Weather Cloudy with Flurries Sunday Forecast
A cloudy weather update notes scattered flurries expected Sunday. The high will be minus two degrees and the low minus six, with the report appearing on page B5.
12 Dec 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1987
Page
1
A cloudy weather update notes scattered flurries expected Sunday. The high will be minus two degrees and the low minus six, with the report appearing on page B5.
Sinclair Stevens asks the Federal Court of Canada to overturn findings that he violated federal conflict of interest rules while industry minister in the Mulroney government. His lawyer John Sopinka says papers are filed to set aside Justice William Parker’s December 3 report, which found Stevens violated the guidelines 14 times from 1984 to 1986.
Alisha Marlene Dyke, 19, was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for killing heroin dealer Dennis Leo Auger, 40, with his own drugs at his West Vancouver home. Justice Lloyd McKenzie rejected Dyke’s dubious testimony after a jury-less trial. Dyke, a prostitute and longtime drug user, had accompanied Auger from Granville Street to his home to shoot heroin.
Canada faces a heated public debate over a two year in the making trade pact with the United States. Provincial premiers split with Ontario opposing key provisions while the western premiers back the deal and the federal government pushes ahead to sign with the United States on January 2. The pact would remove tariffs by 1998 and create a dispute mechanism while shielding cultural industries and adjusting oil and gas terms.
Alberta governments revenues from oil and gas rights surged in 1987 with $652 million earned to date and a final sale pending. A revived petroleum sector attributes the rebound to higher prices, incentives, and strong discovery rates, despite oil near $18 a barrel. Prospects show 1987 income below 1985 levels.
In Kahnawake Quebec the Olympic flame passed as Mohawk relayers joined a protest on behalf of the Lubicon Indians of northern Alberta. Chief Joe Norton said the action aims to highlight land rights dispute while Alwyn Morris carried the flame through the reserve. The relay continues toward Calgary with Petro Canada and Shell Oil sponsors.
Atlantic Canadians face a federal warning to avoid oysters, clams, quahogs and mussels from the region after a tox in discovery. The alert, later narrowed to oysters, clams, quahogs and Gulf of St. Lawrence scallops, prompted restaurants to drop shellfish and left sellers anxious about demand and livelihoods.
Federal mediator Bill Kelly was appointed to help end the Air Canada groundworkers dispute after a two week shutdown. Talks deteriorated over inflation protection for retirees as mediation set to start in Ottawa. Air Canada warned Christmas travel could be heavily disrupted with potential recovery only after a settlement.
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