30 Dec 1993
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 30, 1993
Page
1
Houston officials weigh Brian Dooley's idea for a morgue gift shop selling toe tags shirts and beach towels with body outlines. Dooley cites a Los Angeles program as evidence of a market for gruesome coroner mementos and notes potential public interest and controversy.
The Vatican will not place its new embassy in Jerusalem but will gain a formal role in Arab Israeli talks and insist on an internationally guaranteed special status for Jerusalem’s religious and cultural values. The move underscores Jerusalem’s religiously sensitive status in the peace process.
An analyst from Burns Fry Ltd predicts the 1993-94 deficit could drop to 37 billion to 38 billion without new measures, down from a feared 46 billion. Factors include one time refunds and a rebound in revenues, with interest rates remaining low to ease debt charges. Dominion Bond Rating Service agrees the worst may be over as tax revenue improves in 1994-95.
Winnipeg report says CN and CP may merge eastern operations into Newco raising fears of large layoffs among CN CP workers. Union leaders warn of plant and route closures as regulators prepare to review the plan and its impact on jobs and competition.
Reform Leader Preston Manning asks Prime Minister Jean Chretien to fast track legislation to revamp the MPs pension plan. He seeks opt out options and private plans to curb deficits and bolster moral authority for spending restraint. The Liberals pledge reform while an independent review on salaries and benefits waits for results early in the new year.
Calgary specialists critique a British study claiming five bottles of wine per week or four daily whiskies could reduce heart attack risk. Dr. Marty Cole warns such levels risk alcoholism, liver damage, pancreatic inflammation, and weakened heart muscle, noting blood alcohol would exceed legal limits.
The Canadian Tax Foundation warns most workers face higher taxes in 1994 due to UI and CPP/QPP levy hikes. Increases in provincial income taxes hit upper income Canadians in Nova Scotia New Brunswick Ontario and British Columbia, while Quebec and Ontario see payroll deductions fall due to retroactive tax changes.
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