06 Dec 1993
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1993
Page
1
Three year old black and white tabby Cody owned by Joanne Harman arrived back in Kelowna after a three week trip to Winnipeg. The feline rode on a moving van by mistake when Harman's roommate moved. Canadian Regional Airlines covered the $72.87 shipping cost.
Catherine Bergeron remembers Genevieve who died in the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique shootings. Genevieve loved engineering and clarinets, and Catherine recalls her laughter and singing amid the tragedy and the fourth anniversary vigils nationwide.
An armed man burst into the Calgary workers compensation board, released all but one hostage and began negotiating with police after firing two shots to mark his demand. A security guard helped keep calm as authorities cordoned off the area and assessed the situation.
Halvin Cardinal, after four family members drown when their car sank into an ice covered lake near Calling Lake, pleads for welfare and funeral support. He recounts poverty, sleeping in the car, and his failing attempts to get help from Social Services minister Mike Cardinal while balancing work and care for the remaining child Brittany. Premier Klein promises investigation.
A federal report on compensation and recovery for the Atlantic fishery proposes tighter unemployment insurance UI rules targeting full time professional fishermen. It calls for tailored benefits, income reporting changes, and early retirement options for those over 50, aiming to reduce costs and boost industry reemployment.
Joe Laxton testified at a provincial inquiry that former premier Richard Hatfield offered money for sex through Karl Toft after Laxton’s release from Kingsclear reform school in 1970. Laxton, abused repeatedly by Toft, described a ride in a lime green Bricklin and a coercive offer that he rejected.
In Edmonton Blair Clinton and Roy Beyer used telemarketing to recruit parishioners for a new Victory Church. They organized 10 phones, 10,000 budget, and 20,000 house calls over a month with volunteers. Callers announced a new church and offered information to unaffiliated residents.
Associate pastor Clinton explains the church’s strategy to attract new members by a telephone mail-out plan. More than 1,850 people showed interest in receiving the package, with 245 attending the first Royal West Edmonton Inn service in September. The campaign targets a 10 percent response and 10 percent attendance, previously successful in Calgary.
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