Weather Forecast Wednesday Cloudy With Light Precipitation
Mainly cloudy conditions with a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Wednesday. High near 14 and low around 2 degrees, with map on page B3.
07 Apr 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1987
Page
1
Mainly cloudy conditions with a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Wednesday. High near 14 and low around 2 degrees, with map on page B3.
A tanker car carrying a highly volatile chemical was realigned and restored to track early Tuesday morning in Orillia Ontario avoiding evacuation. CN crews used a crane to lift wheels and reposition the cars after a derailment Monday near downtown. CN officials offered no cause for the incident.
Violence broke out as mourners clashed with police at the home of IRA figure Larry Marley in Belfast. A policeman and two mourners were injured and arrests made. In Magilligan prison 80 kilometres away, Protestant and Catholic inmates attacked officers during overnight rioting.
Premier Don Getty says Alberta may sell some Alberta Liquor Control Board outlets but will retain treasury branches and provincial hospitals. Treasurer Dick Johnston argues against private sector sale of treasury branches to avoid losing provincial control.
Reagan left Ottawa without pledging a treaty, saying he would consider a bilateral accord on acid rain with Canada. Mulroney urged a firm North American solution while acknowledging U S sources cause much of the issue. Congressional hurdles and cost figures loom large.
The U S embassy says an American consular official used a key to enter Mel Hurtig’s hotel suite in Ottawa during Ronald Reagan’s Ottawa visit. Hurtig reported an intruder as he packed for Edmonton, and the official, not a security officer, was verifying State Department rooms were ready.
Lawyer for Jim Keegstra argues that laws banning incitement of racial hatred are only needed if violence could follow. The Eckville high school teacher appeals his 1985 conviction and $5,000 fine for spreading hatred against Jews as the Alberta Court of Appeal weighs Charter rights against minority protections.
Ottawa Alberta MP David Kilgour bluntly accused the Progressive Conservatives of ignoring Western concerns and threatened to quit the party or cross to the opposition unless government patronage and contracts are reformed. Former Alberta caucus chair Jack Shields warned Kilgour’s actions could end his caucus access and trigger isolation from colleagues.
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