10 Dec 1993
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1993
Page
1
In York Pennsylvania the county court clerk's office kept a dead Christmas tree after coroner Kathryn Fourhman issued a toe tag proclaiming it pronounced dead. The memo had banned live trees in public buildings for fire code reasons. Workers embraced the somber festive twist as the deceased tree remained on display.
Canadian ministers debated possible changes to US unemployment insurance premiums as business groups warned any increase could halt hiring and worsen the recovery. Officials stressed no final decision had been made before year end. In Liverpool, Denise Bulger gave birth to a boy named Michael James amid ongoing tragedy from her son’s 1993 murder by two 11 year olds.
A government report urges fees for non essential services in Alberta provoking warnings from economist Richard Plain that any deductible system violates the Canada Health Act. Health officials acknowledge some ideas could breach federal law and trigger funding penalties as minister Shirley McClellan weighs next steps.
Three Novacor Medicine Hat methanol plants will join Methanex Corp increasing Methanex market share to about 18 percent once the sale completes. Nova Corp remains a minor investor but not involved in plant operations.
Alberta plans to press western concerns at the Geneva GATT talks as Deputy Minister Doug Radke heads to Brussels to seek balance in access to new markets. Agriculture Minister Paszkowski says Ottawa favors marketing boards, while western producers supply about 80 percent of national farm receipts. Quebec farmers threaten pressure if supply management is not kept intact.
Eyewitness Brett Starkey testified that Hermesh Austin tortured and killed Greg Kungel in a southeast Calgary Ogden warehouse after kidnapping him from a taxi. Starkey described burns, vice grip, hammer blows, ear cutting, and eye injury during a three day captivity before the body was found in a pre-dug lime-filled grave near Sibbald Flats.
Ranchers warn fatalities will occur as the Canadian Forces Base Suffield plans to round up about 850 feral horses to protect a wilderness reserve. The DND will hire a contractor to capture them with humane precautions, but deaths remain possible in the winter operation.
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