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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1987
Page
1
Elevator crash kills laborers in Toronto Bank of Nova Scotia tower
Two labourers were killed when a construction elevator broke a cable and plummeted to the top of a 45 storey Bank of Nova Scotia tower site in downtown Toronto. Witnesses reported a counterweight detached just after the doors closed at ground level near Bay and King Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Financial District
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bay and
King Streets
Woman allegedly led followers to mass suicide in Yongin attic
A woman named Park Soon-ja, 48, who claimed to be a god, persuaded 27 women and 4 men to drink poison and die by their own actions. Police found her and most victims in an attic above a handicraft factory and small school she ran in Yongin, near Seoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
AFP
Park Soon-ja
Park
Yongin
Aquino Loyalists Crush Coup in Manila
Government forces captured the last mutinous troops at military headquarters after crushing the coup attempt against President Corazon Aquino. Coup leader and hundreds of rebels remained at large while Gen. Fidel Ramos said the Manila area was nearly under control 32 hours after about 800 rebels attacked the presidential compound bases and the state broadcast center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Corazon Aquino
Fidel Ramos
Rail workers in Medicine Hat return after five day strike derailed
Canada wide rail strike ended by royal assent on Friday. In Medicine Hat five unions halted picketing and workers returned to duty at 3 28 a m after the back to work order became law. First freight trains moved east by 9 a m as CP Rail said operations returned to normal amid 500 angry union members ongoing nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Medicine Hat
North Railway Street
S.E
Bill Cowling
Medicine Hat Associated Railway Unions
Bers
Alberta
Cowley
Steve Morris
CP Rail
Calgary
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Parliament Hill
Jim Barlow
Via Rail
Cowling
Murder charges planned for two in Woodward case
Medicine Hat police say Calvin Harvey Smoker and Daniel Gingras will face first degree murder and abduction charges in the death of Wanda Lee Woodward who disappeared August 14 and was found south of Medicine Hat. They also face charges for the Aug. 14 armed robbery of a Division Avenue Canada Safeway. Funeral arrangements set for Woodward with details given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Harvey Smoker
Daniel Gingras
Wanda Lee Woodward
Medicine Hat
Larry Brink
Woodward
Premiers stand firm on Meech Lake accord
Canada’s premiers wrap up their two day meeting with no plan to amend the Meech Lake accord as Premier Hatfield says the deal should proceed. They cite legal advice favoring maintaining the accord and preserving individual rights while inviting groups to raise concerns. Quebec Premier Bourassa lauds renewed Canadian solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint John
N.B
Meech Lake
Quebec
Canada
New Brunswick
Richard Hatfield
Hatfield
Supreme Court
Robert Bourassa
Bourassa
Joe Ghiz
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
David Peterson
Trade talks end with modest progress and lingering deadlines
Canadian negotiator Simon Reisman said week-long free trade talks produced much text and several issues now have common draft language. Major disputes likely await the Oct. 5 U.S. Congress deadline as negotiations shrink toward possible heads of state contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Ont
Simon Reisman
Reisman
Transport Canada
Ottawa
St. Lawrence
Congress
Washington
Brian Mulroney
Ronald Reagan
Murphy
Canada
U.S
Canadians split on strikes yet back unions overall poll says
A national Angus Reid survey of 1 504 adults conducted June 18 24 finds 71 percent say there are too many strikes in Canada while 56 percent view unions as a good thing. Regional views vary with Atlantic Canada most concerned and British Columbia most favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Macqueen
Ttam News
Ottawa
Canada
Angus Reid Associates
National Postal Service
Canada Post
National Rail
B.C
Atlantic Canada
British Columbia
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Reery
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Christopher Young
City News
Doonesbury
Ruth Westheimer
Teres Reee
Seeenene
Seee
Gordon Wright
Ivan Filanti
Peereeerrerry
Sbeee
Emeee
Bee Reneeseernaee
Mike Royko
Fede
Peter Mehrer
Peer E
Ranee
Robert de St. Croix
Seneca
Gingras
Brink
Graham Dowling
Edmonton City
Woodwars
Craig Hartsburg
Czechoslovakia
Vladimir Ruzicka
Olympic Saddledome
Story
Poll
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