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08 Jan 1987
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Medicine Hat News in Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1987
Page
1
Bank of Canada rate slips to 8.37 percent
Ottawa notes the Bank of Canada rate fell to 8.37 per cent, the lowest since an eight year low of 8.34 per cent in mid July, easing from 8.49 per cent last week. The dollar’s strength near 73 cents U.S. helped push the bank rate downward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
U.S
Mint loses coin dies in transit prompts new design
Ottawa reports the master dies for the new $1 coin were lost in transit. The Royal Canadian Mint will replace the Voyageur design with a loan design after RCMP failed to locate the dies. Monique Veilns announced the change today.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mint
Monique Vezins
RCMP
Government to fund student summer jobs at 180 million
Ottawa reports the federal government will spend 180 million this year on the student summer employment program. Youth Employment Minister Jean Charest says the funding level matches last year and should create about 90,000 jobs for students, maintaining the prior year's total.
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Ottawa
Jean Charest
Sunday openings face $2000 fines in Toronto case backlog
A Toronto judge began clearing a large backlog of Sunday opening charges after a Supreme Court ruling upheld Ontario's Retail Business Holidays Act. Five of six guilty merchants faced $2000 penalties, with one Bata store owner fined $100 for two hours of opening. Proceedings involve AP Loblaw's chains and Paul Magder Furs Ltd. trial set for January 15.
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Toronto
Supreme Court of Canada
Ontario
Derek Hogg
Paul Culver
Hogg
Loblaw
Paul Magder
Deficit cuts lift burden but tax load still rising in Canada
Canada faces a slimmer deficit, with Finance Department projections at about 32 billion dollars for the year end March 31. The government sequence shows higher revenues from tax increases and a 5.7 percent rise in federal spending in the first half of 1986 87, while deficits shrink compared with the prior Liberal administration.
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Department
Wilson
Finance Department
Michael Wilson
Soviets propose timetable for Afghan troop withdrawal
Moscow signals readiness to set a withdrawal timetable and urges all sides to honor Kabul's ceasefire call. The Tass communique tied the plan to UN talks led by Diego Cordovez and urged support for Najibullah's six month truce, while Western aid to guerrillas was noted as a factor.
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Moscow
Reuter
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Kabul
United States
United Nations
Diego Cordovez
Eduard Shevardnadze
Kremlin
Anatoly Dobrynin
Tass
Najibullah
Najibllah
Shevardnadze
Bakhtar
Canada intercepts lawyer client talks sparks civil rights debate
Federal Court judge allowed CSIS to monitor communications between a Vancouver man and his lawyer to probe national security threats. Critics say the CSIS Act lacks solicitor-client protections, risking privacy and possible breaches of the Charter. Michael Code plans to challenge legality in Federal Court if evidence is used.
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Toronto
Canada
Vancouver
Alan Borovoy
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Svend Robinson
Federal
New Democratic Party
British Columbia
Michael Code
RCMP
CSIS
Robinson
Liberal Party
Robert Kaplan
Kaplan
Death penalty study warns of higher murder risk if reinstated
A federal report argues restoring capital punishment could keep juries from convicting, increasing murder risk. It notes low overall public support, higher U S murder rates in death-penalty states, and lower 1960s-70s conviction rates when death was legal. The study also compares police risk and costs and cites political debate in Canada.
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Ottawa
Solicitor General
Southam News
U.S
Federal Justice Department
Canada
Bill Domm
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