23 Apr 1998
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1998
Page
1
The 1998 Golf Guide in the Medicine Hat News offers updated facts and figures on area courses. It helps readers plan play days and stay informed on local golf news and course developments.
Five white supremacists face second degree murder charges in British Columbia after Nirmal Singh Gill was beaten and found in the Guru Nanak temple parking lot. The accused, all with shaved heads, belong to a White Power group aligned with Aryan Nations and Heritage Front.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien warned MPs to support a party line vote on whether to extend hepatitis C compensation. Reform proposes broader coverage, while opposition parties call for a free vote and accuse the government of moral failure. The plan currently covers only tainted blood recipients from 1986 to 1990.
Medicine Hat hosts a provincial gambling summit with 150 delegates from across Alberta. Harley Johnson chairs the event aiming to surface issues, while opponents push for a province wide plebiscite on VLTs. Local bar owner John Hashem seeks clarity amid concerns of misinformation. Both Horch and Hashem will not attend.
Alberta adults gamble frequently with lotteries and raffles the most popular form. Per capita spending on lotteries and gaming tops Canada at about 1344 dollars yearly. The summit aims to discuss all forms of gambling including VLTs and to reach a fact based consensus by Saturday noon.
An Edmonton area farm has started mixing old Molson beer into cattle feed as part of a recycling program by Molson Breweries. Environmental specialist Peter Rochefort says neighbors need not worry about drunken cows, as tests show cattle absorb beer without rising blood alcohol.
Moisture from recent snowfall has dampened fears of a severe grassfire season in eastern Alberta. Hat fire department notes a 11 a.m. blaze near South Ridge was caused by out of control material burning. Alberta Environment Minister Ty Lund warns of potential high fire risk in northern forests near Medicine Hat.
Dennis Mann of Cypress emergency services says the mild winter lowers fire risk but dryness keeps residents alert. The district has eight volunteer fire departments and three under contract while Alberta Environmental Protection handles most forest fires and contractors’ aircraft stand ready.
A Canadian Press survey shows most Canadians expect modest retirement wealth with 59 percent predicting net worth under $250 000. Anne Jewett of Deloitte calls the outlook bleak as estimates may be unreliable and a 250 000 nest egg could yield about 12 500 yearly at five percent real return.
In Calgary and across Alberta doctors detailing discontent with an eight per cent fee increase. Surgeons and anesthetists in Lethbridge oppose the deal arguing for eight per cent first year and two per cent yearly rises.
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