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14 Aug 1986
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Medicine Hat News in Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1986
Page
1
Bank of Canada rate slips to 8.53 as dollar steadies
The Bank of Canada lowers its key rate to 8.53 percent after the Canadian dollar strengthens to about 72.12 cents US on Thursday, following a brief dip below 72 cents earlier in the week. The rate has fluctuated all summer as the currency shows resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Toronto
Canada
Vander Zalm reshapes cabinet with three new faces
British Columbia premier Bill Vander Zalm introduces three new ministers to a smaller cabinet while taking on the finance portfolio. Bill Reid becomes tourism minister Rita Johnston leads municipal affairs and Jack Davis assumes energy. The new cabinet sworn in by Lt Governor Robert Rogers has 19 ministers, one fewer than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Bill Vander Zalm
Bill Bennett
Vander Zalm
Bill Reid
Rita Johnston
Jack Davis
Reid
Johnston
Davis
Social Credit
Robert Rogers
Refugees From Sri Lanka Arrive in Canada Under Scrutiny
In Montreal volunteers sort clothing as 154 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees arriving from Newfoundland prepare for onward moves to Montreal or Toronto. Sun Youth will shelter and feed them for a month, while officials vet their asylum claims amid disputes over where the voyage began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
South Asia
Newfoundland
Dorval
Toronto
Sun Youth
Sun
Earl Delaperralle
Canada
Nalliah Wijayanathan
Jaffna
Asia
Wijayanathan
India
West Germany
France
Calais
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Indian Ocean
Jerrett Letto
Germany
Noreen Stevens at center of conflict inquiry in Canada
Bank records and witnesses describe Noreen Stevens as having direct involvement in the day to day York Centre accounts after her husband Sinclair Stevens joined the federal cabinet. Bank managers testified that her role increased confidence in the troubled York Centre and that a $2.6 million loan was connected to a firm linked to her husband’s department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Coyle
Toronto
Noreen Stevens
York Centre Corp
Sinclair
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Stevens
York Centre
Roland Wagg
Wagg
Judge presses action over Alberta Labor Act dispute at Gainers
Edmonton Ontario? Court of Queen's Bench Justice James Cavanagh urged Labor Minister Ian Reid and Attorney General Jim Horsman to address alleged Alberta Labor Act violations by Gainers Inc. workers. Ten strikers were arrested for secondary picketing in front of a northeast Edmonton sausage plant as part of a larger protest by Local 280 P UFCW. More than 1,000 Gainers employees have been on strike since June 1 seeking parity with other Canadian packing plants. owner Peter Pocklington has said parity is unaffordable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Court of Queen’s Bench
Ian Reid
Jim Horsman
Gainers Inc
Gainers
Canada
Peter Pocklington
Minister of Labor
James Cavanagh
Reid
Cavanagh
Horsman
280-P
United Food and Commercial Workers
Ed Seymour
Bomb rocks Markham shopping plaza injures none
A large blast at Markham Village Plaza damaged or destroyed about 20 stores in a $9 million shopping center on Highway 48. No injuries were reported. Police described the explosion as caused by a huge explosive device and noted windows breaking and a wall movement. The mall owner Manuel Elkind received a cryptic call after the blast. One restaurant partner, Roy Whiston, narrowly escaped. he was thrown to the ground but unharmed. Police and experts surveyed debris to determine origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markham
Ont
Toronto
Barry Delaney
York Region
Markham Village Plaza
Delaney
Manuel Elkind
Elkind
Elks Stores Ltd
Grafton Group Ltd
Elks
Sam Elkind
Darrell Burbine
Study finds no link between birth control pills and breast cancer
A large study of over 9 000 women finds no evidence that oral contraceptives raise breast cancer risk even in those with higher baseline risk. Researchers note long term effects remain uncertain and advise continued scrutiny despite reassuring results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Richard Lattin
U.S
Centres For Disease Control
Shapiro
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Eees
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John Ferguson
Keith Spicer
Lifestyles
Dbae
Teagan
Grafeite
RCMP
Benoit Bouchard
Bouchard
Sri Lanka
Sivagnanam
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St. John’s
Nld
Marlys Edwards
Commission
Sters
Anton Czapka
Magna
Bomb Rocks
Lattin
Samuel Shapiro
Boston University Drug Epidemiology Unit
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