Weather Outlook Sunny With Light Showers Likely
Sunday forecast calls for sunny skies with a 10 percent chance of rain. High near 23 and low around 5 with maps on page A7.
22 Aug 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1987
Page
1
Sunday forecast calls for sunny skies with a 10 percent chance of rain. High near 23 and low around 5 with maps on page A7.
District resident Gordon Currence, 41, was charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife Helen Currence, 35, shot during a domestic dispute 3.7 kilometres south of Dunmore. He is remanded in Medicine Hat Hospital, with an appearance set for September 29 in Medicine Hat Provincial Court. An autopsy is pending to determine cause and time of death. Helen will be buried Tuesday at the Vauxhall Mennonite Brethren Church.
Irvine residents joined a wide search after Wanda Lee Woodward disappeared last Friday. About 80 of the town's 360 residents combed the gravel pit area south of Medicine Hat where her pickup was found on Monday.
Negotiators vow round the clock talks to avert a strike by 48 000 workers that could shut down Canada’s two national railways and halt Via Rail passenger service. The Associated Railway Unions threaten action Monday, risking major economic disruption across freight and import flows, with Western Canada heavy on grain coal and potash shipments.
A Angus Reid poll of 1,521 Canadians shows the NDP led with 44 percent among decided voters, Liberal and Conservative support falling as Ed Broadbent’s appeal grows. Voters expect an NDP government within 10 years, while NATO opposition remains a minority issue.
A secret U.S. Commerce memo states the United States seeks an end to Canadian government subsidies to industry as a condition of a free-trade deal. The document warns subsidies at federal and provincial levels must end, threatening Alberta oil diversification and regional aid programs.
Premier Grant Devine says Potash Corp of Saskatchewan may be sold after the U S imposed preliminary duties of up to 85.2 percent on Canadian potash. He notes selling four mines bought in 1977 and 1979 is a major alternative and Saskatchewan leaders call the ruling devastating to the province’s economy.
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