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15 Aug 1987
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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 15, 1987
Page
1
Armed robbers hit Safeway on Division Avenue
Two men robbed a Division Avenue Safeway Friday night, one armed with a pistol, taking an undetermined amount of cash from a cashier. They fled on foot and were last seen near Sixth Street and Aberdeen Street S E. Police describe two 25 to 30 year old men of 58 to 72 kilograms with sandy blonde hair and varying heights. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division Avenue
Sixth Street
Aberdeen Street
S.E
Medicine Hat
Bob Skauge
Hat downpour makes Medicine Hat Alberta’s wettest day
A heavy rain in Alberta drenched Medicine Hat with 1.9 inches, the province’s worst and topping August's area average. Calgary and Lethbridge saw far less rain, while Medicine Hat did not break the 1896 one day record. Two Friday events were postponed but will proceed today including the Box Springs Rodeo first rounds and a Medicine Hat Blue Jays doubleheader against the Butte Copper Kings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Jean-Marc Couturier
Alberta Weather Services
Box Springs
Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Butte Copper Kings
Public opinion split over refugee arrivals and fairness
A Southam News poll taken Aug 7–11 shows 72 percent of Canadians want stronger action on the 174 East Asians who landed in Nova Scotia, with 61 percent citing unfair procedures as a key concern. The survey also finds equal splits on boat-back versus regular hearings for 100 newcomers from Poland or Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Maser
Southam News
Ottawa
Nova Scotia
Angus Reid Associates
Canada
Poland
Ethiopia
Principal Group assets in play as creditors seek repayment
Edmonton based Principal Group faces intercompany asset grabs as creditors press for repayment. Coopers Lybrand outlines a five class plan with investment contract holders first in line for liquidated assets while other creditors face slim recovery chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Don Logan
Principal Investors Protection Association
Logan
First Investors Corp
Associated Investors of Canada
Queen’s Bench
Coopers and Lybrand Ltd
Principal Group Ltd
First and Associated Investors
Principal Group
Coopers and Lybrand
Alberta
Dick Johnston
First
Associated
John Ryan
First and
Principal Savings and Trust
Canada Deposit Insurance Corp
Cuban Boxing Crowd Brawl Delays Pan American Event
Cuban boxers clashed with anti Castro demonstrators in the stands at Pan American boxing in Indianapolis. Ramon Delemos, 35, was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting police. Two Cuban American men were hospitalized for lacerations while CID members were questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps Howard News Service
Indianapolis
Pan American Boxing
Dayton, Ohio
Democratic
Ramon Delemos
Indianapolis Community Hospital
Pablo Romero
CID
Cuba
Canada offers peacekeeping help to Central America
Canada announces through its embassies in Costa Rica and Guatemala a government to government offer to assist in forming an international verification commission for the Central American peace plan. External Affairs Minister Joe Clark directs the outreach to five signatory nations and reiterates willingness to aid without direct military involvement, potentially providing unarmed border inspectors if invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Todd
Southam
San Jose
Mulroney
International Peace and Border Inspection Commission
Canada
Central America
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Joe Clark
Clark
Contadora Group
Mexico
Colombia
Panama
Venezuela
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Honduras
International Verification Commission
San Salvador
Cyprus
United Nations
Calgary researchers trace killer bacteria in foods
Public health workers in Calgary began weekly testing of meats dairy and other foods to trace a deadly E coli outbreak that has killed four Albertans this year. Tests target ham burger disease and barbecue syndrome with samples from supermarkets packing houses and restaurants analyzed at the Southern Alberta Provincial Laboratory of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Southern Alberta
John Waters
Director of Disease Control
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