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Medicine Hat News

Location

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Date

Dec 19, 1986

Page

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Weather Outlook Clouds and Light Precipitation

The weather map notes mainly cloudy skies with a ten percent chance of precipitation on Saturday. Temperatures show a high near zero and a low around minus thirteen. Map references Page C3.

Roughriders name Gregory head coach in Saskatchewan

John Gregory is hired as the Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach after four seasons coaching the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive line. His three year contract was announced by general manager Bill Baker, replacing fired coach Jack Gotta. In Ottawa, Health Minister Jake Epp announced cost of living based increases to family and elderly benefits beginning January. Family allowances rise to 31.93 per child under 18 in most provinces, with Quebec and Alberta amounts varying by age and number of children. The baby bonus is no longer fully adjusted for CPI, and annual increases depend on CPI. Old age security pensions and related supports also rise.

Regina John Gregory Saskatchewan Roughriders Winnipeg Blue Bombers Gregory Roughriders Bill Baker Jack Gotta Ottawa Jake Epp Quebec Alberta

Sunday Shopping Ban Enforced By Medicine Hat Court

Stores in Medicine Hat will close on Sundays after the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Sunday opening ban as constitutional. Local retailers respond despite lingering questions from a prior June ruling that dismissed bylaw charges for vagueness.

Don Curren Medicine Hat Supreme Court of Canada Don Getty Alberta Larry Brink Ann Lovin Lovin Sears Richard Callaway Rob Osbaldeston The Bay Canada Safeway Larry McLennan McLennan Supreme Court Ontario Kai Hon Wong IGA Foodland Wong Kresge’s Eaton’s Ald Murray McCartney

Environmental protection act would levy unlimited fines

A federal environmental protection act proposed Thursday would impose unlimited fines on polluters and up to five years jail for directors. It would cap daily fines at 1 million for breaking pollution standards or failing chemical safety tests. Industry supports measures though costs and delays are anticipated. transport, vehicle emissions, and pesticides remain under other federal rules.

Southam News Ottawa Environment Tom McMillan McMillan New Democrat Environment Bill Blaikie

Helpers aid needy at Santa Claus Fund drive

Southview School class 6B volunteers wrap toys at the Santa Claus Fund office as Medicine Hat and Redcliff families prepare for Christmas. More than 75 volunteers assist with sorting food hampers and toy packing, while donations push toward the $50,000 goal with recent gifts from hospital staff Craven Hall Real Estate AGT employees and local donors.

Medicine Hot Air Cadets Santa Claus Medicine Hat Redcliff Mike Fiala Christine Diemert the News Southview Santa Claus Fund Donette Patrick Patrick Delores Seitz Gertrude Coulter Medicine Hat and District Hospital Craven Hall Real Estate Ltd AGT

Iran official says US paid ransom to Iran in Lebanon deal

Hasemi Rafsanjani, Tehran parliamentary speaker, claims Washington paid Tehran ransom to free three American hostages in Lebanon over 18 months. He says the US was stung by the deal and calls the West vulnerable to Tehran's intrigues, while denying any direct arms-for-hostages exchange.

Tehran Reuter Washington U.S Lebanon United States Hasemi Rafsanjani Iran White House Rafsanjani West

Supreme Court rules right to picket protected and opens access

On its busiest day of 1986 the Supreme Court of Canada issued three landmark rulings. It protected picketing as a freedom of expression, expanded challenges to government programs, and ordered Ontario to disclose secret documents on a controversial resort lodge. The decisions also extended the Charter to common law and to judges, while limiting its reach to government acts and not private lawsuits.

Southam News Ottawa Supreme Court of Canada Supreme Court Ontario B.C Canada Bertha Wilson Winnipeg Robert James Finlay Manitoba Finlay McIntyre

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