Prime minister-elect Clark in Jasper weighing cabinet
Clark flies to Jasper to study transition documents with a two man team led by Edmonton developer David Jenkins and retired MP Jim Balfour. Aides say Clark will rest and recover from a cold while planning the Tory government and key staff roles ahead of the Tokyo summit.
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Southam
Jasper
Alta
Joe Clark
Rocky Mountain
Clark
Jasper Park Lodge
Edmonton
David Jenkins
Jim Balfour
Jenkins
Balfour
Bill Neville
Judy LaMarsh
Conservatives sweep Alberta and Canada in 1980 election
In Medicine Hat riding incumbent Bert Hargrave led the Progressive Conservative landslide to a third term with about 70 percent of votes. Across Alberta all 21 federal seats went Tory, while Prime Minister Trudeau conceded as Joe Clark prepared to form a new government.
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Progressive Conservative Party
Medicine Hat
Bert Hargrave
House of Commons
Alberta
Jim Wilfley
Lorne Burk
Social Credit
Jack Hopkins
Hargrave
Walsh
Wilfley
Redcliff
New Democrats
Trudeau
Joe Clark
New Democratic Party
Frank Hamilton
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Blaine Thacker
Lethbridge Foothills
Jim Gladstone
Arnold Malone
Jack Horner
Crowfoot
Canada
Confederation
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberals
Clark
Ottawa
Spruce Grove
Alta
Edmonton
Chateau Laurier
John Diefenbaker
Western
Ontario
Quebec
Atlantic Canada
Conservatives
NDP
Lougheed
Advanced Education
Jim Horsman
Redcliff Councillor Laverne Schaffer resigns
Redcliff town councillor Laverne Schaffer resigned Tuesday after almost eight years on the council. Mayor John Van Dam cited his move to Calgary for a new job as the reason and noted Schaffer previously headed the public works and sat on the finance and water committees. The vacancy may trigger a byelection, though the Municipal Act does not require one.
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Redcliff
Laverne Schaffer
John van Dam
Schaffer
Calgary
Lorne Dornstauder
van Dam
Dornstauder
Rose Bertrand
Florida killer spared from electric chair by federal stay
John Spenkelink, slated for execution at Florida's electric chair, won a stay after federal judges in Atlanta and Washington acted on appeals. The case follows his Death Row companion Willie Darden also getting a delay as the Supreme Court reviews the matter.
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Speakelink
Willie Jasper Darden
United States
Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
Darden
Tom Feamster
Spenkelink
El Salvador Education Minister Shot Amid Embassy Crisis
Education Minister Carlos Antonio Herrera Rebollo was shot and killed after leaving his home near the Venezuelan embassy. The attack occurred as security forces and demonstrators clashed during protests tied to the embassy seizure, raising casualties to at least 37 in two weeks.
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SAN Salvador
el Salvador
Carlos Antonio Herrera Rebollo
Carlos Humberto Romero
Associated Press
Gordon Mott
Premier optimistic over PC win in Alberta Ottawa talks
Premier Peter Lougheed expresses cautious optimism that Joe Clark's new minority government may bring peace with Ottawa. He cites Clark's past statements on federal reform and interprovincial cooperation, including provincial control of natural resources and a role for provinces in appointments and taxation policy.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Joe Clark
Alberta
Ottawa
Clark
Lougheed
Ontario
U.S
Trudeau
RCMP seize 20 tons of marijuana in dawn raid at sea
Twenty people arrested after RCMP and forces seized about 20 tons of marijuana with a wholesale value of 32 million dollars from two vessels at Sydney Inlet. A 50-metre freighter Samarkanda and a 16.5-metre pleasure craft Whitecap were seized. 500 bales stashed in the bush, others in holds.
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Victoria
RCMP
Qu’ Appelle
Sydney Inlet
Here
Samarkanda
Seattle
T. M. Gardiner
Gardiner
Escaping prisoner killed during Edmonton maximum security break
Three inmates attempted an escape from the Edmonton institution at night. A guard tower sighting led to shots after warnings. one escapee died and the other two were recaptured before reaching the penitentiary boundary. The dead man's name was not released.
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Edmonton
Dennis Howard
Institute
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Neville
Jim Coutts
Pierre Trudeau
Gillies
Toronto
Tokyo
Ed Schreyer
Joe ‘Clark
Maureen
Lois Spenkelink
Starke
California
Sheraton
Popular Revolutionary Bloc
Rafael Flores Lima
Frank Moores
Richard Hatfield
William Davis
Senate
Supreme Court
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