John Weimer to lead Medicine Hat News as general manager
Russ Mills of Southam Newspaper Group announced John Weimer will become general manager of the Medicine Hat News on May 1, succeeding retiring George Willcocks. Weimer, 51, has 29 years with the News, most recently 27 as business manager, and is active in local groups. Willcocks, with Southam roots, retires after 36 years with the company but stays in Medicine Hat.
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Russ Mills
Southam Newspaper Group
John Weimer
Medicine Hat News
Weimer
George Willcocks
the News
Leader
Sask
Rose
Medicine Hat
Lions Club of
Willcocks
Southam
Toronto
Montreal
Calgary
Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Company
Barbara
Will
Lithuania closes refinery as Moscow imposes embargo
Lithuania began shutting its sole oil refinery in Vilnius amid Moscow’s embargo five days after the move blocked supplies. The plant will stop operations as fuel shipments halt and economic pressures rise across the region.
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Vilnius
U.S.S.R
Lithuania
Moscow
Nunziata links separatists to racists in Liberal forum
John Nunziata told Atlantic Liberals separatists are no better than racists and bigots, drawing the afternoon’s biggest ovation as Sheila Copps warned the comments would strain English French tensions. The report also covers Baltic crisis notes from Lithuania and Moscow on independence and possible Soviet force.
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Halifax
Jean Chretien
John Nunziata
Atlantic Liberals
Canada
Sheila Copps
Nunziata
Mazeikiai
Lithuania
Baltic Republic
Kremlin
Moscow
Vytautas Landsbergis
Landsbergis
Sergei Akhromeyev
Gorbachev
BBC Today
CF-18 Training Flights Grounded After West Coast Crash
Defence Minister orders 48 hour grounding of CF-18 training after a jet crashed off Vancouver Island. Pilot Capt. Hollis Tucker reported missing as search crews expand to five vessels, two planes, and a helicopter. As Canada reviews safety amid prior crashes, NORAD alert remains.
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Vancouver
Defence
Bill McKnight
Vancouver Island
Hollis Tucker
Agincourt
Ont
Jan Martinsen
Canadian Forces
Cold Lake
Alta
Victoria
McKnight
Ottawa
North American Aerospace Defence Command
NORAD
Karlsruhe
West Germany
Canada
Air Force
Tucker
Martinson
Cfb
Comox
Freed hostage polhill arrives in west germany after Beirut captivity
Former U S hostage Robert Polhill, freed after 1,183 days in captivity by pro Iranist captors in Beirut, lands at Rhein Main base in Wiesbaden. He is taken to a U S hospital for medical checks and debriefing as he recalls fellow captives and hopes for others’ release. His wife Feryal accompanies him amid celebration and sadness over remaining hostages.
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Robert Polhill
U.S
Frankfurt
Germany
Polhill
Lebanon
Wiesbaden
West Germany
Beirut
Rhein- Main
State Department
Beirut University College
Feryal
Damascus
City boy dies in stolen truck crash near Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat youth Tyronne Meyer 11 died after a stolen eastbound 1881 GMC truck rolled in a ditch on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Moose Jaw at 6:15 am. The driver, 14, is in stable condition. Meyer was pronounced dead at Plains Health Centre after transfer from Moose Jaw Union Hospital.
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Medicine Hat
Moose Jaw
Sask
Tyronne Meyer
Plains Health Centre
Regina
Moose Jaw Union Hospital
Meyer
Princess Ave. S.E
Jim Lavery
Highway 39
Lavery
Union Hospital
Jannine Brown
Banff hotel worker survives 250 metre waterfall plunge
An 18 year old Banff hotel worker Danny Houde survived a fall of more than 250 metres after an avalanche swept him toward Cascade Mountain waterfall in Banff Alberta. Two other men, Don Willamont and Wally Lamont, escaped with minor injuries. Houde is in critical but stable condition in Calgary's Foothills Hospital.
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Banff, Alta
Danny Houde
Calgary
Foothills
Keith Everts
Don Willamont
Wally Lamont
Willamont
Lamont
Houde
Banff
Cascade Mountain
Wally
Danny
Canadians toast Earth Day at UN reception in New York
Seven year old Amy Milne of Saskatoon sparks a global Earth Day push by toasting the Earth at a United Nations reception. Canadians march and plant trees in Vancouver Toronto and Montreal while millions join events in 136 countries.
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Amy Milne
Saskatoon
United Nations
New York
Amy
Vancouver
Toronto
Ontario
City
Asia
Pacific
Americas
Montreal
Ade
Tibet
Pierre Lacombe
Mathieu
Mount Royal
Temagami Forest
Mike Pepall
Karen Kain
Bruce Cockburn
Ottawa
Julia Langer
Friends of the Earth
Parliament Hill
Farley Mowat
Mowat
Nova Scotia
John Buchanan
Ecology Action Centre
Point Aconi
Cape Breton
Assiniboia Downs
Winnipeg
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