15 Aug 1994
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1994
Page
1
A Winnipeg family exploring a newly bought lakeside cottage found parts of a human skeleton. RCMP Const. John Bergen said the bones were from an old anatomy student's work, assembled with wire to show bone maneuverability.
The Paris interior ministry says Carlos Ramirez Sanchez the Munich Olympic killer known as Carlos the Jackal was captured in Sudan and will be brought before French authorities. He faces life in prison for the 1975 killings and is linked to the 1972 Munich attack. Other blamed attacks include the 1983 Berlin culture centre assault.
Industry expert Bill Andrus warns the Confederation Life Insurance Co collapse will devastate policy holders with losses near 800 million. Regulators seized control of the 123 year old insurer. compensation limits under CompCorp cap retirement values at 60 000 per RASP and up to 200 000 per life policy.
In London Ontario four boys aged 9 to 11 died after a 30 metre cliff face collapsed while they built a sand castle at Sand Hills Park on Lake Erie's shore. Police describe the fall as a dune avalanche with up to twenty tonnes of sand burying the group. All victims were from Paris Ontario.
Quebec Liberal leader Daniel Johnson urged a TV leaders debate on sovereignty and tax breaks for homeowners while attacking the Parti Quebecois for avoiding independence on the agenda. He mocked a debate excluding sovereignty, while PQ leader Jacques Parizeau faced ethnic market tensions in Montreal amid booing from Liberal supporters.
The Woodstock '94 festival near Saugerties New York ends amid heavy rain and mud with 18 arrests, two deaths, and reports of a baby born during Dylan's twilight set. Canadian attendees praised the mood as peaceful, charitable acts spread among crowds of up to 350000.
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