Disbelief May Haunt Medicine Hat Mall Decision
City council chose Hudsons Bay for negotiations on a new South Neighborhood mall stirring reactions from Cambridge Leaseholds Ltd and Simpsons Sears. Cambridge’s Michael Pittana says equal opportunity to present plans was not provided and questions why the Bay was chosen over rivals. Mayor Ted Grimm expects Bay as a top anchor if land agreement moves forward.
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Hudson’s Bay
Medicine Hat
Michael Pittana
Cambridge Leaseholds Ltd
Toronto
Hudson's Bay
Ted Grimm
13Th Avenue
Grimm
Simpsons-Sears
Bay
Pittana
A.D. Gelman
Calgary
Opposition attacks farm policy in Canadian Commons
In Ottawa the government majority defeated opposition motions on farm policy. The Conservatives failed 114 to 9 on a call for leadership in agricultural policy and a strong farm economy, while the New Democrats lost 196 to 9 over demands to protect farmers from corporate power.
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Doug Long
Ottawa
New Democratic Party
Liberal
New Democrats
Social Credit
Independent
Prairies
Eugene Whelan
John Wise
Canada
Douglas Neil
Moose Jaw
Gardiner
Diefenbaker Lake
Saskatchewan
Lorne Nystrom
New Democratic
Horner outlines Alberta drought aid and water projects
Deputy Premier Hugh Horner announced 1.2 million to fund up to 300 deep wells for municipalities and six portable pumping units for regional offices. The plan includes Red Deer line expansion by June 15, irrigation reservoir filling, and surveys by the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Environment
Hugh Horner
Horner
Agriculture Department
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts
Environment Department
Red Deer
Agricultural Development Corporation
Trudeau denounces Quebec nationalist policies as regressive
Prime Minister Trudeau told AFP he dreads Quebec nationalist policies that define a nation by ethnicity or language. He cited language bills favoring Quebecois as an error and linked separatism to anti liberal history while noting no specific purpose for his May 12 France visit.
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Ottawa
AFP
Trudeau
Quebec
Agence France- Presse
Europe
Northern Ireland
Lebanon
France
U S agrees to drop veto on Vietnam UN admission
In Paris, the United States and Vietnam issue a communique announcing Washington will no longer oppose Hanoi's bid for United Nations membership. Talks led by Richard Holbrooke and Phan Hien lasted seven hours over two days to push toward rapid normalization and resolve war legacies.
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Paris
United States
Vietnam
United Nations
U.S
Phan Hien
Richard
Holbrooke
Hien
Senate urged to pray for rain over prairie drought
Ottawa reports the Senate discussed praying for rain to aid farmers amid a prairie drought. Senator Perrault supported prayer alongside planned emergency measures to protect livestock and curb cattle sales, noting near normal crops on summer fallow but 50 to 60 percent below normal on stubble fields.
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Ottawa
Senate
Ray Perrault
George Smith
Nova Scotia
Perrault
Commons
Eugene Whelan
Jack Austin
British Columbia
Berton urges protest over caveat proposal
Edmonton crowd hears Pierre Berton urge picket and march against Bill 29 a bill that would bar caveats on untitled Crown land amid northern Alberta land rights disputes. Native leaders warn the measure would erase rights and provoke resistance as critics accuse the government of changing rules mid game.
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Edmonton
Pierre Berton
Alberta
Canadian Civil Liberties Assciation
Berton
Lougheed
Peter Lougheed
Beaver
Alan Borovoy
The
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Finance ministers discuss end of price and pay controls
Ottawa aims for a mid May position paper outlining how to wind down the anti inflation program. Provinces diverge on timing with Quebec and Western provinces favoring continued controls to end 1978 or later. A monitoring agency would urge restraint once controls lift.
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Glenn Somerville
Ottawa
Donald Macdonald
Macdonald
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Atlantic
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
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