Leitch survives Alberta non-confidence vote in long sitting
Attorney General Merv Leitch won a non-confidence motion amid Alberta’s longest legislative sitting. Opposition pressed for a royal commission into the province’s judicial system over cases including the Craig matter and a 1971 sweep, while Leitch faced criticism over handling of two charges and the department’s appropriations.
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Skid Road
Edmonton
Alberta Human Rights and Civil Liberties Association
Royal Commission
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Leitch
Social Credit House
James Henderson
New Democratic Party
Grant Notley
Horner
Henderson
Notley
F. J. E. Davy
Craig
Wounded Knee flareup leaves marshal serious after shooting
Federal marshal Lloyd Grimm, 56, wounded at Wounded Knee after a major gun fight as AIM occupiers hold the village. He was taken to Fitzsimmons Army Medical Centre in Aurora, Colorado, for surgery after a transfusion. Negotiators offered talks despite the exchange.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
U.S
Lloyd Grimm
Wayne Colburn
U.S. Marshals Service
Colburn
Grimm
American Indian Movement
A.I.M
Fitzsimmons Army Medical Centre
Aurora
Colo
Pine Ridge
Canadian missionary Oppel release expected in Hanoi flight
Canadian officials in Saigon say Lloyd Oppel, a Canadian missionary held by the Pathet Lao, may be turned over to a Canadian representative in Hanoi on Wednesday then flown to Clark Air Base in the Philippines before returning to Canada. Officials note last minute changes are possible if the Communists demand changes.
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Saigon
Lloyd Oppel
Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Canada
U.S
Manila
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Oppel
Laos
NDP Defies Liberals as confidence test slips in Commons
In Ottawa the Liberal minority survived a no three confidence vote after New Democratic Party support aided Conservatives. The 145-101 vote framed as a no-confidence attempt failed, while a separate 138-107 vote backed funding for Information Canada. Four supply bills totaling hundreds of millions passed.
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James Ferrabee Southam
Ottawa
Commons
New Democratic Party
NDP
Social Credit Party
Polymer Corporation
Canada Development Corporation
New Democrats
Information Canada
Viet Cong Free 32 U.S. Prisoners in Hanoi Transfer
The last 32 Americans were freed by the Viet Cong and flown to Clark Air Base Philippines. The release marks the final phase of Americans held in Vietnam and Laos with 67 more to be freed Thursday, including 40 Americans and nine captives in Laos. Lloyd Oppel, a Canadian missionary, may be released to Canadian authorities.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
United States
Hanoi
Vietnam
Laos
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
South Vietnam
Lloyd Oppel
Campbell River
B.C
U.S
Oppel
Michel Gauvin
Saigon
Canada to Stay in Vietnam Ceasefire Commission
Ottawa CP Canada will remain in the Vietnam ceasefire commission for another 60 days to May 31, External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp announced Tuesday.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mitchell Sharp
Emergency regulations imposed on strikers in Alberta
Alberta province invoked emergency regulations to compel elevator constructors in Calgary Local 130 and Edmonton Local 122 to remain at work. Labor Minister Bert Hohol said the measures under the Provincial Labor Act would bind strikers and the Canadian Electrical Manufacturers Association, responding to a strike that delayed hospitals hotels apartments and university projects, with about 200 workers voting to return to work.
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Edmonton
Alberta
National
Hohel
Calgary
Weather and road conditions across Alberta highways
The AMA notes Highway 1 toward Swift Current was slick with snow and ice at 8 a.m. Highway 41 to Oyen had slick sections with snow on Highway 48. Highway 3 from Medicine Hat to Taber remained in good winter driving condition.
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AMA
Highway 1
Brooks
Highway 41
Oyen
Highway 3
Medicine Hat
Taber
Dust bowl claim defended by Suffield committee chair
Gordon Pollard reports J. K. Gray, geologist and chair of the Suffield evaluation committee, defends the report’s dust bowl claim about the British Army training program. Gray notes possible long term damage from tank maneuvers, slow natural regeneration, and fire risks, warning of effects after a decade of use.
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Edmonton
J. K. Gray
Kerr McGee of Canada Ltd
Calgary
Ward Stevens
Canadian Wildlife Service
Gray
Canada
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Diachuk
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Richard Wilson
Justice Department
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Gerald Baldwin
Clark
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