Getty may soft pedal parity issue on oil gas prices
Alberta Energy Minister Don Getty signaled a restraint year by keeping natural gas prices at 85 percent of domestic oil prices and delaying parity with world oil prices. He promised parity within three to five years while seeking a July 1 crude price increase and Royalty policies to support secondary oil recovery.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Don Getty
Getty
Bernie Mellon
Foothills
Northwest
Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority
Wahl fights city hall over land sale policy
Fred Wahl, a city housing contractor, seeks a court order to quash City of Alberta policy changes defining contractors as those registered with the New Home Certification Program. A second order halts land sales under the revised policy until District Court issues a ruling next Monday. Willynes lawyer Dave Wilkins declines comment. The city says the policy change responds to concerns about unreliable "fly-by-night" contractors and wage guarantees.
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Fred Wahl
Alberta
Bill Keith
Wahl
Dave Wilkins
Seven Arab demonstrators dead as clashes flare in Israel strike
Security forces killed seven Israeli Arab rioters during a general strike called by Communists. The violence centered in Nazareth and Galilee with villages under curfew as troops battled rioters using stones and kerosene bombs. Dozens injured. about 200 rioters arrested.
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David Lancashire
Tel Aviv
Israel
Galilee
Nazareth
Tewfik Zayad
West Bank
Jordan
Arab Jerusalem
Deir Hanna
Sakhnin
Arraba
Dairy farmers boo Agriculture Minister at Ottawa rally
The Canadian Press reports Eugene Whelan faced boos from hundreds of Ontario and Quebec dairy farmers despite assurances the government will protect their long term interests. Minister Richardson says no March 31 funding deal yet for 18 Lockheed planes but aims to extend negotiation. Parliament considers former POW pensions and wage price appeal extensions amid Olympic year concerns. Conservative senators oppose a rapid $5 billion advance to cover bills.
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Eugene Whelan
Ontario
Quebec
Defence
James Richardson
Lockheed
Canada
Anti-Inflation Board
Commons
Senate
U S Raises Australia New Zealand Beef Quotas
The United States boosts Australian and New Zealand beef import quotas to 632.2 million and 260.3 million pounds for 1976, respectively, while trimming Canadian imports to about 64.5 million and Irish imports to five million. Total 1976 imports expected at 1.223 billion pounds.
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Washington
Reuter
New Zealand
United States
Canada
Ireland
Australia
U.S
Irish Republic
Clark raps govt management in Toronto speech
Joe Clark accused the Trudeau government of mismanagement and double dealing over the judges affair and other controversies. He urged openness, criticized cabinet inconsistency, and contrasted Ottawa leadership with Ontario's Davis. He announced plans to name Conservative critics before Easter.
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Joan Walters
Toronto
Joe Clark
Progressive Conservative
Clark
Trudeau
Quebec
Hamilton Harbor
Mr. Clark
Canadian Labor Congress
Labor
Ottawa
Ontario
William Davis
Davis
High River
Alberta
Province upgrades 8.4 mile Highway 3 stretch ahead of schedule
The Alberta transport department aims to finish the Grassy Lake to Burdett Highway 3 upgrade this year with grading to start mid April and completion before freeze up, six weeks early on the 12.7 mile Burdett to Bow Island section. W A Cook and Sons of Pincher Creek hold the general contract. the Bow Island airstrip is included.
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Edmonton
Provincial Transportation Department
Grassy Lake
Burdett
C. E. Shaul
W. A. Cook and Sons
Pincher Creek
Fincastle
Shaul
Alberta
Elkwater
Montana
Canada closes Beirut embassy over Lebanese fighting
Canada temporarily closes its Beirut embassy as heavy fighting worsens the crisis. Charge d’affaires Alan Sullivan and seven staff depart for Athens to run embassy operations from Greece until stability returns. Citizens were urged to leave Lebanon amid Christian Moslem clashes.
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Ottawa
Canada
Beirut
External Affairs Department
Athens
Lebanon
Alan Sullivan
Trudeau defends judges affair actions in interview
Prime Minister Trudeau defended Bud Drury and Andre Ouellet, saying neither acted illegally. He said Drury resigned after a blunder in a judge call and Ouellet left amid a contempt of court case, while defending constitutional reform and opposing further federal aid to the Montreal Olympics.
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Montreal
Trudeau
Bud Drury
Andre Ouellet
CFTM
Drury
Ouellet
Kenneth Mackay
James Hugessen
Ouelletto
Mackay
Quebec
Federal
Liberal Party
Canada
Bourassa
British Columbia
Barrett
Vancouver
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Tira
Occupied Territories
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