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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1981
Page
3
Economic Development Minister Hugh Planche says a detailed study on a Calgary Edmonton high speed route is underway. A feasibility report is due next year as the province weighs cost passenger needs and level crossings for a system in the 1990s.
Calgary Currie MLA Dennis Anderson introduced two private bills to create stock purchase plans for employees. One offers a five percent tax deduction on dividends from company stock. the other lets firms deduct foregone interest on loans to employees for buying stock. The aims are higher productivity and less labor management friction.
Medicine Hat physician Dr. Peter Irlam says he will accept a fee increase just enough to cover living-cost rises and donate the rest to charity if Alberta doctors win more than last year’s inflation. He disputes the view that all doctors back the AMA and cites income inequality between rich and poor nations.
Bow Island struggles to attract dental care as Fred Mellen, town development officer, reports no luck contacting the dental association or university schools. He argues cost and building a clientele deter practitioners while noting nearby rental options and a welcoming town ready to support a dentist. The town aims to add a resident lawyer, a shoe store, men’s clothing, and a bowling alley to fill service gaps amid growth.
An Edmonton Alberta assembly hall scene shows politicians debating democracy into the early hours. The exchange mixes humor and politics with pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a mock repeal of gravity as the Speaker ends by instructing members to turn out the lights.
William John MacKenzie, 31, was sentenced to nine months on a hashish trafficking charge after RCMP found 1,087 grams in two cars and his apartment during a July 5 search. Evidence included over 900 grams in a Dodge parked near his home and 172 grams under a Chrysler seat. Crown prosecutor said the drugs were worth 21,740. judge called the operation commercial and found ownership clear despite defense doubts.
Council gives first reading to By law No. 710 amending land use rules to require a one year wait after a Development Appeal Board denial, while six months remains for determinations by the development officer or Municipal Planning Commission. A public hearing is set for 7:00 p.m. January 5, 1982, with possible second and third readings that night.
A light snowfall Friday led to over 40 minor accidents in Medicine Hat and Redcliff as icy streets caused slip ups. Police reported 30 incidents in Medicine Hat with no injuries, while Redcliff noted multiple minor accidents since yesterday.
Joseph Lysiak 55 of Kelowna died Thursday in a two vehicle collision 34 kilometres west of Golden British Columbia. RCMP say Phyllis Birch was seriously injured and two other people were treated and released. Lysiak fathered NHL player Tom Lysiak. funeral set December 15 at Fifth Avenue United Church in Medicine Hat. He is survived by wife Anne two sons Tom and Chester and daughter Janice.
Otto Lippert, 1302 Dominion St. S.E., was jailed two months after being found guilty of dangerous use of a firearm for firing two shots at an occupied car during a home invasion scare on Oct. 29. Judge Dietrich Brand ordered three years probation and firearm prohibition.
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