27 Sep 1978
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1978
Page
1
Attorney-General Jim Foster announced no further criminal charges will be laid against Royal American Shows in Alberta. About 20 charges remain under consideration, while Laycraft Inquiry findings point to bad judgment and coincidences rather than systemic wrongdoing.
Foster criticizes the RCMP commissioner for withholding information in a crime probe and urges regular interagency meetings. He calls for safeguarding tax data access, revising RCMP contracts, and reviewing the Public Inquiries Act to balance rights with inquiry powers, weighing judicial versus lay inquiry options.
Ottawa and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada reached a tentative contract after 11 hours of talks with Acting Labor Minister Andre Ouellet and assistant deputy minister Bill Kelly. The union plans to present the measure to members for ratification amid a government offer improvement and a halted rotating strike.
Ottawa reports that Employment Minister Bud Cullen ordered regional officials to stop publishing local unemployment and labor surplus estimates due to embarrassment over conflicts with Statistics Canada figures. The move follows Ed Broadbent's release of a confidential memo suggesting suppressing data to avoid embarrassment.
Officials say unemployment figures from the Unemployment Insurance Commission will not align with Statistics Canada surveys because they measure different groups. maternity leave recipients and new labor-force entrants may appear unemployed to StatsCan or remain active in UIC records, while others work yet file claims. The StatsCan monthly survey covers about 60,000 households with biannual panel changes.
A weather map item lists sunny conditions with a high near 25 and a low around 6. Page 2 accompanies the forecast with regional temperature expectations and clear skies.
In Jerusalem prime minister Menachem Begin faces a court appearance over his refusal to convene his Herut party central committee on the Camp David accord vote. Police brace for demonstrations by Gush Emunim as the Knesset prepared to endorse the pact amid internal party tensions.
House Assassinations Committee probes Jack Ruby calls to at least five crime figures in the weeks before President Kennedy was killed. The panel weighs possible conspiracy ties and notes Ruby’s interactions with figures such as Lewis McWillie and Carlos Marcello era associates. Ruby died awaiting new trial in 1967.
The Canadian dollar eased to 84.98 U S cents at 11 30 a m EDT on the Toronto inter bank market after opening at 85 02 cents. Traders cited Alberta natural gas sale rumors as lifting the currency briefly, with caution that unfounded talk could push it toward 84 80 cents.
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