08 Dec 1999
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1999
Page
1
A 17 year old gunman opened fire at a regional vocational school in Veghel wounding a teacher and four students before surrendering. Victims were taken to hospitals with two in critical condition. police did not identify the suspect.
A quip about luck and perception notes that meeting a black cat may be good or bad luck depending on whether one is a man or a mouse. Ivan Panin is quoted on progress tied to reducing wants rather than expanding needs.
Less than five centimetres of snow left roads icy and caused about a dozen accidents by noon. Transit and traffic were disrupted as crews sanded hills near Redcliff Hill and Saamis Drive. City equipment and buses operated with delays all day as drivers reported near misses and slick intersections.
About 15 former Lakeside workers gathered outside the Bran meat plant in four languages to accuse Lakeside Packers of firing injured staff and pressuring injured workers. UFCW sponsors say the plant pushes injuries, turnover runs high, and benefits are denied while management defends policy adherence.
Louis Lalande, 64, grabbed a folding chair when gunshots rang out at a Bank of Montreal in Oshawa Ontario. He struck the armed robber at least three times, forcing the gun to drop a blank starter pistol, and customers held the suspect until police arrived before Lalande resumed selling raffle tickets.
Air Canada extends its 92 million takeover bid for Canadian Airlines to December 23 after failing to meet key conditions. The offer, valued at 2 per share, was extended two hours after expiring. Air Canada seeks regulatory approvals and potential AMR Corp. cooperation while Onex joins the deal effort.
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