Weather Outlook for Thursday
A brief forecast notes few clouds and a 20 percent chance of rain or snow. Temperatures are expected to reach a high near minus twelve degrees with a low around minus eighteen.
11 Dec 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1985
Page
1
A brief forecast notes few clouds and a 20 percent chance of rain or snow. Temperatures are expected to reach a high near minus twelve degrees with a low around minus eighteen.
Medicine Hat Tigers can clinch a Memorial Cup berth by beating the Portland Winter Hawks in Portland. The Tigers 20-7 beat the Victoria Cougars 8-6 to set up the key game while WHL awards hosting to the team with the best 30 game record after New Westminster withdrew. CHAT Radio will broadcast the game from Portland Memorial Coliseum at 8:30.
Alberta Law Enforcement Appeal Board weighs whether Norm McLeod’s dismissal as Medicine Hat probationary police chief was disciplinary or administrative. McLeod alleges unfair treatment and secrecy by the commission after accusations tied to 1985 and an undercover drug inquiry. Judge Legg cautions the decision may hinge on how the board classifies the action.
About 40 percent of eligible voters in Edmonton Whitemud are expected to cast ballots in the provincial byelection. New premier Don Getty, who has five challengers, spoke of nerves after flu kept him from a final door-knock push.
President Reagan formally asks Congress to authorize negotiations for a bilateral freer trade pact with Canada aimed at expanding cross-border trade. He briefed Prime Minister Mulroney during an eight minute call and highlighted issues including lumber imports and foreign ownership of publishing firms as key sticking points.
A four page New York Times business section supplement promoting Canada's free trade talks to the U S drew criticism as a private ad venture. It included speeches by Joe Clark David Peterson and Donald MacDonald but lacked context or government endorsement.
The Fraser decision limits public servants from openly criticizing government policies while noting some allowance to oppose illegal acts. Labor leaders warn the ruling creates a gag law and leaves a gray area for many workers, with judges stressing cautious expression in public discourse.
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