30 Dec 1994
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 30, 1994
Page
1
German police report a 42-year-old thief held up a security van in Hamburg at gunpoint and was trapped inside after guards handed over the money bags. He surrendered at the police station, while an accomplice fled when the pair were detained.
A Edmonton firm Asa International used a postal box to promise 2650 dollar monthly jobs in Vancouver at Hotel Vancouver and Sears, charging 35 US dollars to reserve. The company has no Alberta registration no office or phone and does not hire for either company. Relatives say the scam preys on economically desperate Filipinos seeking a better life.
Pilot Bobby Hall, freed after 13 days in North Korea, leaves Osan Air Base with U S officials Pierre Hubbard on the same flight to Florida. Hall thanks Hubbard and says his family awaits in Brooksville while authorities note no injuries.
An assailant opened fire at Planned Parenthood in Brookline and at Preterm Health Services nearby, killing two women and wounding at least five others. Witnesses described a man in his early 30s in black, firing with a rifle and fleeing down the street.
Alberta leaders Ralph Klein and Shirley McClellan condemn the Brooks Health Centre for laying off three top administrators and rehiring them as paid advisers with severance pay exceeding 100 000 dollars. The dispute highlights broader concerns as Palliser and West View authorities reconfigure health care governance across the province.
Royal Bank of Canada chairman Allan Taylor earned 2.65 million in 1994, leading a Big Six bank salary sweep totaling 11.8 million. Andre Berard of National Bank was last, with 1.1 million. Banks posted 4.25 billion in profits that year, a 46 percent rise.
Sarnia landlord Andrew Falby of Martens and Falby Investments plans to rent 100 units to Alberta welfare recipients using Alberta bus-fare policy. He notes Sarnia’s vacancy at about eight percent, vs local rate of eight percent, and cites Ontario shelter allowances of up to $414 for a single person and $652 for a couple, while Alberta offers up to $215 and $430 respectively.
Motorists face icy roads as a gusty system brings blowing snow and reduced visibility. AMA Road Report cautions on Highway 1 east of the Saskatchewan border, Highway 3 west of Medicine Hat, and Highway 36 north of Taber. RCMP report few weather related incidents. ice safety urged for lakes with cautious speeds near shorelines.
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