Weather Outlook Tuesday Sunny With Slight Chance of Rain
A brief weather index notes mainly sunny conditions on Tuesday with a 10 percent precipitation risk. Temperature highs reach 7 below zero and lows near 18 below, with map reference to page B4.
08 Dec 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1986
Page
1
A brief weather index notes mainly sunny conditions on Tuesday with a 10 percent precipitation risk. Temperature highs reach 7 below zero and lows near 18 below, with map reference to page B4.
A suspected robber was shot in the head by the owner during a Laval pharmacy break-in and is in critical condition. The owner and another person were questioned at a police station. Laval lies across the Rivieres des Prairies from Montreal. this marked the third such shooting in six weeks in Canada and second near Montreal in a month.
Palestinian news reports say Israeli soldiers killed a 12-year-old boy at a West Bank refugee camp. An official confirmed the death is under investigation as clashes across the occupied territories wounded eight others.
Secretary Shultz told the House committee he advised President Reagan against arms sales to Iran and knew nothing about illegal profit diversions to Nicaraguan Contras. He said the diversion was illegal and did not want to judge, affirming support for Reagan's frame on foreign policy despite the controversy.
Lawyers for Colin Thatcher argue in the Supreme Court that a nonunanimous verdict may violate fundamental justice. The Saskatchewan case centers on whether Thatcher killed JoAnn Wilson or hired a hit man, and whether trial errors affected the verdict. The appeal hinges on whether a unanimous verdict is required and on potential trial judge errors.
Honduran forces flown by U S helicopters under President Reagan battled Nicaraguan troops said to have crossed five kilometres into Honduras. Honduras reports 18 soldiers killed with many dead and wounded. Nicaragua says seven soldiers and two civilians died in attacks on villages. No U S casualties reported. airlift details withheld until deemed useful. Contras operate from bases in southern Honduras.
In Toronto and Halifax Sunday shoppers flocked to open stores amid charges under the Retail Business Holidays Act. Police pursued infractions in Ontario with many major depots staying closed, while polls show majority support for Sunday shopping nationwide.
Louis Cohen, a Toronto tailor born in 1890s, became the first Canadian man awarded alimony but has not received a penny in 16 years. His Ontario Supreme Court file chronicles a decades long fight beginning in 1948 after transferring a Windsor apartment to his wife Ruth, who vanished with their daughters weeks later. Court rulings reduced payments to Cohen, who later traced Ruth to Lake Park Florida. He reports the amount owed as of October totals 33,912.50.
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