Dust bowl claim slammed as gross exaggeration by wildlife expert
Dr. Ward Stevens of the Canadian Wildlife Service dismisses a Kerr-McGee report’s dust bowl warning from Suffield as overstated. He notes some surface damage from tanks and fires but says grasslands can recover, roots are intact, and no permanent scars are expected.
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Suffield
Ward Stevens
Canadian Wildlife Service
Stevens
J. K. Gray
Kerr-McGee of Canada Ltd
Gray Committee
Lougheed
Suffield Range
Suffield Reserve
Middle Sand Hills
South Saskatchewan River
June vote looms as NDP stun over PC no confidence move
Ottawa report notes Conservatives push a no confidence motion over the Polymer Corporation sale to the Canada Development Corporation for 72 million. The NDP faces a pivotal choice to back or oppose the motion, risking a potential June election and a possible Liberal minority government dissolution.
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Ottawa
New Democratic Party
Polymer Corporation Limited
Canada Development Corporation
NDP
David Lewis
New Democrats
Liberal
Tory
Erik Nielsen
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
CDC
P.C
Parliament Hill
Chateau Laurier
Commons
Liberals
Trudeau
Soldiers die after luring to apartment in Belfast Ulster gun attack
Four off duty soldiers in civilian clothes were lured to an apartment by two women and killed in Belfast Antrim Road attack. A civilian and another soldier killed, one remains critical. IRA Provisional wing vows to press on amid Protestant protest and tensions rise over British plans for Catholic power share.
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Reuter
Lower Falls
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Lisburn
Antrim Road
Anc
IRA
Ireland
Dublin
Britain
Ulster Defence Association
UDA
Deportation looming for foreign students at Western Ontario
About 3,500 foreign students from developing countries may be deported after term end due to new Canadian immigration rules. At Western Ontario, roughly 150 students could be forced to withdraw if they lack summer work. Officials say permits were cut off Jan. 1 and work permits now require a Canadian employer and a Manpower review.
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Ont
University of Western Ontario Senate
Rob Metras
D. Carlton Williams
Metras
Western
R. W. McGraw
McGraw
Canada
Elevator workers in Alberta to end six month strike
About 200 members of the International Union of Elevator Constructors in Alberta will resume work Monday after a six month strike. They agreed reluctantly to return amid expectations of compulsory arbitration next week. The dispute halted roughly 200 million in construction projects and centered on job security and wages set at 5.90 per hour since 1971.
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Edmonton
International Union of Elevator Constructors
Alberta
Bruno Schultz
Elevator Constructors
Schultz
Calgary
Bert Hohel
Mr. Schultz
National
Alberta Education Minister faces questions on rural teachers strike
Opposition MLAs grilled Education Minister Lou Hyndman in the legislature about the Southern Alberta teachers strike. Labor Minister Bert Hohol has been negotiating in Lethbridge and may report Monday. Hyndman cited authority to impose a news blackout on negotiations and noted few concrete steps. Some rural students’ parents sought city schooling, with boards indicating no current uptake unless permanent residence changes.
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Lou Hyndman
Alberta
Ray Speaker
SC Little Bow
Hyndman
Bert Hohol
Lethbridge
Hohol
Speaker
Labor
Socred
Albert Ludwig
Calgary- Mountain View
Hohel
Board of Industrial Relations
Southern Alberta School Authorities Association
Ludwig
Education
Tas
Dick Gruenwald
SC — Lethbridge West
Medicine Hat
Mr. Hyndman
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