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25 May 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 25, 1987
Page
1
Woodward's lays off hundreds of cleaning staff in Alberta and BC
Hundreds of Woodward's cleaning and maintenance workers in Alberta and British Columbia were fired Saturday across 23 stores. About 65 Calgary employees were affected, leaving workers shocked and angry. some suspect the layoffs relate to Canada Safeway Ltd.'s $55 million takeover of Woodward's food floors, expected to close today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Woodward’s
Alberta
British Columbia
Woodward
Canada Safeway Ltd
Edmonton oilers near Stanley Cup as city plans party
Edmonton prepares a celebratory rally as the Oilers stand one win from the Stanley Cup. Pat MacKenzie announced a public reception two days after the final game, with organizers noting the team’s superstition about planning ahead. More Stanley Cup finals coverage on Page Aé.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Edmonton Oilers
Pat MacKenzie
Oilers
Two Montreal firefighters die in church collapse blaze
A fire at a downtown Montreal Unitarian church began at 4 30 a m. and 100 firemen fought the blaze as the walls collapsed trapping two veteran firefighters Jean Pierre Longpre 32 and Pierre Letourneau 31. The two were killed when the ladder was knocked free and buried under debris after the side walls fell. Three other firefighters were injured. A woman claimed she started the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Jean- Pierre Longpre
Pierre Letourneau
Bernard Perrier
Unitarian Church
Sherbrooke and
Simpson Streets
Joe Timmins
Timmins
Canada Post delays security searches amid union challenge
Canada Post postponed a program to search employee belongings for alcohol drugs and unauthorized items in Laval Calgary and London after the Calgary local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers sought an injunction. A court hearing set for Thursday will decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada Post Corp
Calgary
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Laval
Que
London
Ont
Alberta
Darren Steinhoff
Alan Maitland
Calgary Union
Charter of Rights
Roy
Mint
U.S. Postal Service
Mulroney warns on Star Wars risks at NATO assembly
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney urged the United States to avoid improper Star Wars deployment that could destabilize world order. He called for arms control talks with the Soviet Union under Gorbachev and pledged Canada will consult allies before any Norway troop redeployment. He noted Ottawa must adapt defence policy to new threats while maintaining Arctic and European commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Brian Mulroney
United States
Soviet Union
Mulroney
NATO
North Atlantic
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Canada
Pacific
Arctic Ocean
Europe
Hicks
Norway
West Germany
Plan to Pay Half of Alberta Welfare Work Scheme
Edmonton CP report says federal government tentatively agrees to cover about half of the estimated 20 million dollar cost of Alberta's plan to place welfare recipients in work. Employment Minister Rick Orman describes a gentlemen's agreement and outlines subsidies for private sector employers to hire new workers for eight to twelve months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Rick Orman
Orman
Ottawa
Ottawa official sues for 750000 over anti apartheid loyalty test
Jack Gold a 56 year old senior Revenue Department worker claims his 1981 career was derailed after he refused RCMP demands for names of associates in Ottawa Citizens Concerned About South Africa an anti apartheid group. He says he was fired from the Energy Department role and reassigned to a lesser position. Gold seeks damages citing retaliation and security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly Gerard McNeil
Ottawa
Revenue Department
RCMP
Jack Gold
Energy Department
Gold
Trottier
South Africa
Revenue Canada
Sylvia
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