Canada postal strike prompts staged emergency cheque delivery
With a strike by over 4,000 letter carriers looming, Medicine Hat prepares a contingency plan for pension, veterans and family allowance cheques. Edmonton courier bulk deliveries will serve central sites in Medicine Hat and Taber, with ID required for pick up. The Chamber of Commerce offers a paid city mail service, while Alberta social services and other agencies arrange alternate cheque routes.
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Canada Pension Plan
Medicine Hat
Henry Schaufele
Chamber of Commerce
Schaufele
Alberta
Frank Bouchard
Lethbridge
Southern Alberta
Bouchard
Alberta Social Services
Frank Lockwood
Lockwood
Edmonton
Medicine Hall
U.S
Great Falls
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
Saint John
N.B
Quebec City
Regina
Suffield man killed unloading pipes on truck deck
Virgil Pederson aged 24 of Eatonia died when he slipped on the deck of a tandem truck at the Suffield Block while unloading pipes about 1 30 p m. He was en route to Medicine Hat from Redcliff employer Sylbar Contractors Ltd. of Redcliff.
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Suffield
Saskatchewan
Virgil Pederson
Eatonia
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
RCMP
Pederson
Sylbar Contractors Ltd
Redcliff
Syria delays talks amid Arab summit opposition
The announcement cites a hard line Arab leaders’ summit in Damascus that will run through the weekend, delaying U.S. secretary of state Vance who had been set to arrive. Assad apologized to Vance for the plan changes as he continued talks with Jordan and Saudi leaders seeking broader backing for Camp David accords.
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Vance
Damascus
Assad
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Camp David
U.S
Carter
Anwar Sadat
Hussein
Amman
Hassan Ibrahim
United States
Khaled
Cleveland
Ohio
Crown Prince
Fahd
Opal
Canada postal strike tightens as unions push rotating walkouts
Wholesale walkouts spread across the West Toronto and the Maritimes signaling a hard bargaining stance by the Letter Carriers Union of Canada. Management warned the public and Parliament about likely service gaps as talks Ne with binding arbitration collapsed. The dispute tests Liberal wage restraint and highlights a 3000 plus member civil service sector precedent.
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George Oake
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Toronto
Maritimes
Canada
John Pare
Post Office
Trudeau
Gilles Lamontagne
Union of Canada
Earl Greenslate
Two plead guilty to fraud involving cattle beans and horses
Two men formerly from Medicine Hat area pleaded guilty in a provincial court sitting. Walter Schimpf now in Calgary faced fraud charges over cattle and horses valued at 60 000 to 70 000 dollars from 1975 to 1977. James Ross Sherritt of Bow Island, now Vancouver, admitted defrauding Alberta Bean Growers Ltd. of 8 250 dollars in a bean sale through a Bogota agent between 1976 and 1977.
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Bryan Blomme
The
NEWS
Medicine Hat
Walter Schimpf
Calgary
Mae Fulls
DT Aerate
He Teadey
Schimpf
Joe Sitter
James Ross Sherritt
Bow Island
Vancouver
Alberta Bean Growers Ltd
Sherritt
Bogota
Colombia
Clare Morrison
Edmonton
F.W. Coward
Sitter
Morrison
Dennis Pollock
Lethbridge
Pollock
South America
Coward
Alberto Crane
Horner to stay in cabinet as others quit politics
Hugh Horner announced he will remain in the Alberta cabinet, signaling his commitment to another four years while peers Don Getty and Len Werry have left or will. The deputy premier and transportation minister highlighted ongoing Heritage Fund projects and plans to boost Alberta’s resource processing.
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Bill Sass
Edmonton
Hugh Horner
Barrhead
Horner
House of Commons
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Lougheed
Dave Russell
Len Werry
Lou Hyndman
Don Getty
Heritage Trust
West Coast
Pacific Western Airlines
Teen sneaks into Ford plant to work three days
Anthony Opat, 19, Melvindale, slipped past gate guards to join Ford Motor Co Woodhaven stamping line after being told no openings. He worked three hot days before being found out and fired. He seeks reconsideration while Ford declines comment on pay or hire.
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Detroit
Anthony Opat
Ford Motor Co
Woodhaven
Melvindale
Ford
Bulance
Opal
Opat
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