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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1985
Page
1
Gulf refinery closure follows Ultra Mar purchase
Ultra Mar Canada Inc will buy Gulf Canada's eastern refinery and service station network and close Gulf's Montreal refinery which employs 450 people. Industry Minister Sinclair Stevens said Ultra Mar offered to employ 90 refinery and terminal workers and up to 75 more Gulf employees may qualify for early retirement. International reports of a rapid air evacuation of Jews from the Soviet Union are deemed over-optimistic by World Jewish Congress official Israel Singer. He said no quick fixes exist and policy changes are hoped for, describing the process as gradual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ultramar Canada Inc
Gulf Canada
Gulf
Montreal
Sinclair Stevens
Stevens
Ultramar
Toronto
Soviet Union
World Jewish Congress
Israel Singer
Congress
Singer
Terror attacks at European airports injure and kill travelers
Extremist actors attacked visitors at Rome Leonardo da Vinci and Vienna Schwechat airports today using hazardous devices and submachine guns. Eight attackers were involved in Rome and Vienna. several civilians died including Natasha Simpson, 11, and Gen Donato Miranda. Canadian diplomats said no Canadians were reported among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vienna
el al
Leonardo da Vinci
TWA
Pan American
Schwechat
Natasha Simpson
Victor Simpson
Associated Press
Gen. Donato Miranda
Genoveva Jaime
Alberta backs away from Ottawa tax plan amid investment fears
Alberta abandons push to avoid Ottawa minimum tax on high earners, with Hyndman and Betkowski noting the plan will raise provincial tax to seven percent for those over fifty thousand dollars, totaling at least twenty four percent. Ontario officials seek changes but plan proceeds. Rabid violence and attacks cited in elsewhere text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
Nancy Betkowski
Betkowski
Hyndman
Wilson
Boxing Day sales draw Canadians to brisk shopping
Canadians rushed Boxing Day sales as malls reported strong demand over the holidays. In Montreal Fernand Virtue noted peak activity and a more savvy shopper. Vancouver shoppers lined up at midnight for value gear while stores faced fines and legal limits in Ontario and other provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ontario
Fernand Virtue
Montreal
Stan Ross
Canada
Vancouver
West
Liz Burns
National Gym
Mississap
Kitchener
Man found dying on highway near Gatineau in gunshot incident
A man, initially described as an RCMP officer, was found with a head wound on a highway north of Gatineau at 6:00 a.m. Police said identity is unconfirmed, the body was not in uniform, and a stolen car was found nearby as investigators probe possible link to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatineau
Que
RCMP
Here
Quebec
Marcel Proulx
Proulx
Thieves Posed Inside Job in Aztec Artifact Heist
Mexican police suspect an inside job after 144 priceless artifacts from the National Museum of Anthropology and History were stolen on Christmas Eve. Authorities questioned eight guards while probing an audacious three-room theft committed in under three hours, with no charges yet filed against staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
National Museum of Anthropology and History
Rafael Rocha Cordero
Federal Judiciary Police
Excelsior
Rocha Cordero
Attorney General's
Enrique Florescano
Institute of Anthropology and History
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