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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1987
Page
1
Bank rate unchanged by Bank of Canada at 9.24
Ottawa reports the Bank of Canada keeps the policy rate at 9.24 percent, leaving the level steady from the prior week. The decision maintains current borrowing costs for households and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Waite safe says Tehran reporter confirms alive
BBC reporter John Simpson, broadcasting from Iran, says high level Iranian sources confirm Church of England envoy Terry Waite, missing since January in Lebanon, is alive and well and that captors and Iranians want his safety. Canada Post faces possible strike as postmasters fear job losses and rural closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Broadcasting Corp
Tehran
Church of England
Terry Waite
Lebanon
Waite
John Simpson
Iran
Simpson
Winnipeg
Canada Post Corp
Lloyd Johnson
Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association
Johnson
Judge Rejects Sunday Shopping Rules In Saskatoon
Saskatoon provincial and city officials review options after Court of Queen's Bench justice rules laws restricting Sunday shopping unconstitutional. Justice Ross Wimmer finds the legislation violates rights of those observing Sabbath on Saturdays while upholding the bylaw barring extended store hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Court of Queen’s Bench
Ross Wimmer
Robbery suspect Smoker enters reserved plea in Medicine Hat case
Calvin Harvey Smoker a 40 year old man appeared under heavy police guard in provincial court this morning and reserved plea on a charge of armed robbery tied to an Aug 14 incident at Division Avenue Safeway Store in Medicine Hat. He identified himself and set a plea date for Sept 17 at 2 PM. Security surrounded the courthouse as officers frisked entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernaye Heaft
Hugh Macaulay
The
Calvin Harvey Smoker
Medicine Hat
Division Avenue
Smoker
Medicine Hat Remand Centre
Edmonton
Wanda Lee Woodward
Daniel Gingras
Wetaskiwin
Gingras
Edmonton Institute
Grande Cache
Larry Brink
Woodward
RCMP
Francis
Bill orders end to rail strike ends weeks of dispute
The government bill to end the rail strike could take effect 12 hours after approval by both houses, possibly allowing trains to roll by Saturday. The Commons debate is planned today while the Senate is recalled for 2 p.m. Friday to vote on the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commons
Senate
Debate closure delayed as rail strike shift edges forward
Ottawa moved to close debate today on drug legislation but paused to push through a bill ending the national rail strike. Labor Minister Cadieux and MPs weighed unanimous consent while New Democrats and Liberals weighed amendments and timing for royal assent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Doug Lewis
Government House
The
Commons
Mo- Mayer Tion
Senate
New Democrats
Charles Mayer
Canadian Wheat Board
Principal Group investors face 35 to 40 percent losses
Edmonton liquidator John Ryan told about 2,000 investors from Associated Investors of Canada and First Investors Corp that they will likely lose 35 to 40 cents on the dollar. He expects an interim 30 percent payment by mid September and a full dividend by September 15, with the rest realized over two to three years from assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Principal Group Ltd
John Ryan
Coopers and Lybrand
Associated Investors of Canada
First Investors Corp
Ryan
Edmonton Northlands
Associated
First Investors
Principal Group
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Court
Premiers Stand Behind Meech Lake Accord Confidence Grows
SAINT JOHN N B Canada's premiers press backing for the Meech Lake accord as Pierre Trudeau opposes it. Hatfield says he is interested in Trudeau's Senate committee appearance while others defend the deal amid concerns on women's rights and minority protections. They meet amid talks on Senate reform and free trade with no immediate plan to reopen the accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint John
N.B
Canada
Meech Lake
Pierre Trudeau
Richard Hatfield
Commons
Senate Committee On
New Brunswick
Trudeau
Prince Edward Kcone
Joe Ghiz
Brian Mulroney
Quebec
Newfoundland
Brian Peckford
Peckford
Confederation
Ontario
David Peterson
Hatfield
Ghiz
P.E.I
British Columbia
Bill Vander Zalm
Manitoba
Howard Pawley
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Ann Landers
el Bridge
Doonesbury
Paul Tamemoto
Wanda Woodward
Bill
Labor
Pierre Cadieux
Liberal
New Democratic Party
NDP
Rod Murphy
Nelson Riis
Andre Ouellet
Cadieux
Division Avenue Safeway
Arnie Francis
Denis Benoit
Lyle Ammann
Ammann
Frank Webber
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