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From Pacific Western to Trans Pacific: more evidence of how far Canada’s Conservatives have fallen

PHOTOS: All that remains of Pacific Western Airlines sits in a grain field northwest of Edmonton. Below: Alberta premier Peter Lougheed, looking sort of visionary. On this day in 1974, the Conservative government of Alberta took over Pacific Western Airlines. The takeover engineered by Premier Peter Lougheed and his cabinet wasn’t exactly a nationalization, but […]