15 Aug 1992
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1992
Page
1
In Baton Rouge smoke is being pumped into sewer lines to detect leaks causing residents to report possible bathroom fires. Fire crews have responded about four to five times daily this week, though testing is not causing actual fires. Officials say residents are informed but many aren’t home when smoke testing occurs.
The Echo Dale swimming lake will be fenced off this weekend after Alberta Health Unit reports high fecal coliform levels in the park pond. Aquatic services head Linda Bokstein said fresh water and chlorine will be circulated to reopen by late next week.
Canadian Airlines employees raise a payroll deduction plan to fund a 200 million stock purchase, prompting PWA Corp to delay its response to Air Canada’s merger offer. About 1,500 rallied outside PWA, with Canadians worried about 10,000 jobs and higher fares.
United Nations and United States gear up broader aid for Somalia where drought and civil war leave most of the population starving. A UN flight carrying 17 tons of biscuits reaches Baidoa while aid agencies report 500 to 700 deaths daily. up to one million people have fled the Horn of Africa since 1991.
UN forces escort eight trucks carrying 46 tonnes of food toward Gorazde as NATO limits troop deployment. The shipment follows stalled Brussels talks and sporadic fighting in Sarajevo with the USS Saratoga heading toward the Bosnian coast and another convoy toward Banja Luka.
The Assembly of First Nations accuses Prime Minister Mulroney and Quebec Premier Bourassa of undermining the July 7 aboriginal rights package. It cites a draft list of seven questions for premiers and warns the leaders may redefine self government and land rights. Coon Come accuses Bourassa of complicity and warns natives could block Meech Lake-like deals again.
A Angus Reid-Southam News poll found one in three Canadians back UN troops taking up arms in Bosnia Herzegovina to restore peace, with Alberta highest at 35 percent and British Columbia lowest at 22 percent.
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