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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1995
Page
1
Ray Shackleton searched for Agnes his wife after she vanished from Newcastle upon Tyne home after eight weeks of marriage. He found her living with another man across the road, leaving him shocked and without explanation.
Canadian transplant experts note a slowdown in donor availability due to improved road safety and brain injury treatment. In 1994 Canada performed 1,426 transplants, up only slightly from 1993, while 138 died waiting. Doctors now accept older donors to offset shortages.
Public Service Alliance of Canada president Daryl Bean says 79.7 percent of members backed a work to rule in ballot last month. The move targets Ottawa’s bid to override job protections and trim 45 000 public servants over three years. Members urged cutting nonessential tasks and free overtime. Some services may delay for businesses while seniors would be most affected.
The Las Vegas Posse will sit out the 1995 CFL season after failed talks to sell and relocate the team. The league plans a dispersal draft and a 13 team schedule as it seeks a new owner, with a possible return in 1996 if a purchase agreement succeeds.
Medicine Hat plans a swap of half its heavy oil interests for a 4.2 million cubic feet per day natural gas property owned by Amber Energy Calgary. The deal includes a $2.5 million cash investment and a shared development program to extract remaining oil, pending municipal and provincial approval.
Debroah Grey the Reform MP and the only Reform MP eligible for a pension pleads for release from the MPs pension scheme saying the current and proposed options keep her in the trough. She argues she is trapped by lucrative retirement benefits while Prime Minister Jean Chretien declines assurances on her exit. The Liberal government proposes opt out for new MPs but keeps benefits for those with six years service.
Spain rejects proposed EU Canada turbot accord as Ottawa seeks conservation measures monitoring and a fair quota share. EU spokesman Marco Zatterin says further effort is needed while Spain and Portugal remain EU members in the bargaining over fishing rights.
Officials said the draft accord failed to meet Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization rules and UN law limits. Ambassador Javier Elorza criticized the deal as based on statements rather than objective criteria. Canada faces travel disruptions as families are deported from Madrid and groups cancel planned tours.
In northeastern Burundi a brutal attack killed about 150 people, mostly women and children, with survivors saying assailants wore army uniforms. U S Ambassador Krueger described severities including a child shot in the face and another with exposed brain after the attack.
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