10 Dec 1994
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1994
Page
1
Police chief Jacques Duchesneau says two Montreal officers photographed asleep in a patrol car during a quiet lull after a graveyard shift were not wrongdoing. He notes the incident occurred in east-end Montreal and was captured by a news photographer for Journal de Montreal.
Michael Schelew steps down as deputy chairman of the Immigration and Refugee Board amid a looming inquiry into alleged bullying of adjudicators to accept more refugees. He receives a 100000 settlement for legal fees and to reestablish his practice, with a one year bar from IRB work.
Caribbean president warns free trade pace risks doom for poor nations while Jean Chretien laments not inviting Fidel Castro. Bill Clinton notes political and economic reforms across the Americas as leaders prepare for formal talks and say main issues were ironed out beforehand.
Julius Yankowsky the Beverly Belmont MLA known for opposing homosexuals protections in human rights legislation has joined Ralph Klein's Conservative team. He cited the Liberal leadership and human rights policies as reasons, joining the Tories with two other MLAs rumored to consider defections. Premier Klein welcomed him as the first Edmonton representative.
Arafat and Peres held private talks at the Grand Hotel ahead of the Nobel ceremony with Rabin absent. They reportedly discussed Palestinian elections and a partial troop pullback from Palestinian towns in the West Bank as a step toward peace. Peres said the peace process remains irreversible.
The Bloc Quebecois defends its sovereignty strategy in the Commons led by Michel Gauthier as Lucien Bouchard recovers from leg amputation. The debate centers on a Quebec bill declaring sovereignty and the plan for regional hearings on post separation relations with Canada.
Lucien Bouchard has recovered from a virulent infection that caused his leg amputation and has been moved out of intensive care. Doctors from St Luc Hospital report he is fully conscious lucid and in good spirits. He continues pain relief and antibiotics while healing from surgery to his left leg thorax and abdomen.
A large tanker saved a second‑officer survivor in heavy seas over 17 hours after the Salvador Allende sank 900 kilometers south of Newfoundland. Military planes guided recovery as Benny Queen and Torungen battled 19.5 C water and 112 km h winds amid debris and life rafts.
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