Lou Hyndman
John Booth
Revolutionary Guard
Tehran
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Bell Nears Contract
Cossiga
Parliament
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