12 Aug 1993
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1993
Page
1
About 10,000 Elvis fans converge in Memphis for a weeklong Elvis Week ending with the Aug. 16 death anniversary. The seventh annual impersonator contest has 128 entrants from Belgium, England, Japan and the United States, led by organizer Ed Franklin.
A Mexican government advisory warns talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement have hit a breaking point. Ottawa cites U S and Canadian pressure over environmental and labor accords as blocking progress. Prime Minister Kim Campbell rejects compromise on side deals, delaying efforts to win U S congressional approval for the three nation bloc valued at about seven trillion dollars annually. The advisory notes Mexico faces sovereignty challenges amid the dispute.
Ontario Court of Appeal blocks PWA Corp from dissolving the Gemini reservation network with Air Canada. The court upheld a a lower court ruling that rejected insolvency grounds. PWA needs Gemini intact to secure a $246 million AMR investment and entry into Sabre system.
Calgary acute care centers face rising bed blocker costs as elderly patients wait in high priced beds for months before moving to auxiliary facilities or nursing homes. Hospital leaders urge Round Table talks in Red Deer to address the backlog and potential bed closures to save millions.
Barry Link reports a strong Perseid display as Medicine Hat Astronomy Club and the public watched from Sun Ridge Observatory. Observers saw up to 200 meteors per hour between 12:30 and 1:30 a.m., with Canada’s Royal Astronomical Society noting over 100 per hour in Newfoundland and colored fireballs.
Audrey McLaughlin defended an NDP pre election video produced in the United States. The five minute piece costing about 40000 dollars criticized Ottawa for jobs lost under Free Trade. She said Canadians will see her differently and rejected claims the party sent jobs south by using an American production house.
The Alberta government reduces its car fleet by 18 saving up to 445000 this year. Cabinet ministers remain the only elected officials to receive government cars while deputy ministers and senior staff keep eligibility. Liberal leader Decore criticizes the move as token and questions recent cabinet appointments.
Prime Minister Kim Campbell appears to adopt Alberta Premier Ralph Klein's strategy, slashing cabinet size and proposing pension reforms to curb MPs from drawing pensions while in other federal jobs. Klein had already cut Alberta's pension for MLAs, signaling a political tactic noted by experts as symbolic in campaigning.
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