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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1986
Page
1
Hearing set for Harmen Scott McLeod and two accomplices
Harmen Scott McLeod 25 Randall Joseph McCurdy 29 and Colin McLeod 25 face preliminary hearings Sept 8–12 on one count each of trafficking cocaine and conspiracy to traffic. Fettig 22 and McCurdy also charged with narcotics counts. Fettig and McCurdy scheduled Sept 22–26. The Hat men were arrested Mar 23 by Medicine Hat police and Lethbridge RCMP. McLeod remains in custody while Fettig and McCurdy are out on bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Colin McLeod
Randall Joseph McCurdy
Sherwin Fettig
McCurdy
Fettig
Medicine Hat Police
Lethbridge Rcmp
McLeod
Gasoline leak linked to string of blasts in Saint John
Investigators traced the gasoline leak to underground lines between storage tanks and a downtown Irving Oil gas bar. Leaking fuel entered the sewer system, causing four major explosions that destroyed three buildings and damaged several more, evacuating about 2000 residents. No deaths or injuries reported. Damage cost not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint John, N.B
Elsie Wayne
Irving
Island voters boot Liberal surge over Tory rule
In Charlottetown Prime Minister Jim Lee faced a crushing defeat as Prince Edward Island voters shifted to Joe Ghiz and the Liberals. Ghiz won 21 seats to the Conservatives 11 with Liberals taking about 50 percent of the vote and the NDP about four percent. Lee called the result surprising as he acknowledged strong local representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottetown
Jim Lee
Prince Edward Island
Lee
Joe Ghiz
Canada
Ghiz
Liberals
Tories
NDP
Wilfred MacDonald
Queens
Island
Brian Mulroney
Mulroney
Ontario
Quebec
P.E.I
Rose Ellen
Bidder loses inside track on highway twinning project
SHERI MURPHY reports the City Council overturned the engineering and bidding boards to retender a 6.2 million highway twinning contract. Volker Stevin claims unfair advantage due to geotechnical data sharing with rivals including South Rock. Doug Bauman and South Rock allege bid bias. council cites political maneuvering and contemplates court action or provincial grant risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheri Murphy
News Council
Ken Quinn
Volker Stevin Contracting Ltd
Council
Doug Bauman
South Rock Ltd
South Rock
Quinn
Bauman
Hardy and Associates
Volker Stevin
Delcan
Inquiry exposes alcoholic's past in rail disaster
Edmonton CP report cites Foisy inquiry testimony that freight train engineer Jack Hudson 48 had a history of alcohol abuse affecting his work leading to the Feb 8 collision near Hinton that killed 23 people. Hudson entered rehab in January 1985, returned to work, then suffered pancreatitis and jaundice later that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Hinton
Jack Hudson
Canadian National Railways
Geoffrey Pretty
Hudson
Pretty
Rene Foisy
Alberta Court of Queen's Bench
CN Rail
Tigers Face Crucial Game In WHL Final at Prince Albert
Medicine Hat trails Prince Albert 2-1 in the Western Hockey League best-of-seven final after a 5-3 loss. Centers Neil Brady and Rob DiMaio miss Game 4 with ear infection and shoulder bruise, leaving Randy Siska and Wayne Hynes to fill in. The 3,567 crowd watched the defending Memorial Cup champions, with captain Al Conroy serving a 10-minute misconduct, as Tigers push to even the series tonight at 6:30 PM MST at Communiplex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Jang
Prince Albert
Medicine Hat Tigers
Prince Albert Raiders
Tigers
Neil Brady
Rob DiMaio
Western Hockey
Brady
DiMaio
Medicine Hat
Randy Siska
Wayne Hynes
al Conroy
Russ Farwell
DiMaro
Doug Sauter
Senate finance vote on Canada U.S. freer trade delayed
The U S Senate finance committee postponed a vote on freer trade with Canada after realizing they were one vote short of the needed 10 to approve. Nine senators expressed support for launching talks, while Senator William Armstrong of Colorado balked over imports from the Soviet bloc made with forced labor. A Wednesday vote is anticipated as lobbying continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Senate Finance Committee
Ronald Reagan
Brian Mulroney
Mulroney
United States
Reagan
Senate
William Armstrong
R-Colo
Armstrong
U.S
Federal cabinet eyed oil tax cut to aid industry
Ottawa sources say the federal cabinet will decide this week on reducing the Petroleum and Gas Revenue Tax from 10 percent to five or six percent to aid Alberta and Saskatchewan amid crude price collapse. The move, tied to royalty cuts by provinces, could cost the treasury about 400 million, with price stabilization and loan guarantees also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Warren Caragata
Ottawa
Alberta
Toronto
Tory
Saskatchewan
Pat Carney
Federal Treasury
Michael Wilson
Carney
United States
Hibernia
Newfoundland
Drawing Board
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Shakespeare
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Jasper
Alta
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Rod McLennan
Terry Simpson
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