Clark seeks renegotiation of Mexico oil deal
Tory Leader Joe Clark says he would renegotiate Prime Minister Trudeau's plan to buy 100000 barrels of Mexican oil daily for 10 years. He argues the arrangement is foolish and would drain Canada’s funds, preferring higher western oil emphasis and stronger terms if elected.
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Corner Brook
Nfld
Joe Clark
Pierre Trudeau
Mexico
Clark
Saint John
N.B
Canada
Trudeau
Petro- Canada
Medicine Hat to weigh coal gasification pilot plan
Medicine Hat's utilities committee backs a potential pilot coal gasification plant within a few years. A $200,000 study by Fluor Canada, province and city, projects a $25 million plant 13 km southwest of town and notes coal gas would cost $3.69 per million BTUs, with natural gas at the border around $1.38. The project would create about 600 jobs and aims to make Alberta a leader in energy research.
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Sheila Pratt
the News
Medicine Hat
Fluor Canada
Ald
George Davison
Davison
Bill Scott
Texaco
Scott
Alberta
Louisiana
van Dam
Redcliff
Dacre
Wages Fall Short of Living Cost Rise In Early 1979
Ottawa based report shows first quarter 1979 wage gains averaged 8.7 percent, below the 9.1 percent rise in living costs. Across one to three year agreements the average increase was 7.1 percent, easing from 7.7 percent in late 1978. The data excludes cost of living allowances and records 107 major settlements.
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Ottawa
Labor Departments
Nicoll
Forty Mile CUPE workers strike over wage limits
Forty Mile County 43 CUPE Local 70 workers walk out after rejecting a five cent wage upgrade on one grader operator job and general wage adjustments. Picket lines surround Foremost Bow Island and Manyberries as talks stall. mediator remains available.
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Foremost
Bow Island
Manyberries
Forty Mile
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Lethbridge
Gordon Nicoll
CUPE
Jack Murray
Nicoll
Larry Robinson
Leth
Manitoba Power Underprices Exports Says Winnipeg Consultant
Winnipeg consultant Gordon Spafford told a Calgary energy conference that Manitoba exports hydroelectric power to the United States at fire sale prices, costing Manitoba roughly 100 million dollars a year in lost revenue. He urged a western grid linking Manitoba with Alberta and Saskatchewan to create alternative markets and cut excess capacity costs.
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Calgary
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Gordon Spafford
Unies Ltd
University of Calgary
United States
U.S
Spafford
Western Power Systems
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Redcliff council blasts amalgamation push with Medicine Hat
Redcliff town council attacks the chamber of commerce for backing a merger with Medicine Hat. The chamber urges a plebiscite and halt on certain capital projects, citing risk to a $456 000 town hall plan and questioning the town’s independence. The mayor argues the merger would not happen soon and that a new town hall supports growth and funding stability.
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Redcliff
Chamber
Don McCrimmon
Council
McCrimmon
Alberta urged to pace energy boom to avoid price shocks
John Dawson of the Canadian Energy Research Institute warned at a Calgary energy conference that a rapid Alberta expansion in oil gas coal uranium hydro plants pipelines and petrochemicals risks sharp price rises and weakened competitiveness. He cited social costs such as high divorce and suicide rates and noted export gains could strengthen the dollar and hurt other exports. The conference was co sponsored by the University of Calgary and the Economic Society of Alberta Calgary branch.
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Calgary
Dawson
Alberta
British Columbia
University of Calgary and Economic Society of Alberta
Thatcher promises tax cuts and union curbs to boost Britain
The Conservative government pledges to cut direct taxes and curb labor unions while boosting military spending. They aim to privatize nationalized industries, curb subsidies, and promote private enterprise, with details to come from the June budget.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Geoffrey Howe
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Paul Bilodeau
Murray
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