25 Aug 1994
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1994
Page
1
Margaret Glasscock volunteers as a low tech dogfly lure in Gulf Breeze Florida. If five stinging flies land on her within a minute officials are alerted and a plane with bug spray is dispatched to combat the swarm.
Alberta Liberal president Brendan Dunphy says Calgary Mayor Al Duerr cannot run for the party leadership because he lacks a current party membership card. A new rule requires a valid card by Aug 1 plus a $2000 deposit and 100 signatures. Duerr previously held a Conservative card. The rule change tightens eligibility for would‑be candidates.
Liberal MP Derek Lee said a Commons subcommittee will hold public hearings on a paid CSIS informant allegedly spying for the Reform party CBC and the Heritage Front. The inquiry centers on Grant Bristow, linked to the Heritage Front and employed as a security guard for Preston Manning.
CBC reported Bristow met three times with Tom Metzger, leader of a violent white supremacist group, sharing money and details on Canadian Jewish groups. An Oregon court had ordered Metzger to pay 5 million to the family of a black man beaten by skinheads. Canada’s Jewish congress called the disclosures dangerous while Toronto Star defied an RCMP order to return a CSIS document.
A bag with canceled cheques and deposit slips vanished on the way to Calgary, affecting Medicine Hat and Bay area branches. Bank officials pursue an audit trail, while Kim Scott learns his $15,000 deposit was lost, leaving questions about the extent of losses and affected customers.
Los Angeles district attorney confirms a grand jury will investigate Al Cowlings and notes possible evidence could implicate O J Simpson. No indictment planned against Cowlings, who was driving during the highway chase.
Hubert Le Bosquain a 44 year old Calgary systems analyst survived a plane crash in the Yukon near Whitehorse with passenger Peter Fox of Hinton. The Mooney 20 broke apart after engine failure at 12 000 feet and landed in a creek. They rationed M and M candies at 15 a day and were rescued Tuesday about 6 pm. The couple hope Claudine their 11 month old daughter will meet her father before her first birthday.
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