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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1987
Page
1
Clark refuses Mandela meeting in South Africa
Ottawa reports the South African government refused External Affairs Minister Joe Clark's request to meet imprisoned anti apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. Clark, en route to meet Foreign Minister Pik Botha, said the decision was not surprising and aims to discuss Canada’s opposition to apartheid in talks and dialogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Joe Clark
Nelson Mandela
External Affairs Department
Clark
Pik Botha
Mandela
Botha
Canada
Edmonton
Africa
Plane crashes into McDonald’s near Munich airport
A light twin engined Piper Cheyenne crashed into a McDonald’s restaurant near Munich Reim airport, killing six and injuring many. Police report range of dead from six to fifteen as rescue workers seek details. The crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. local time 1.5 kilometers southwest of the runways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
West Germany
McDonald’s
Richard Schrer
Reim
Schrer
Bankruptcy hits Principal Group in Edmonton collapse
Principal Group Ltd filed for bankruptcy in Edmonton after Alberta froze assets 41 days earlier, risking over 200 million dollars for 67 000 investors in uninsured contracts. Alberta Treasurer Dick Johnston cited losses across multiple units, including life insurance and real estate subsidiaries, with 80 to 85 million owed to unsecured creditors and most investors concentrated in Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Principal Group Ltd
Alberta
Dick Johnston
CORM
Boy Scouts of Canada
Principal Group
First Investors Corp
Associated Investors of Canada Ltd
Kenneth Marlin
Principal
Bronfman
Great Lakes Group Ltd
Don Cormie
Marlin
Johnston
City panel weighs 4.2 million PGRT reserve options
The Utilities Committee considers how to handle a 4.2 million reserve from gas tax overcollections to fund an energy tax. Ald. Sauer and Finance Manager Nicolay warn against spending until federal audits of six years are resolved, outlining three options and urging council input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Utilites
Bob Nicolay
Utilities Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Nicolay
Revenue Canada
PGRT
Finance Committee
Ald
Lyle Flynn
Utilities
Jim Hirsch
Council
Sauer
Parliament debuts refugee deterrents bill in Commons
The Deterrents and Detention Bill expands powers to detain claimants lacking ID and to expel security threats. It raises fines for smugglers and for companies bringing in undocumented people, in response to a July refugee surge in Nova Scotia. Detention could extend to seven days initially, with possible 21 more days or indefinite extensions, and up to 28 days for potential security threats under court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Benoit Bouchard
Gerry Weiner
Canada
Bouchard
Nova Scotia
Federal Court of Canada
Britain to send four minesweepers to Persian Gulf
Defence Secretary George Younger announced four British minesweepers and a support ship would join the Armilla patrol to Bahrain. London said no commitment to US escort duties. the move follows mine threats and the Texaco Caribbean strike near Fujairah as Kuwaiti tanker convoys reach Kuwait waters with US escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Persian Gulf
U.S. Navy
Defence
George Younger
Armilla Patrol
Bahrain
United States
U.S
Gulf
Younger
Gulf of Oman
Europe
Texaco Caribbean
Fujairah
Fossil Expedition Seeks Bizarre Chinese Dinosaurs
Canadian and Edmonton paleontologists join Chinese researchers on a two month Gobi desert dig starting Aug 18 to uncover strange bird like dinosaurs with long necks and sloth like pelvis as part of the Canadian Chinese dinosaur project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne McIlroy
Southam News
Ottawa
China
Inner Mongolia
Gobi Desert
Edmonton
Dale Russell
Museum of Natural Sciences
Arctic
Clayton Kennedy
Museum of Natural Sciences Group
Russell
Cana
Zhiming Dong
Gobi
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