13 Dec 1994
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1994
Page
1
MPs on Parliament Hill receive bilingual trading cards detailing race party riding and election dates. The cards, from Canada's confectionery group, list riding population and local candy consumption. Each MP got 50 cards, with a goal of collecting all 295.
The Pickering A plant near Toronto briefly tripped after a faulty valve released 130 tonnes of heavy water, triggering the Emergency Core Cooling System. Ontario Hydro will keep part of the oldest Canadian reactor offline while AECB investigates the incident and confirms the safety system functioned as designed.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien proposes dramatic cuts to MPs pensions including deferring pensions to age 60 and ending inflation indexing and double dipping. The plan, reportedly backed by Marcel Masse Art Eggleton and Herb Gray, faces pushback from long serving Liberal MPs and caucus members.
The Transportation Safety Board warns of safety deficiencies from weak pilot training to overweight cargo across 19 crashes in ten years, citing Dryden Ont 1989 as the worst. It urges deeper audits and follow ups by Transport Canada and notes falsified maintenance records and training claims at some airlines.
Analysts warn a Bank of Canada rate increase could come as early as today, sending the bank rate above seven percent and lifting the prime rate toward eight percent. A one-point rise could raise Ottawa’s debt payments by about 14 billion dollars over two years, affecting retail sales and housing.
Dispatchers oppose a Calgary AWOS rollout saying the weather observing box cannot distinguish snow from rain or detect high clouds, risking unsafe flight conditions. Critics warn unreliable data could force longer fuel-finding runs with few backup airports in the North and insufficient weather detail for safe operations.
City aldermen push a four-truck tender instead of selecting one model delaying a purchase valued by consultants at 50 thousand dollars. The move involves 13 workers' input while weighing tandem rear loaders side loaders and single-axle options for the 10-vehicle fleet dating to 1978.
Russian jets buzz Grozny while gunfire rings the outskirts as second day of talks seeks ending the Chechen conflict. Moscow demands Chechen forces disarm. Chechnya wants Russian forces withdrawn first. Nine Russian servicemen killed, 14 wounded, as clashes near the capital continue. Talks in Vladikavkaz follow heavy weekend troop deployment.
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