Wyse slams Lougheed Govt over budget and park cuts
Wyse MLA Bill Wyse assails Alberta government in legislature over borrowing 199 million dollars and drastic cuts in grants for cities, parks development, colleges, and rural programs. He questions park development reductions despite pledges to improve the system and criticizes ministers Horner and Peacock for unclear responses. He highlights concerns about the grain commission, DREE program stance, and the adult education priority program.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Bill Wyse
Lougheed
Social Credit
Wyse
Answer Lands
Allan
Warrack
Hugh Horner
Fred Peacock
Mr. Wyse
Grains Commission
Alberta
Irvine man wins 136000 in Irish Sweepstakes
Irvine resident John S. Sulz held a winning Sovereign Bill ticket in Doncaster. Eight other Canadians shared 136000 for first, with five Canadians earning 52000 for second and three taking 26000 for third. Sulz used the nom de plume Happy.
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Irvine
John S. Sulz
Doncaster
Sulz
Trudeau hits Connally on trade talks during Ontario visit
Prime Minister Trudeau used a Hamilton TV call-in show to jab at U S Treasury Secretary Connally amid deadlocked Canada U S trade talks. He quipped about “friends like Secretary Connally” echoing Nixon era tensions and noted Washington’s hard negotiating stance against Canada and its allies since last August.
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Ottawa
U.S. Treasury
John Connally
Trudeau
Ontario
Connally
Hamilton
CHCH
Nixon
Washington
Moores Tories win clear majority in Newfoundland
Frank Duff Moores led the Progressive Conservative party to a decisive victory in Newfoundland's eighth general election since joining Canada. The Conservatives expanded their base, capturing long-held Liberal ridings such as Placentia East, where former premier Joey Smallwood had won in October.
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Moogres
Newthoundiend
Frank Moores
Dorothy
ST. John's
Mid
Frank Duff Moores
Friday
Newfoundland
Liberals
Canada
Moores
Placentia East
Joey Smallwood
Canada pledges emergency aid package for Bangladesh
Canada agrees on more than 40 million US dollars in emergency relief and development aid for Bangladesh. The plan includes 20 million in wheat and rapeseed, plus about 6 million in wood pulp copper aluminum and other materials to restart local industry. Additional funds cover rail trackage wells for irrigation spare parts for locomotives and power-line components, with a technical assistance program for training and water transport and air communications reviews. The aid team visited Dacca and Chittagong to assess facilities and meet officials.
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Jowan R. Walker
Southam News Services
Dacca
Canada
Bangladesh
U.S
Paul Gerin-Lajoie
Canadian International Development Agency
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
East Pakistan
Chittagong
CIDA
Gerin-Lajoie
Chittangong
Calgary Edmonton to get auto insurance rate cuts this year
Attorney General Merv Leitch announced motorists in Calgary and Edmonton will see auto insurance rate reductions this year while everyone else in Alberta faces increases. He attributed the rise outside the two cities to the cost of living and general wage and price hikes, though he would not quantify the Calgary Edmonton savings. Rates will vary by company.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Merv Leitch
Equal break for smaller cities in Alberta industry
Alberta's Lougheed administration backs equal access to industrial development for small towns while denying preferential treatment. The Alberta Opportunity Fund will offer risk capital loans to diverse regional ventures, with Medicine Hat and other communities invited to compete equally with Calgary and Edmonton.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lougheed
Fred Peacock
Peacock
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Alberta Opportunity Fund
Alberta to boost Canadian content in school texts
Education Minister Lou Hyndman announced a policy to increase Canadian content in Alberta school texts and materials. He said Alberta's 430,000 students should know more about Canada and take pride in the country, while avoiding lower quality texts and minimizing cost impacts. details to be worked out in coming months.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lou Hyndman
Canada
Hyndman
No easy peace as Belfast bomb tests fragile lull
London reports British direct rule plan for Northern Ireland brings cautious hope for a lull after years of violence. A Belfast bomb Friday amid the shift underscores the fragility of any quiet period as IRA divisions and security moves unfold. Whitelaw to oversee Ulster rule. Ulster Cabinet to resign. plebiscites planned. One man killed in Springfield Road. two British soldiers injured by a mine near the border. Heath urges NI to choose peace.
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London
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional Army Council
Northern Council
Edward Heath
Irish Republic
United Kingdom
William Whitelaw
Heath
Lord Grey
Harry Tuzo
Whitelaw
Springfield Road
Westminster
Hog plant funding under Alberta review
Industry Minister Fred Peacock stated no provincial funds will be offered to North American Integrated Food Processors for a planned 25 million hog slaughtering plant in southern Alberta until a full review of the project is completed. He confirmed no formal finances or grant applications are in order.
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Horner
Canada Packers Limited
Alberta
Wyse
Peacock
Alberta Business Journal
Ottawa
Edmonton
Fred Peacock
Fernando Ricafort
North American Integrated Food Processors Company Limited
Saskatoon
Ricafort
North American
Asia
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