25 Aug 1995
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1995
Page
1
Aspen police investigated a hoax article about a wild female suspect roaming bars and injuring men. Editor Curtis Robinson said a reporter drafted the piece as a prank for his girlfriend, then misplaced it in the wrong file before it reached the front page.
Critics say shutting Calgary and expanding CFB Edmonton will cost taxpayers 500 million or more, far above the 100 million official estimate. Peter Mortimer-Rae of Cost Analyses Saves Tax argues moving two regiments could push total to around 300 million, possibly reaching half a billion. Base spokesman Capt. Bernie Dionne defends the 100 million figure.
Police found three children aged two, three and seven months alone in a Hamilton Ontario apartment. The two older girls were tied to a chair and a crib while a 25 year old mother was arrested on child abandonment charges. The Children’s Aid Society took the kids into care.
Wildlife crews from Alberta and Canada continue removing dead and dying ducks at Lake Pakowki where botulism has killed about 500 birds this week. Technicians warn maggots can kill a duck in 12 hours and note the site is a major migration staging area. The work, costly and exhausting, aims to reduce fatalities before colder weather halts the botulism bloom.
RCMP dismissed a rebel Indian groups plea for immunity from charges as unacceptable and warned of a possible armed clearance of the Gustafsen Lake camp in central British Columbia. Ovide Mercredi was to visit the site as tensions rose after gunfire near a surveillance helicopter.
As Windows 95 hits the market, dealers like Dave Archer of JD Computing in Port Elgin fear backlash from buyers despite positive reviews. On the Internet a clash erupts between Microsoft supporters and opponents of OS-2 with AMMO staging a fiery Bill Gates roast.
A California firm and Allied Adjustment Bureau were found to violate Utah style debt collection laws. The Driscols received 9 million in punitive damages and 2 million in actual damages for threats and harassing calls over a 2000 debt. Household must pay since Allied folded.
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