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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1986
Page
1
Couple blocked by Canada currency threat on Labor Day trip
A Canadian couple and friends faced refusal of Canadian money at Ohio gas stations during a Labor Day weekend trip. An attendant threatened to drain the van’s gas if US dollars were not shown, until an elderly couple paid the $9 bill at par. The Union 76 station had previously accepted Canadian funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Ohio
Martial Eaglehunt
Eaglehunt
Brenda
Mel Berman
Union 76
Newfoundland Picket Surge Across Confederation Building
Police arrested at least 20 pickets as about 300 Newfoundland Association of Public Employees members resumed an illegal strike closing doors to Confederation Building. The dispute centers on wage parity with hospital workers and limits on public-sector strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's
Mfld
Confederation Building
Newfoundland
Newfoundland Association of Public Employees
Fraser March
March
Confederation
Polie
Supreme Court
Treasury Board
Neil Windsor
Windsor
CTV
Canada AM
General Service, Maintenance and Transportation Workers
St. John’s
Shell and Dome Cut Staff in Calgary and Beaufort
Shell Canada Ltd. begins layoffs as Dome Petroleum cuts about 400 seasonal and contractor workers in the Beaufort Sea. Dome totals 1,731 Beaufort job losses and 4,123 employees overall. Dome plans a full year review with further cuts possible. The ripple effect threatens about 3,000 Northwest Territories residents with welfare. Alberta firms anticipate another wave of reductions in six to eight weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Shell Canada Ltd
Shell
Dome Petroleum Ltd
Beaufort Sea
Dome
Beaufort
David Annesley
North
Northwest Territories
Oil aid urged amid oil price decline in Canada
Shell plans cutbacks at its Calgary exploration and support divisions as idle staff since April are released. The move follows job losses already tallying over 18 000 in Alberta with other majors like Petro-Canada Mobil Oil Canada Gulf Canada and Esso Resources also trimming payrolls. Gulf Canada exits Beaufort costing 750 jobs while Esso Resources plans 581 Beaufort layoffs in the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell
Roy Derrick
Petro-Canaa
Mobil Oil Canada Ltd
Gulf Canada Tp
Jack MacLeod
Alberta
Dome
Beaufort
Gulf
Esso Resources
Rescue team trapped on Mount Robson weathering snow
Seven rescuers remained stranded on Mount Robson as high winds and heavy snow trapped them overnight after aiding four climbers. A brief cloud break allowed two helicopters to lift the climbers off the peak, but darkness returned before the rescuers could be evacuated. wardens and helpers hunkered in snow caves, well supplied and not in immediate danger, awaiting another pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valemount
B.C
Mount Robson
Canadian Rockies
Wayne van Velzen
British Columbia
Jasper National Park
van Velzen
Council Backs By Law Keeping Sunday Opening Ban In Limbo
The city council rejected Alderman Sauer and Flynn's bid to repeal the Sunday bylaw that bans most stores from opening. Seven members voted to retain it, arguing repeal could remove unresolved sections and affect enforcement while court challenges proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Curren
Ken Sauer
Lyle Flynn
Sauer
Kai Hon Wong
Supreme Court of Canada
Flynn
Ted Grimm
Ald
Wayne Buss
Grimm
Stevens inquiry traces loans to Magna tied to minister
A judicial inquiry in Toronto found that about one third of DRIE loans to the auto industry during Stevens tenure flowed to Magna International tied to a $2.6 million loan to Cardiff Investments. The probe examined whether minister Stevens or his circle benefited from government aid and highlighted a June 1985 $64 million Magna project in Cape Breton and earlier $28.6 million in loans for 10 projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Kaye
Fulton Southam News
Toronto
Sinclair Stevens
Department of Regional and Industrial Expansion
DRIE
Stevens
Ronald Marshall
Magna International Inc
Magna
Anton Czapka
Noreen
Czapka
Cardiff Investments Ltd
Commission
David Scott
Frank Stronach
Jake Howard
Cape Breton
Marshall
Canada
Charles Stedman
Automotive
Liberal
Lumley
Magna Projects
Stronach
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