Natives confront Premier in Edmonton protest over aboriginal rights
More than 4,000 Indigenous people gathered at the Alberta legislature to press for reinstatement of Section 34 and for stronger recognition of treaty rights and Metis status. Eugene Steinhauer led demands calling for government reforms and shared royalties from Heritage Fund, while Premier Lougheed defended existing treaty rights and negotiations.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
North Saskatchewan
Assembly
Lougheed
Alberta Indian Association
Eugene Steinhauer
Steinhauer
Trudeau
Canada
Native Secretariat
Alberta Department of Indian
Don McCrimmon
Heritage Fund
Government of
Indian Association of
Indian Association
Justice Minister proposes Aboriginal rights clause in new package
Ottawa CP Justice Minister Jean Chretien offered to reinstate a controversial aboriginal rights clause in the constitutional package. It hinges on three major native groups agreeing by Tuesday and it would not apply to provinces. If NI Brotherhood NCC and Inuit Committee on National Issues do not agree by the deadline the clause will be dropped.
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Ottawa
Jean Chretien
National Indian Brotherhood
Native Council of Canada
Inuit Committee On National
Chretien
Fire claims city girl in duplex blaze at Second St
A 1-year-old girl died in a morning fire that gutted the ground floor of a duplex at 861 Second St. S.E. Fire department Captain Dale Lawrence said firefighters found the child on the ground floor. The blaze damaged the upper floor but was contained to the home, with investigators still probing the cause.
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Second St. S.E
Larry Brink
Medicine Hat City
Dale Lawrence
Lawrence
Scott
Saskatchewan Power Outage Knocks Out Province Briefly
A breaker failure at Boundary Dam caused a province wide blackout from 9:50 p.m. to about 11:30 p.m. Power was restored east to west as Saskatchewan Power Corp. rerouted supply from Manitoba and internal facilities. Airports and hospitals operated on auxiliary power. weather worsened conditions in Moose Jaw and Regina.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Boundary Dam
Saskatchewan Power Corp
Nipawin
Boundary
Manitoba
Gardiner Dam
Moose Jaw
Squaw Rapids
Yorkton
Estevan
Fessant
Saskatoon
Centre of the Arts
Ottawa confrontation over women and native rights in constitution
After emergency caucus meetings Conservative leader Joe Clark and NDP chief Ed Broadbent pressed for a clear equality clause for women and recognition of aboriginal rights in the constitutional resolution. Trudeau faces demands for full provincial compensation if provinces opt out, with opposition ready to vote against if unmet. Saskatchewan resists women's equality entrenchment while Alberta and British Columbia oppose aboriginal rights clause.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Joe Clark
NDP
Ed Broadbent
House of Commons
Clark
Quebec
Broadbent
Nova Scotia
Alberta
British Columbia
Medicine Hat Doctors Vote for Menu of Actions in Fee Dispute
Medicine Hat physicians plan targeted actions over stalled talks with Alberta government. They will withhold nonpaid services and avoid telephone medical advice while continuing to serve on hospital committees impacting patient care. The measures follow AMA demands for higher general and special service fees and a government offer below inflation.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Medical Association
Phillip Winkelaar
AMA
Medicine Hat Medical Society
Winkelaar
Alberta Health Care Insurance Commission
Dave Russell
Quebec woman may aid probe into highway murders
A Quebec woman who says she was attacked four years ago near Banff, Alberta, may help detectives in four unsolved “highway murders” investigated at a BC Alberta officers conference. RCMP report details align with three Banff area killings between 1976 and 1981, including strangulation.
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Kamloops
B.C
Quebec
Banff
Alta
Alberta
Cpl
Frank Burgle
RCMP
Bob Fullerton
Victoria
Brock wins second Schenley Award as Canada's outstanding player
Ralph Brock, now Dieter, claims his second consecutive Schenley Award, joining Jackie Parker as the only players to achieve the feat. The Montréal ceremony highlighted Brock's short passing game under coach Ray Jauch and Western dominance in the awards.
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Montreal
Ralph Brock
Dieter
Alabama
Canada
Jackie Parker
Brock
Ray Jauch
Jauch
Blue Bombers
Edmonton
Tom Wilkinson
Dan Kepley
Hamilton
Dan Zambiasi
Larry Butler
Winnipeg
Ticats
Val Belsher
Ottawa Roughriders
Western Roughriders
Vince Goldsmith
Toronto Argonauts
Cedric Minter
Tony Gabriel
Ottawa
Schenley
Joe Poplawski
Bombers
Gabriel
Dieter Brock
Eskimos
Budget push and gearing for action across pages
The federal budget spurs developers to begin projects before tax concessions end while councils seek help. Manitoba’s Howard Pawley gears for a new NDP government with action planned by labor groups. Alaska-Canada gas pipeline financing clears a key hurdle en route to markets.
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Manitoba
Howard Pawley
New Democratic Party
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