24 Aug 1996
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1996
Page
1
British broker Goodfellow Rebecca Ingrams Pearson announced a world first policy against extraterrestrial impregnation. For 210 Canadian dollars a year adults in Britain can insure against alien interference, with abduction payout around 220000 and coverage for both men and women.
Dispatchers in Edmonton misread amber warnings as a prank as 19 rail cars rolled off a siding in Edson Alberta toward a westbound freight. The collision killed three crewmen and left investigators citing possible signal vandalism or equipment failures as factors.
Brian Johnson and Sheila Patterson survived a Gaultheria Lake crash on Vancouver Island. Rescued by an RCMP helicopter, they described a glassy water landing and escaping the sunken plane. The family vacationed in Kyuquot when the Tuesday wreck occurred. their children learned of the news and then hoped for their parents' return.
Nine of ten premiers at the Jasper conference back plans to draft national social program guidelines with Ottawa. They seek flexibility and provincial control to adapt medicare and services while exploring a federal provincial council to craft a six month process.
In Saint Hyacinthe Quebec a Nissan rolled from a sloped driveway into the Yamaska River killing Maxime Gosselin age 3 and Yanna Tremblay age 4. Neighbors and divers could not save the children. The mother Chantal Gosselin remains hospitalized. Police say hand brake may have been engaged. The investigation continues.
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