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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1995
Page
1
Police in Brindisi Italy seized a plate of pasta and cited trattoria owners for serving animal food to diners. They found 67 five kilogram bags of dog food, a dog-food pasta popular with Italian pet owners, along with vintage canned tomatoes and salmon expired in 1993.
Cyanide waste from Cambier Inc. mine near Omai spills into Guyana’s Essequibo River, more than 12 billion litres by Tuesday, endangering 18 000 residents. Officials urge avoiding fish and livestock, while bottled water distribution begins and authorities declare an environmental disaster.
Justice Minister Allan Rock orders a fall review with hearings across the country to reform the act. Critics urge real changes to free legal aid, parental accountability, and courts' power to assess finances, amid calls for broader adult-trial options and lower offender numbers.
Alberta Health projects medicare payments to doctors will exceed last year’s budget by up to 50 million as physicians bill more after 1995 cutbacks. The Alberta Medical Association cites a 10 million overrun, while government cuts prescriptions. cabinet demands further 13 percent reductions to meet the fiscal target.
Newfoundland premier Clyde Wells floats a plan to tax excess health care use as a way to rein in spending. He suggests a computer generated T4 style notice reporting medical value and a tax on the portion beyond an established standard.
17 year old Mike Wright fled from Crofton Kentucky aboard a train Aug 14. He rode a boxcar to Evansville Indiana, was locked inside a produce car for a week, then freed by railroad workers Les Stuplich and Jackie Dunlap in the Hinkle yard near Hermiston Oregon. He survived dehydration and hunger and was hospitalized before reunion with his family.
The Toronto jury prepares to retire to decide Bernardo's fate in the first degree murder case that began May 18. Justice LeSage urged jurors to keep an open mind as closing arguments and final charges proceed. The Crown alleges Bernardo and Karla Homolka killed Kristen French while Bernardo defends his lack of perturbed reaction on a videotape.
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