Alberta moves toward collective bargaining guidelines
Alberta premier and minister of manpower and labour push for provincial level guidelines to curb labor disputes seen in other provinces. government plans to informally engage management and push for an independent arbitration board for civil service wage settlements. Notley advocates option of arbitration or strike, with caveats for essential services. Legislature approves 1972-73 labour budget of 11.3 million dollars, including 5 million for student employment and next winter unemployment programs.
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Maritimes
Quebec
Civil Service
Alberta
Hohel
Peter Lougheed
Lougheed
Public Service
Board of Arbitration
Civil Service Association
New Democratic Party
Grant Notley
Notley
Spirit River Fairview
Liquor Control Board
Labor Department
Major Le Dain report favors legalization of simple cannabis possession
In Ottawa the Le Dain inquiry tabled a majority report proposing repeal of simple possession laws for cannabis. Three commissioners led by Gerald Le Dain favor legal possession, with two dissenting. Other recommended changes include revised trafficking penalties and police authority to seize cannabis, while cultivation rules depend on trafficking intent.
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Ottawa
le Dain
Gerald le Dain
Marie-Andree Bertrand
University of Montreal
Ian L. Campbell
Sir George Williams University
Montreal
Election expenses legislation tabled in House of Commons
Government tabled bills in Ottawa to require parties to disclose election spending and funding sources though not donor identities. The measure sets spending limits, tax credits, and partial public funding, with parties defined by size and candidates' donors tracked by category rather than individual names.
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House of Commons
Ben Tierney Southam
Ottawa
Government House
Allan MacEachen
Barbeau Election Committee
Pearson
Barbeau Commission
Labor shortage delays Medicine Hat capital projects
Medicine Hat council postponed several capital works due to skilled labor shortages and high contractor demand. The Crestwood Community Centre and a new fire hall, each budgeted at $400,000, move to 1973, while Arena Convention Centre improvements of $115,000 are delayed pending minor details. Other projects proceed this year, including water, road, and park work, with Maple Avenue Bridge borrowing still awaiting provincial approval.
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Medicine Hat
Council
Crestwood
Arena Convention Centre
Bill Keith
Crescent Heights
Ball Park
Maple Avenue
Body Pulled From River Near Lions Park
Medicine Hat police recovered a body from the South Saskatchewan River near the CPR Bridge and Lions Park fastball diamond. The deceased, a roughly 40-year-old man, has not been identified. Redcliff youth Colin Engel, 16, remains missing since Sunday.
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Medicine Hat
South Saskatchewan
Redcliff
Sam Drader
CPR
Lions Park
Colin Engel
Athabasca tar sands offer vast yet risky prospects
Syncrude Canada Ltd president F K Spragins told the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy that full Athabasca oil sands development would be a peacetime challenge of unprecedented scale. He forecast up to 50 plants, each 125,000 barrels daily, needing 10,000–12,000 workers and 2–3 billion dollars, with 86 billion barrels currently recoverable. The venture demands government business and labor cooperation, realistic regulations, and could bring prosperity through oil, petrochemicals, and metals, though it faces extreme risks and high capital needs.
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Calgary
Athabasca
Alberta
Canada
F. K. Spragins
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Syncrude Canada Ltd
Spragins
North America
Syncrude
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British Columbia
Bert Hohel
Suffield Range
Suffield
Frank Webber
Wallace
Silver Spring
George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Alabama
Joseph Schanno
Billy Joe Camp
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