03 Jan 1992
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1992
Page
1
Singapore announces a New Year crackdown on chewing gum with tourists to declare gum on customs forms. The ban targets public nuisance from used gum in places like trains, with first offenses facing up to 7190 Canadian dollars in fines or one year in jail or both.
Toronto recorded 86 homicides in 1991, up from 55 the previous year, with drugs a factor in over half the cases. Montreal had 77 up from 69, while Vancouver saw killings rise to 43 from 22 as Yugoslavia sparked new ceasefire hopes in Belgrade. Ottawa cut the Bank of Canada rate to 7.46 percent, the lowest in nearly five years, signaling cautious optimism for 1992.
A brief note quotes Langworthy reflecting on past conduct and acknowledging belligerent behavior. The remark appears in a Page A2 feature, suggesting a personal or editorial aside rather than a full interview.
A group calling itself animal rights militia says it injected one millilitre of liquid oven cleaner into 87 Canadian Cold Buster bars sold in Calgary and Edmonton. The letter warns bars are untampered to avoid detection and links the product to animal suffering and a military funding angle. Crown Star Food Distributors pulled the bars in both cities after the claim surfaced.
Alberta cabinet minister Ray Speaker was expected to announce at an afternoon press conference that he will quit the governing Conservatives to run as a Reform Party candidate in the next federal election. Reform members in Medicine Hat said they had not been advised and would await the official announcement. The 56 year old veteran has deep roots in Alberta politics, helping to found the Reform Party in 1987 after earlier service as a Social Credit member and later as an independent before joining the Conservatives in 1989.
Palestinian negotiators halted plans to travel to Washington in response to Israel’s decision to expel 12 Palestinians from the occupied territories. Hanan Ashrawi urged the United States to compel Israel to reverse the move as the PLO weighs future participation.
Ottawa signs an in principle deal for 500000 tonnes of wheat to Iraq while cash held in Canadian banks delays payment. Canadian exporters have prepared over 100 million in shipments including chicken beans lentils sugar baby milk and medical supplies. Iraqi funds held by Canada and ongoing ceasefire rules hinder completion.
Justice Creaghan allows Malcolm Ross to resume publishing as a religious expression but bans him from returning to the classroom. The decision notes freedom of conscience and religion were involved, while upholding the board of inquiry’s transfer order. Ross may appeal after consulting his lawyer.
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