Riding increase proposed for federal boundaries redraw
Statistics Canada releases final 1981 census data triggering a plan to raise the Commons from 282 to 310 seats. Proposals due by fall with hearings Oct 15 1982 to Mar 15 1983. process could cost up to 4 million and may not finish before the next election.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Jean-Marc Hamel
Commons Elections Committee
Hamel
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Gordon Towers
Red River
David Smith
Government House
Yvon Pinard
Liberals
New Democrats
Edmonton Caps Loan Subsidies for Municipal Finance Corp
Alberta moves to cap MFC subsidies at six percent of the base rate and limit subsidies to five years. The policy, in effect since 1974 with subsidies begun at 11 percent in 1981, leaves six points of detail governing eligibility and term.
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Edmonton
Mary Moore
Municipal Finance Corporation
MFC
Moore
Norway slips past Canada in world curling to spoil perfect run
Sjur Loen of Norway, 15, defeated Canada 5-4 in an extra end at Garmisch West Germany. The loss leaves Al Hackner’s Thunder Bay team 4-1 in round robin of the 10 nation championship while Norway rises to 2-3. Four teams will advance to the semifinals, with three playoff spots if the leader stays undefeated. Canada had earlier beaten the United States 8-4 and Sweden 11-4 in prior draws.
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Garmisch
West Germany
Sjur Loen
Canada
al Hackner
Thunder Bay
Ont
Norway
United States
Soren Grahn
Sweden
Costs split an Alsands oil project
Ottawa and Alberta consider up to a 50 percent government stake to rescue the Alsands mega project. Ottawa and Alberta would fund up to 8 million to keep the team intact for one month while negotiations with Shell Gulf and Petro-Canada continue. The partners demand a 20 percent return on the 13 billion project, and Nova Corp shows little interest.
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Ottawa
Marc Lalonde
Alberta
Alsands
Lalonde
Shell Canada Ltd
Gulf Canada Ltd
Petro-Canada Ltd
Shell and
Gulf
Government of
Shell
Petro-Canada
Allands
Calgary
Nova Corp
Nova
Petro-Canada Linked to BP Canada Takeover Rumor
Rumors persist that Petro-Canada may bid for BP Canada Inc in Toronto. Shares traded up to 33 and closed at 32 as investors speculate a union with Co-operative Energy Corp. could follow. BP Canada says it has not been approached and cannot explain the trading, while Petro-Canada declined to comment.
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Toronto
Petro-Canada
BP Canada Inc
BP Canada
Toronto Stock Exchange
Bob Foulkes
Co-operative Energy Corp
British Petroleum Co. Ltd
Petro- Canada
Co-operative Energy
Canada
City gas tax fight gains support in Commons
Medicine Hat and area push to repeal the 1980 natural gas and related taxes. MP Gordon Towers cites rising costs for consumers and farms while MP Bert Hargrave vows to block the bill at second reading. A 7000 signatory petition backs the constitutional challenge, with court action and a $12 million tax bill underway.
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Medicine Hat
House of Commons
Red Deer
Gordon Towers
Allan MacEachen
Towers
MacKachan
Medicine Hat News
Ottawa
Bert Hargrave
Canada
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Hargrave
Claudette Blahut
MacEachen
Border battles loom over annexation plans
The city faces ongoing clashes over proposed annexation as negotiations echo tensions. Read about related political and regional developments across pages 3 and 9.
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U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
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Southam News
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Man
le Monde
Trudeau
Rene Levesque
Cubs
Medicine Hot
Brooks Lakeside Spurs
Gordon Kesler
Western Canada
RCMP
Allan Blakeney
Ann Landers
Stocks Bridge
Ceee
Charles Lynch
City News
Paro E Een
Cee
Don McGillivray
Arr
Editorial
Tee
Heenan
Pew
John Walker
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