Roblin Canada Day Festival draws turnout with praise
Roblin hosted its first annual Canada Day Festival and Community Picnic with MLA Len Derkach and MP Inky Mark in attendance. From the pancake breakfast to a sunset fireworks show, attendees praised the event and the Roblin Shell River-Hillsburg Recreation Commission and local volunteers for organizing a successful day.
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Len Derkach
Inky Mark
Roblin Shell River-Hillsburg Recreation Commission
The
Lions
Roblin Shell River Fire & Rescue
Ambition and ascent in Alberta politics from Medicine Hat notes
In the 1960s Peter Lougheed frequented the Medicine Hat News office as a rising figure. He built a broad network among media and community leaders while rising within the PC party from president to MLA. A quiet, observant driver-shadow accompanied him through his steady climb toward a premier's desk.
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Joe Clark
Peter Lougheed
Medicine Hat News
PC Party
Community thanks mark Canada Day Festival success
The community thanks volunteers and organizations for a successful Canada Day Festival. Appreciation goes to Tom Bowby for stage transport Lions and Knights for beer gardens and snack vendors Rebekahs and Curling Club for charity bingo proceeds to Kiddies Park Pool Committee and staff for pancake breakfast Chamber of Commerce for Tug-of-War Fire Department for fireworks Lorne Boguski Len Derkach and Inky Mark for speeches Strait Country and The Fleury’s for performances.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fire Department
Lorne Boguski
Len Derkach
Inky Mark
Strait Country
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Fleury’s
Joe Clark politics and pressure from leadership race rumors
The passage reflects on Joe Clark’s political rise and the media’s treatment of him, noting a crushing defeat after a crucial motion failed and hints at pressure from Saskatoon dispatches about David Orchard entering the PC leadership race. It questions whether Orchard’s push is a single or double call.
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High River Times
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PC Party
Bay Street
Chretien
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Reform
Harry Weiner
Medicine Hat
Hat
Saskatoon
David Orchard
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