{"id":1492,"date":"2007-08-25T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2007-08-25T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-25T18:07:00","slug":"the-western-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"The Western Quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE<\/em><\/strong>: And it’s Manning v. Lougheed in an all-Albertan western final<\/p>\n

In the East, Oliver Mowat and Rene Levesque won a pair of nail biters<\/a>, by 4 and 6 votes respectively. They will meet in the Eastern finals. Out west, the two quarter-finals get under way today and will run until midnight on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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Ed Schreyer<\/strong><\/a> (7) vs. <\/strong>Peter Lougheed <\/strong><\/a>(2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game Story: This battle pits the only two of the actual provincial winners left in this tournament, up against each other. Both men defeated NDP Premiers in their first round \"\"<\/a>match-ups, with Lougheed out slugging Tommy Douglas and Schreyer handily taking out Dave Barrett. <\/div>\n

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Ed Schreyer career highlights <\/a>(Manitoba 1969-77<\/em>): He introduced public auto insurance to the province in 1971 and expanded medicare to the point that it included the country’s first pharmacare and home care programs. <\/a>His government amalgamated the hodgepodge of communities near the junction of the Red and Assiniboine River into a “Unicity” known as Winnipeg, and proceeded with a major expansion of hydroelectric dam construction in northern Manitoba.<\/div>\n
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Peter Lougheed career highlights <\/a>(Alberta 1971-85<\/em>): Ended the Social Credit’s one-party rule of Alberta, replacing it with Progressive Conservative one-party rule. During his tenure as Premier, the Alberta Government’s major priorities were the control of Alberta’s natural resources and their development for future generations of Albertans; participation of Albertans in the mainstream of Canadian life; economic diversification; and the improvement of health, research, and recreational facilities in the Province. In 1976, the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund was established, and a portion of these royalties was deposited as long-term investments to be used to meet unanticipated future needs. Is most famous for his fights with the federal government during the energy wars.<\/div>\n

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