10 Dec 1982
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1982
Page
1
Hyman Belzberg was released unharmed from a shopping centre parking lot near his Calgary home after a kidnapping by three gunmen. Police arrested three men, two from Edmonton and one from Calgary. A ransom demand was issued but no money changed hands.
A 31 year old city man may face manslaughter or second degree murder after his two year old stepdaughter Kimberly Painter died in a Calgary hospital on life support. The man appeared in provincial court on a charge of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. case adjourned for bail hearing with further charges expected. Police linked to a kidnapping of Calgary furniture retailer Belzberg. several suspects were arrested and a ransom was sought. Belzberg, 57, director in First City Financial Corp, was abducted by masked gunmen near Cristy’s Arcade Furniture. The family, prominent in Calgary's Jewish community, controls First City Financial Corp with assets of about $2.2 billion.
The Salvation Army in Medicine Hat reports increasing Santa Claus Fund applications for food hampers, with daily requests rising from four or five to as many as 20 as Christmas nears. Last year 87 hampers helped 283 people. current requests would exceed 2000 people. Donations include a $500 Rotary Club gift and numerous smaller gifts from community members to fund nonperishable foods and children's toys.
Health Minister Monique Begin outlines a Green Paper proposing revisions to Canada's pension system. The document favors modest expansion of public programs but avoids a stance on whether government or private industry should lead reform. An all party committee will hold hearings nationwide and report back by year end. Ontario aligns with business interests against expanding mandatory pensions, while labor groups press for broader Canada and Quebec plans.
Ottawa outlines a green paper on pensions proposing registered pension accounts like RRSPs to aid workers with job changes or small firms. It calls for inflation protection in employer plans, enhanced survivor benefits for women, faster vesting of private contributions after two years, and quicker adjustment of CPP earnings toward the industrial wage.
A weather note mentions a few clouds Saturday with a high of 0 and a low of minus 12. An age limit discussion for arcade amusement machines is slated for City council consideration. The Medicine Hat Tigers add a new goal scorer for a weekend game versus the Calgary Wranglers.
Canadian Chrysler workers at 9,600 plants vote this weekend on a tentative agreement offering about one extra dollar an hour and a new cost of living allowance. The union backs ratification as U.S. Chrysler talks produce a separate tentative settlement for 43,000 U.S. workers.
About 100 residents near the Lodgepole gas well demand evacuation if the fire is put out and hydrogen sulphide is released. They accuse Amoco of poor warning while a new crew works to seal the well after two workers died during an earlier attempt. Cynthia town, 120 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, was placed on evacuation alert.
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