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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 2000
Page
1
Authorities detained operators of a Luoyang shopping centre dance hall after a Christmas night blaze killed 309 people. Firefighters rescued some from upper floors as others escaped through windows. The illegal disco lay in a Dongdu Commercial building that failed a fire inspection a week earlier.
Jakarta authorities deploy 14,000 police and soldiers to guard churches and mosques after Christmas Eve church bombings in nine cities. Officials urge calm as worshippers observe the Ramadan conclusion amid security fears and potential religious violence.
Ghassan Abdel-Al a 47 year old Lebanese farmer with 42 children plans to take a fourth wife per a Beirut daily. His three wives reportedly arranged the match to satisfy his claimed insatiable desire for women and the article notes Islam permits up to four wives.
Michael McDermott, 42, armed with a semiautomatic rifle and shotgun, opened fire at Edgewater Technology Inc. in Wakefield killing seven co workers before police subdued him. Prosecutors cite wages garnishment talks with the IRS as a possible motive. Victims include Jennifer Bragg Capobianco Janice Hagerty Louis Javelle Rose Manfredy Paul Marceau Cheryl Troy and Craig Wood.
Thousands of shoppers in Medicine Hat lined up for Boxing Day bargains at Future Shop, Wal-Mart, Zellers, and Visions Electronics. Highlights included home theatre gear, DVD players, and door crasher specials like $5 VCRs and $200 big screen TVs as crowds pressed in despite long lines and early morning openings.
Dec 23 is the biggest shopping day of the year with 25 percent of Canadians still shopping. Boxing Day sales account for 37 percent of Dec 23 sales. Canadians spent $16 billion in 2000 and each person averaged $741 across 11 shoppers.
The Globe and Mail reports Privy Council Office documents show wary Ottawa officials mapping possible cuts under Stockwell Day's small government plan. Alliance MP Jason Kenney downplays the threat, saying about 90 percent of programs would stay.
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