05 Dec 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1986
Page
1
Ebeneezer Scrooge is highlighted in a holiday entertainment feature on Focus page 5. The piece spotlights his role in seasonal performances and the broader yuletide ensemble.
The weather page notes clearing skies with a high around minus four and a low near minus fifteen. A small chance of precipitation was recorded for Saturday, with the forecast appearing on Map Page B3.
In Bogota a 52-year-old man killed his mother then shot at residents and an Italian restaurant before police killed him. Twenty seven people died and six were wounded. In New Delhi seven feared dead after a Sikh temple clash as a truck plowed into police lines and police fired on rioters.
Three U S nuclear attack submarines surfaced at the geographic North Pole on May 6 triggering a diplomatic row with Canada over whether the Northwest Passage is international waters. Washington says passages are international. Ottawa refused to confirm routes amid security.
Vancouver CP reports a possible settlement in the five month long BC woodworkers strike was undermined by a major snag after a long meeting. International Woodworkers of America leader Jack Munro said progress exists but no agreement yet. A next meeting was planned with deputy labor minister Graham Leslie as a go-between. The key issue remains contracting work.
The Conservative majority on a Commons committee suspends hearings on Canada Post to avoid political embarrassment. Opposition MPs accuse cabinet pressure while Canada Post faces a plan for service cuts and higher rates. The panel will continue with the post office's rate proposal review.
Ottawa orders Canada Post to stop installing new supermail boxes until locks are secure after reports one key could open multiple slots. Bernard Valcourt said the delay and quality controls will continue as Canada Post fixes faulty tumblers and limited lock variety affecting about 20 percent of 7,600 locations.
Farley Mowat urged against wolf cull in Grande Cache Willmore area arguing wolves are vital to barren land. Conservation groups blame humans for caribou declines and call for stricter protections while noting wolves kill few caribou compared with hunting poaching highways and logging.
A Statistics Canada survey 1984 shows about 75 percent of lone parents are female. The report notes fewer women have post secondary education and work experience, linking widowhood and lone parenthood to a feminization of poverty. Lone female parents more often start work young and have early births, with many separated or divorced.
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