Nuclear power row deepens in MEC talks
Nova Scotia delays in providing audit costs for Lepreau and how much nuclear power will be bought from New Brunswick fuel Ottawa backed plans to control MEC projects. Premier Buchanan warns delays and Ottawa influence threaten Nova Scotia preference for coal and nuclear expansion.
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Trudeau pushes constitutional reform to safeguard language rights
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau urged Quebecers to back constitutional reform to guarantee equality of French and English languages and protect minority language rights. He warned of 52 years without a charter and tied reform to the May 22 mandate while highlighting threats from provincial laws and separatists. He campaigned in Granby and Montreal for Liberal candidates Jean Claude Malepart and Jean Lapierre in tight races.
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City man charged in provincial court in Kamloops
Gordon Roy Peterson 28 of Medicine Hats was remanded in custody on a charge of attempted murder with a preliminary hearing set for June 27. He also faces counts of attempting to cause bodily harm and carrying a concealed weapon after stabbing of Brian Coldwell at a local hotel. Coldwell recovered in hospital. The judge denied release citing a violent record and lack of self control when intoxicated. Defense asked for treatment for Petersons alcoholism dating to 1975.
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Park plans cut cost to convert Athletic Park
A city project to convert Athletic Park is trimmed from about 101000 to 15000 dollars with a football field fit into the park. A new proposal keeps bleacher seating near the field, saves buying new stands, and avoids moving lights.
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Scott takes the stand in Thorpe murder trial
Norman Scott, linked to ex Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe, testified at the Old Bailey in the murder conspiracy case. He described meeting Thorpe in the 1960s, a nervous breakdown, and reception at Thorpe’s House of Commons visit. The four co-defendants deny conspiring to murder Scott.
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House of Commons
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Burns predicts PQ defeat and exit from politics
Quebec minister Robert Burns announced he will resign for health reasons and return to private life. He warned that a Quebec independence referendum today would yield only 30 to 32 percent for the Parti Quebecois, and he forecast the party losing the next election before a one-term opposition period and two decades in power thereafter.
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City demands landowners share paving cost on 30th Street
Medicine Hat residents and landowners face a choice on 30th Street paving. The public works committee proposed 50 percent cost sharing or compulsory payment under the Municipal Act. Total paving set at 80,000 with 40,000 annual maintenance, landowners offered 8.50 per frontage foot amortized over 15 years, while the city would cover 50 percent.
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