Weather Index Forecast for Wednesday
The weather index notes sunny conditions with a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Wednesday. Highs reach 5 degrees with a low of 0 as shown on page B5.
24 Dec 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1985
Page
1
The weather index notes sunny conditions with a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Wednesday. Highs reach 5 degrees with a low of 0 as shown on page B5.
Star-Kist Canada Inc. urged Fisheries Department to allow independent testing to determine if tuna rejected by inspectors is fit for consumption. Gerald Clay, head of the Long Beach based plant, says third party tests would clear the company and insists they have not dumped poor quality product. He criticizes a second recall tied to a single quality complaint in Charlottetown.
Bethlehem, under tight security in the Israeli Occupied West Bank, prepared for a day of Christmas Eve events in a city with about 50 000 residents. The mood mixed festive lights and streamers with terrorism fears as worshipers and visitors gathered for the multi hour observances. Prospective attendees faced checkpoints and heightened police presence as local Christian and Muslim residents marked the holiday with prayers and community activities.
Pilgrims flock to Bethlehem as a procession led by a Roman Catholic patriarch gathers in Manger Square. Israeli soldiers guard Church of the Nativity and grotto where Mary is said to have given birth as tourism dips about 20 percent amid attacks nearby.
A twin engine Beechcraft struck the Macy’s roof at Sun Valley Mall in Concord California killing the pilot and two aboard and injuring 63 others six critically as shoppers fled in panic. Fire and rescue crews treated dozens more including children with burns and other injuries amid a power outage and smoke.
The Bank of Canada rate rose to 9.49 per cent on Monday from 9.33 per cent last Thursday, the highest since July. Traders say the move is an anomaly caused by weak demand for government securities during the year end. The rate may ease next week as auctions resume. the prime rate remains at 10 per cent for blue chip borrowers.
A draft policy for the Alberta Recreation and Parks Department proposes transferring park functions to private operators via contracts leases or outright transfer. Public comment sessions begin mid January 1986 with forums in six cities. The plan favors private partnerships to finance park services while expanding tourism and economic returns, redeveloping existing parks, and preserving ecological reserves by law.
At a Ottawa meeting on March 22 Governor Bouey warned that Canadian Commercial Bank, based in Edmonton, was near insolvency and required a decision by Monday. The six largest banks debated saving it and ultimately agreed to pool 60 million dollars to bail it out, signaling government support.
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