Weather Brief: Cold Thursday High Minus Three Low Minus Nine
Frigid conditions forecast with partly cloudy skies on Thursday. High near minus three degrees and low around minus nine. Map reference appears on page B5.
23 Dec 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1987
Page
1
Frigid conditions forecast with partly cloudy skies on Thursday. High near minus three degrees and low around minus nine. Map reference appears on page B5.
The Bank of Canada reduced its policy rate to 8.68 per cent from 8.70 per cent set last week. Analysts say the drop is too small to affect other rates.
EDMONTON CP Bill McKnight warns the Lubicon Lake band must return to land claim talks soon or face a settlement imposed by the courts. He says Canada is ready to negotiate but rejects any move to compel a final settlement.
Toronto Premier David Peterson said he would seek details on whether 238 aircraft workers face job loss in Mississauga for participating in a mid November work stoppage over more than 200 safety infractions cited in a Labor Ministry report. The issue follows protests over plant safety conditions two days before Christmas.
Ottawa reports a special inquiry found Victoria was fairly chosen as Canada's bid city for the 1994 Commonwealth Games. The federal government will back Victoria with Sports Minister Otto Jelinek urging all parties to unite behind the bid to secure the Games for Canada, with Cardiff, Wales as the rival candidate.
Prime Minister Mulroney defended Canada's stance that Israel shows restraint in the West Bank Gaza crisis while a senior External Affairs official criticized excessive force. Arab ambassadors and Canadian critics urged clarity as deaths rise beyond 22 to over 30 in two weeks of fighting.
Israeli forces sealed two refugee camps and arrested dozens as Defence Minister Rabin defended live ammunition use to quell Arab rioting. Schools in the Strip shut, 350000 students kept home. U.N. and U.S. criticism grew while West Bank Gaza laborers returned to work after strikes. Arabs detained in Gaza and West Bank reported.
Ottawa reports that nearly 6,000 Canadians earning over 50,000 dollars paid no income tax in 1985 the year before a minimum tax. Among them 165 earned more than 250,000 with investors and professionals comprising most of the rest. Ed Broadbent calls the figures unfair.
The Philippine navy reports 141 bodies recovered after the Dona Paz and Victor collision near Mindoro while 1 630 may be missing. Only 26 survivors confirmed as rescue efforts pause with relatives waiting for word and Sulpicio Shipping Lines listing 1 643 aboard.
RCMP charged 130 patients and investigated 16 Saskatchewan physicians for acquiring prescriptions from multiple doctors. One Regina doctor surrendered pain killer prescriptive rights. a Prince Albert doctor will report prescriptions over a year. A Portland teaching team will run a seminar on safer practices.
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